Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-21
THE NEW LAWS.
The Late Assembly's Acts OH the Sub
ject of Branch Agricultural
Stations.

Among the important acts of the late
assembly are the following:
CHAPTER LII.
An act to establish and provide for the
maintenance of branch agricultural ex-
pertinent stations in the territory of New
Mexico.
Be 1t enacted by the legislative assem-
bly, of the territory of New Mexico.
Sec. There is hereby created and es-
tablished in connection with the agricul-
tural college and agricultural station of
New Mexico two branch agricultural ex-
pertinent stations to be located as follows:
One at some point in the northeastern
portion of the territory of New Mexico
between the town of Glorieta in the Sierra
Madre mountains and the town of Ration
near the eastern boundary of New Mexico
and the other at some point in the Pecos
valley in the southeastern portion of the
territory the exact point in each section
to be determined hereafter by the board
of regents of the agricultural college and
agricultural station of New Mexico.
Sec. 2.-For the purposes of this act
there shall be decided, donated and trans
ferred to the territory of New Mexico, at
each Of the points finally determined upon
by the said board of regents for the exact
location of the SAID experiment stations,
for the use of each of said branch agricul
tural experiment stations, not less than
one hundred acres of good arabic land
under an irrigating ditch, such land and
the location thereof to be accepted and
determined by the said poard of regents
of the agricultural college; the sufficiency
of the deed and the title to the land, so to
be donated, to the territory of New Mex
leo, to be passed upon and approved by
the solicitor-general of the territory.
Sec. 3.-The board of regents of the
agricultural college and agricultural sta
tion of New Mexico is hereby authorized
and empowered to apply to the construc-
tion of buildings, ETC., upon the lands
donated to each of said branch agricul-
tural experiment stations, provided for
by this act out of the moneys hereinafter
levied and collected the sum of not less
than two thousand five hundred dollars to
each of said experiment stations.
Sec. 4.-The board of regents of the
agricultural college and agricultural sta
tion of New Mexico is hereby authorized
and instructed to apply to the support
and maintenance of each of the branch
agricultural experiment stations hereby
created, so much of all the moneys now
on hand and hereafter received from the
government of the United States under
and by virtue of an act of the congress of
the United States, approved March 2,
1887, and entitled San act to establish
agricultural experiment stations in con-
nection with the colleges established in
the several states under the provision of
an act approved July 2, 1862, and of the
acts supplementary thereto" as can be
applied by said board of regents in jus
tice to the agricultural college Of New
Mexico at Las Cruces and the experiment
stations hereby and heretofore established
in other portions of the territory.
Sec. 5.-For the purpose of construct
ing the buildings, ETC., upon the lands
donated to each of the said agricultural
experiment stations, provided for by this
act, and for the further purpose of con-
structing additional buildings at the agri-
cultural college and agricultural station
of New Mexico, established by an act of
the legislative assembly of the territory
Of New Mexico approved Feb. %, 1889,
tho territorial auditor is hereby directed
to levy for the 44th fiscal year beginning
March 4, 1893 and ending March 8, 1894,
upon all taxable property in the territory
of New Mexico a tax of a of one mill,
which tax when so levied and collected
during the same year shall be distributed
and applied in equal parts for the pur
poses above named to each of the branch
agricultural experiment stations estab
lished by this act, and agricultural college
and agricultural station of New Mexico.
Sec. 6.-This, act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its pas
sage.
Approved, Feb. 23, 1898.
CHAPTER LIV.
An act to establish and provide for the
maintenance of a sub-agricultural expert
ment station in the county of Taos.
Be it enacted by the legislative assem-.
bly, of the territory of New Mexico.
Sec. There is hereby created and es-
tabllshsd agricultural experiment