Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-21
THE NEW ACTS.

THE NEW ACTS.
Laws Relating to the Direct Tax Fun
and Printing the Auditors
Report.
The 10th and 18th acts passed by tn
30th Legislative assembly are appended:
CHAPTER XVI.
An act and Resolution authorizing th
governor to receive certain moneys from
the United States, accepting the terms o
the act OF congress appropriatlng th
same, and providing for the dispositiol
thereof.
| Whereas, BY an act of congress of tn
United States, entitled San act to credi
and pay to the several states and ter
ritories, and the District of Columbia al
moneys collected under the direct ia,
levied by the act of congress, approve,
/ August 9Th. 1861 which said act was ap
proved March 2nd. 1891, it was among
other things provided ''That it shall b,
the duty of the secsetary of the treesur,
to credit to each state and territory, o
the United States and the. District o
Columbia, q sum equal to all collections
by set-of or otherwise, made from sale
states and territories and the District O.
Columbia, or from any of tho citizens o.
inhabitants thereof and
| Whereas, By said act it was further
provided; THAT there is hereby appro
priated out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated such sum as
may be necessary to reimburse each state
territory, and the District of Columbia
for all money found due to them under
the provisions of this act, and the treasu.
rer of the United States is hereby directed
to pay the same to the governors of the
states and territories, and to the commits
| sioners of the District of Columbia, but
no money shall be paid to any state or
| territory until the legislature thereof
shall have accepted, by resolution, the
sum here appropriated and the trust i'm
posed, in full satisfaction of all claims
claims against the United States on ac-
count of the levy aud collection of said
tax, and shall have authorized the gov
ernor to receive said money for the use
and purposes aforesaid and
Whereas, In pursuance ofthe provisions
of said act the secretary of the treasury
found to be due to, and did credit the
Territory of New Mexico, with the sum Of
about sixty two thousand dollars: now,
therefore
Be it resolved and enacted by tho Le-
gislative Assembly Of of the Territory Of
New Mexico:
Section 1.-The Governor of the Ter
ritory of New Mexico is hereby authorized
and empowered to receive from the Sc
cretary Of the treasury Of the United
States any, and all moneys coming to the
Territory OF New Mexico under, and IN
pursuance Of the act Of congress herein
before referred to, and that the same
shall be received and accepted by the Ter
ritory of New Mexico in full satisfaction
ci all claims against the United States on
account of the levy and collection Of the
direct tax levied by the act of congress
approved August 9TH. 1861.
Section 2.--Said money when collected
to the amount of sixty two thousand dol
lars, is hereby set aside, and appropriated
for the use of the School of Mines at So
corro. the Insene Asylum at Las Vegas,
for New Mexicoss e.sh3it at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition Of 1893, the agri-
cultural experimental station to be loca-
ted in the county of San Juan, and for
the asylum for the deaf, dumb, and blind,
at Santa Fe, in the following proportions;
! To the School of Mines seventeen thou.
sand Ave hundred dollars; to the World's
Columbian Exposition seventeen thou
sand dollars; to the agricultural expert
mental station in San Juan county five
thousand dollars; and to the asylum for
the deaf, dumb and blind Ave Thousand
dollars:-Provided, however, that the
amount hereby appropriated for the
the purpose of paying the indebtedness
already incurred by the territory in the
creation of the building of said school OF
mines; and provided further that the
amounts hereby appropriated for the
agricultural experimental station, and
the asylum for the deaf, dumb and blind
shall be expended in manner hereinafter
to be provided by law, and any sum re-
ceived by the governor, in excess of sixty
two thousand dollars, shall be paid into
the treasury of the territory, and credited
to the miscellaneous fund.
Section 9.--The governor is hereby
authorized to apply the seventeen thou
sand five hundred dollars appropriated to
the New Mexico school of mines to the
payment and satisfaction of the existing
indebtedness of said school of mines, as
far as the same will go. Provided, that
he shall not take up or pay any of the
outstanding obligations unless the same
shall be first surrendered up for cancel.
lation at cost not to exceed the face
value and accrued interest thereof at the
time of said payment, and it is hereby
made the duty of the governor SO seon al
he shall have received said money to no.
tify the holders of all indebtedness against
said school of mines Of his willingness to
pay of and discharge the same, which no.
tice shall be either personal, by letter OF
by publication in some newspaper pub.
lished In the territory, for period Of
thirty days, and after the giving of said
notice all Of such indetedness shall cease
to bear interest; and it is hereby made the
duty of the governor, the territorial
treasurer, and the auditor to cancel and
destroy all evidence Of indebtedness OF
the said school Of, mines go fast as the
same shall be paid of, and discharged, a
memorandum of which shall be made, the
books of the treasurer and auditor show.
ing the date of such cancellation and de.
scription of the obligation cancelled,
| Section 4--The governor is hereby
authorized to pay TO the treasury OF the
territory the sum hereinafter appropriated
for the use of said New Mexico insane
asylum, to be by the territorial treasurer