Deming headlight., 1893-09-09

De Il enacted By ne Le0ialdfieo assembly ef
he Territory u Ae0 MrricO.
hEcTloN /. That section one thousand
six hundred and nlnety-nine OF the COM
piled laws Of the Territory Of Now Mex
leo as compiled IN the year 1884. DO 30
amended as 10 read as followes
"hectlOn 1893, whenever one.fourth Of
the legal voters of any city or lncorpor-
ated town In the territory, who may have
voted nj the last regular annual election
held In such city OF town previous 70 the
presenting OF the petition hereinafter
mentioned, whether such city or town
be incorporated under this act or under
any prevloua act, shall petition the board
OF county commissioners OF the county
wherein such corporation Is altunte for
the diacontlnuAnce of the Same, the said
board shall order an election OF the le-
gal voters IN such city or town 10 be
held, aud shall cause 10 bo published for
nc least thirty days, a notice stating that
the question OF disseminating such cor
pOration will bo submitted ut said olec.
tlon 70 the legal voters of tho same, aud
shall ilx therein the day OF holding the
election which shall not be less than
thirty nor more than sixty days after the
date OF such order.
sEc. 2. section seventeen hundred
aud one, Of snld compiled laws DO so
amended as 10 read aH f0llowsl
"Scctlon i1Oi. II n majority Of all the
legal votes cast for and against such
proposition shall be- cast "aEanst tho In.
corporation" then the same shall DO dis
continued. Tho vote provided for In
this aud the two preceding sections shall
i a. llt In Nlaunasflsttts.
pUration until the said corporation shall
have made provision for the payment of
all Of its Indebtedness and Tor the per.
formanec Of lts contracts aud obligations.
aud shall have levied tho requisite tax
therefor, provided, that such indebted.
nees, contracts and obligations shall not
be held or construed tO Include or mean
the funded or bonded indebtedness OF
such corporation or any other contract
beyond the period Of one year from the
date OF such dlslncOrpOration as deter.
mined NJ such election.
Hkc. 3. That section seventeen hun.
dred and two Of said complied laws be
SO amended as 10 read as follows;
"Sectlon i702 The vote FOR tho pur.
pose Of the disincorporation shall be
taken IN the same manner as Ia other
municipal elections, but the Judges OF
election at such election shall bo an.
pointed by the board Of county commits.
sionera, aud the election returns shall be
made 20 aud canvassed by the board ol
county commissioners Ia the same man
ner Ra returns are made at any general
election In this territory.
SEC. 4. That section seventeen hun.
drcd aud iiyo OF the said complied laws
be so amended as 70 read as follows:
section l105, For the payment Of IL
unfunded Indebtedness, the corporation
shall Issue warrants In cases whore there
Is no money IN the treasury and the
county collector shall collect tho taa
which shall be lowed 20 pay such lndebt
edness as hereinafter provided aud pre-.
scrlhed as no collects other taxes, and
pay the same over 20 the county treasur
or, who shall pay said warrants, and any
snrplus Of such fund shall DO first Rp
piled Rs a alnklng fund for the purpose
of paying on any funded Indebtedness
and II none such should be due, for the
purchase Of any portion OF such funded
Indebtedness that might be purchased
Herewith, and, II after paying of uucl
funded Indebtedness, there should 70
main surplus the same shall be turned
over 90 the school fund OF the school dis
there be more than ono school district
the same shall ba divided between then
Ia proportion % the vote cast Ia such
school dlsirlct.
sEc. D. The following sections shal
bo added 10, and Incorporated IN th,
statute ON municipal corporations be
tween SECTIONS, 1908 and 1909, preceding
the word miscellaneous" 20 wit:
Section i70b a. II shall be the dutl
OF the hoard Of county commissioners d
the county IN which any Mch town o
city may be dlsincorp0 ted 20 TAXI
charge Of all water works, water ans
other property belonging 20 any incor
p0Fatl0n which may be dislncorporgtos
as before provided, and 10 employ a suit
abba person 10 manage, operate and con
troll the same and 20 collect all rents
tolls and charges due or 20 become duI
for water or from any other proceeds o
such water works, water OF other proper
W which said person shall bo paid
salary not 20 exceed alxty dollars pc
month, and be shall give bond 20 tn
board of county commissioners IN thl
county Ia such sum as said board %
county commissioners may deem auilcl
, ent, conditioned that he will faithfully
perform all his duties a. such employ
and collect and pay over ali eume o
money which may be due or hecOm
! due as feuta, tolls, chareca and othe
proceeds Of such water works, water AM
other property OF such dla|ncorpofaio
town or city, and said omploye bhnls per
form an duties Ia reference 20 sue
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