Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-22
THE NEW LAWS.
The Late Assembly Acts OH tho Sub
,ject of official Bonds and Action
Of Ejectment.

Among the important acts of the late
assembly are the following:
! CHAPTER LV.
An act concerning the action of eject.
ment.
Be it enacted by the legislative assem-
bly, of the territory of New Mexico
Sec. Ito entitle the plaintiff to re-
cover in an action of ejectment, it shall
not be necessary for the plaintiff to prove
that at the time of the commencement of
the action the defendant was in posses
sion of the premises claimed, but the fact
of such possession shall be taken as ad-
mitted by the defendant upon his filing Il
plea of not guilty.
Sec. 2The action shall be prosecuted
in the real names of the parties and may
be brought against the tenant in posses
sion or against the person under whom
such tenant holds or claims possession.
Sec. 3-This act shall be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved Feb. 23, 1893
CHAPTER LVI.
An act to require record of all official
bonds
Be it enacted by the legislative assem-
bly, of the territory of New Mexico:
Sec. Hereafter the bonds given by
all persons elected or appointed to office
in this territory shall be recorded
Sec. 2.-The bonds of all territorial
and district officers shall be recorded in a
record book to be provided for that pur-
pose and known as the record of official
bonds, in the office of the secretary of
the territory.
Sec. 3.-The bonds of all county and
precinct officers in each of the several
counties of this territory shall be re-
corded in the office of the probate clerk
of the county in a book to be provided
by the board of county commissioners
and designated as the record of official
bonds.
Sec. Each and every person hold
ing any territorial, county or precinct
office at the time of the passage and ap-
proval of this act shall file the bond or
bonds given by him for record on or be-
fore the first day of May, A. D. 1898. And
within twenty days after the approval of
this act, the secretary of the territory
shall notify each and every territorial and
district officer required by law to give a
bond, and the probate clerk of each Of
the several counties shall notify all coun-
ty and precinct officers of the require
ment of this act to file such bonds for
record on or before said date.
Sec. 5-Each and every person who
may hereafter be elected or appointed to
office in this territory, required by law to
give bond, shall file the same for record
as provided in this act, before entering
upon the discharge of the duties of the
office.
Sec. 6-In all actions at law upon the
bond of any officer in this territory,
can not be produced in court, the certi-
fed copy thereof under the seal of the
officer making the record shall be re-
ceived by any court for the same uses
and purposes as the original bond; and
any judgment rendered and execution
issued against the principal and sureties
therein shall be as valid and binding and
Of full f4ce and effect as if the original
bond had been produced in court in said
action at law.
Sec. THE secretary of the territory
shall be entitled to fee of two dollars
and fifty cents, ($2.5O) for filing and re-
cording each bond, and the probate clerk
of each of the several counties shall be
entitled to a fee of two dollars and fifty
cents, ($2.5O for filing and recording
| each bond of a countv officAr and one