Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-04-18

Some Of she Acts Of the Legislature.
CHAprFR XLYTI.


CHAPTER XVII.
An act entitled an act to amend
section 1865 Of title 33, chapter 2,
Of the G ompiled Laws Of New
Mexico 1884.
BE IL enacted by the Legislative
assembly Of the Territory Of New
Mexico.
Sec. /. BE it enacted that sec
ton 1865 Of title 33, chapter 2, Of
the laws of New Mexico, 1884, be
amended by adding thereto the
following words: "And no action
or suit shall be brought to call in
question any privilege or fran
chise granted by any municipal
corporation, unless the same shall
be brought within six years after
the same shall have been granted,
and any such privilege OF fran
chise heretofore granted by any
municipal corporation shall after
Fix years from the date Of the
granting of the same, or within
six years after the same shall have
been claimed to have been granted
shall be deemed valid in all re-
spocts: Provided, however, that
suits may be brought to vacate or
annul any such privilege or fran
elise within six months after the
passage of this act"
Sec. 2. This act shall take eff
feet from and after its passage.
Approved Feb. %, 1898.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
An act to regulate the manner
of taxing sleeping a and other
companies.
BE it enacted by the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of New
Mexico:
Sec. /. That no owner whether
corporate or otherwise of palace
cars, drawing room ars or sleep
ing cars, excepting railroad COM
panies operating railroads in this
Territory, shall have the right to
use or charge or collect fare or
compensation for the use of any
car within this Territory after the
first day of April, 1898, until such
owner shall have paid to the Ter
ritorial treasurer the tax and made
the report hereinafter required,
and any violation Of this section
shall constitute a misdemeanor
and shall be punished by a fine OF
one hundred dollars for each of
Tense upon conviction thereof.
Sec. 2. Every such owner Of
the cars mentioned in section l
except such railroad companies al
aforesaid, shall make and return
during the month of March il
each year to the Territorial audit
or a true statement of the Who'll
number of cars operating in tn
Territory, of the counties throug.
which such cars run, and the nun
Der and kind of cars, and the nun
her of miles operated in each c
the said counties and of the gros
earnings made by the use of sue
cars between points in and upo
business done, local to this Terr
tory, during the preceding yes
ending on the first day of the sal
month of March, which statemeI
shall be verified by such. owner {
by some officer or agent havin
official knowledge of the facts, an
at the time of returning such stat.
ment shall pay into the TerritoriI
treasury the annual tax hereina
ter prescribed.
Sec. 3. Such owner shall pa
two dollars and fifty cents upc
each one hundred dollars of gro.
earnings, reported as required |
section 2 of this act, to the Teri
torial treasurer, on or before u
first day of April in each yea
one-half of which shall be for Il
benefit of the Territorial treasur
to be apportioned ratably amor
the several funds thereof and q
other one-half shall be for the be
eft of the several counties throul
which such cars may run and sh6
be distributed among them al
paid over TO the several coun
collectors thereof by the Territ
rial treasures in the ratio viii.
the number of miles in any coun
over which such cars may r.
shall bear TO the whole number
miles in this Territory over viii,
such cars may run.
Sec. 4. The report required