Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-17

committee OF the whole and some changes
have beon made in tho bill which pro
vides that whenever it shall be desired
to create a new county a petition signed
BY at lerst 600 householder residents,
bona 6de electors, within the limits Of
the new county, and shall be presented
70 the Governor; sand such petition
shall set forth that there are at least
1000 bona ide inhabitants within the
proposed limits Of said county, tho spe-
cial reasons existing For It's formation,
it's proposed name ard the temporary
county seat, and shall have n map at
tached thereto, drawn to a scale, and
showing the boundaries Of the old coun-
ty and the proposed limits Of the new
one. Said proposed county shall, in no
case, DO less than SIXTY miles square or
thirty-six hundred square miles, and as
nearly in a rectangular shape as possible,
and where practicable the outside boun-
daries Of said county shall be township
or section lines, and such petition pray
ing that said designated territory may
be organized into a new county govern
ment, to be known as the county Of
-n
Afidavits Of ten citizens must accom-.
pany this petition as to the correctness
OF its statements. The Governor shall
then appoint a census taker who shall
proceed under oath to canvass the num-
Der Of householders in the proposed new
county anu If il is shown that these
number 1000 and they have s950,0o0
worth Of taxable property as shown by
the last assessment, three citizens shall
then De named by the Governor to serve
as county commissioners and the now
county may then be termed as tenn
porarily organized. mo bonds Of any
kind shall be issued by any county or
school district within one year after the
organization of such proposed new coun-
ty, and the sheriff and other county
officers of the old county, except these
named above, shall continue to exercise
jurisdiction within such proposed new
county until the new county officers are
elected and qualified"
The county commissioners so appoint
ed by the Governor shall divide the ter
ritory into districts within sixty days
and after thirty days notice an election
shall be- called to elect a full set Of coun-
ty officers and name the county seat.
All sorts Of safeguards for carrying
out this plan are provided in the bill,
and ample provisions made for division
Of county Indebtedness, etc, at shall
not be lawful to establish any boundary
line within less than twenty-five miles
Of the county seat of the county to be
divided"
No county shall be curtailed in its
limits 80 as TO reduce the territory to
less than sixty miles square or thirty-six
hundred square miles and possess $780,
900 of taxable property.
The amendments provide that there
shall not be less than $500 population
in any new county aud that 1t shall re.
quire the signatures Of at least 1900 tax
payers 20 the petition asking for a new
county. It is rather doubtful whether
the bill will pass.
The bill for the creation OF Unior
county is we'll advanced and there is nc
doubt whatever of its passage. The new
county will be made up Of portions O
Colfax, Mora, and San Miguel and vii
have a population Of over 1900.
The following nominations, whichever,
sent to the council on the 4th inst, werl
all confirmed on Monday except j.
Whitmore, E. v. Chaves, w. II. II. Lie
wellyn and NJ. Salazar;
n Geo. B. Barber, district attorney 70
4 the counties of Lincoln, Chaves an
Eddy, vice Hawkins. resigned.
Thomas McQuiston, penitentiary com
missioner, vice T. D. Burns, resigned
H. H. Belts, penitentiary commlsslone
. vice j.. r. DeMier, resiGnedi L.. q. ReaC
~penitentiary commissioner, vice A. Pine
resigned.
d w. S. Hopewell, cattle sanitary con
:. missioner, vice R. Hudson, resigned.
j. A. Whitmore and Robt. Blacl
T. members of the board Of regents agr
# cultural college, for i've years from Sci
d TENDER, 1892.
.a E. V. Long, Benigno Romero, q. (
Chapman and G. w. Wildenstein, me
bers Of the board OF trustees Of the il
sane asylum.
Is w. G. Waring, Thomas Harwoo
d trustees Of the school Of mines.
"a Frank w. Clancy and G. w. MeyleI
regents Of the university OF New Mexi,
rg for five years.
le W. G. Porterfeld and E. G. Murph.
" members Of the board Of pharmacy.
X DR.. j. j. Shuler, member Of the meC
cal board.
W. T. Thornton, WIZ a. Ilewelly
"a E. v. Chayes and NJ. SalazaF, Work.
~ Exposition managers for New Mexico.
The vote on Chaves, Llewellyn al
Salazar was reconsidered on Tuesd
and they were confirmed.
rs The Governors message in r%eferen
to the pay of employees Of the legislatu
" was not very well received. Councilm
q Veeder moved to appoint a commit
~ to investigate the necessity Of 90 ma
Ia. employees in the council but the mott
n was tabled indefinitely. There a
Iai nearly twice as many employees OF I
a Legislature as there are membere Of DO
no houses.
Councilman HALLS bin in reference