Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-10-16
Proceedings of the Board of County
Commissioners OF santa Ee
syluntV.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Oct. 2, 1893.-The
honorable board of county commissioners
met at 3 p. N. pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Hon. A. l.. Kendall, chair
man, and Hons. Chas. W. Dudrow and
Victor Ortega commissioners, and Alta
nasio Romero clerk.
The minutes of the last session were.
read and approved.
Mr.. Francisco Garcia Castillo was ap-
pointed roadoverseer for precinct No.
IL.
The following accounts were audited,
examined and approved.
TO Juan j. Ortiz, salary as school
perintendent, to be paid out of the
school fund, $334.5O.
To the Hall q O'Donald Lithographing
company, for "Coptract Record" $40.
The Water d Improvement company,
for water services for the quarter ending
Sept. 80, 1898, 3 months, $S4.5O.
Aniceto Abeytia, salary as probate
judge, for May 1898, $33.33.
Anlceto Abeytia, salary as probate
judge, for July, August and September,
800.
Aniceto Abeytia, for stationery as pro-
bate Judge, for July, August and Septem-
Der, Sc.
Leandro Sena, for repairs on iron win
dows in Jail, SIS.
Cayetano A. Garcia, salary as county
jailor, $66.66.
Albino Ortega, salary as county iailor,
$G666.
Levi GARNER, for transferring the body
of Marcelino Vigil to Jail, 81.
Atilano Gold as interpreter at tho JUS
tice of the peace court, 50.
Patrico Valencia, fees as constable in
precinct No. II, from April 1, to Sept. 80,
$3.50.
Jose Ma. Garcia, fees as justice of the
peace for precint No. II, from July l, to
Sept. 80, $32.
Jose Ma. Samosa and Manuel Lovato,
fees as justice and constable in precinct
No. 3, from July 1, to Sept. 80, $29.75.
To Chas. NJ. Conklin, for feeding pris-
oners during July, $37.
10 Manuel Valdes, commission as coun-
ty assessor for two different funds, $704.
To Atanasio Romero, for stationery for
probate clerks Office for August and Sep
TENDER, $3.50.
10 Geo. H. Gross, salary as horticul-
tural commissioner for July, August and
September, $25.
To Trinidad Alarid, salary as horticul-
tural commissioner for July, August and
September, $25.
The New Mexican Printing company
for printing, publishing records, &C.,
$2395O.
To Jesus Ma. Montoya, salary as jani-
tor from Aug. l, to Aug. II, $14.65.
To Robert G. Gortner, services as stem
ographer at the justice of the peace court,
$245O.
TO Thos. A. Goodwin to cleaning clos
ests at court house, $3.50.
To Dennis Coffin, fees as justice of the
peace, precinct MOI, $22.50.
To W. P. Cunningham, for attendance
to probate court, $l2.
To w. P. Cunningham, jail expenses
from July 10, to Sept. &c. 1898, $135.
To W. p. Cunningham, taking w. B.
Anderson, lunatic, to Las Vegas, $47.
The accounts of Mr.. Chas. M. Conklin,
sheriff and ex-officio collector of Santa
Fe county were duly approved as the
same appeared on record, on the min
utes of this board of Sept. l., 1893, sub
ject to correction of the same.
A petition was presented, signed by
large number of inhabitants of precinct
No. Is, asking that the road leading from
Santa Cruz to Chimayo by the river be
cleared, the same being fenced in by
man named Jose Antonio Quintana; and
at the same time communication was
received from Mr.. Consepcion Fresques,
roadoverseer of said precinct, stating
that the said Jose Antonio Quintana re-
fused to remove the fence from the said
road.
Commissioner Victor Ortega was d.
rected by the board to instruct said
roadoverseer to remove said fence from
said public road, or to prosecute said
Jose Antonio Quintana for keeping OBJ
structions on said public road, as direct
ed before.
The clerk was directed to notify all
the roadoverseers of the county to keep
the roads in as good condition as posi-
BILE.
The clerk was also directed to notify
the railroad officers of the county of
Santa Fe and to send them copy of the
following order.
1t is hereby ordered that the A. 7. & S.
+. Railroad company or N. M. & s. P.
Railroad company and the Santa Fe
Southern Railroad company be, and the
same are hereby ordered to pillow as a fire
guard along its road bed and line in
the county of Santa Fe, continuous
strip of land at least six feet in width,
which said strip shall be plowed and run
parallel with said road-bed or line of rail
road. The outer line of said strip of
plowed land to be upon the outer line of
the right of way of said railroad; said
outer line in no case, however, to exceed
one hundred feet from the center of the
track of the said railroad. 1t is hereby
further ordered that said RAILROAD shall
burn or remove all dry grass or dead and
dry vegetation between said plowed strip
and the track of railroad.
1t is hereby further ordered that the
blowing and burning of dead grass and
vegetation shall be done in such good and
workman-like manner as to detroY and
cover tho vegetation thereon, and be suf-
fcient to prevent the spreading of fires
and further, that said fire guards be con-
structed, and burning done along the en-
tire road-bed of said railroad in the county
of Santa Fe except along said road-bed
within the limits of any city or town, and
except along said road bed running
through mountains or other lands i'm
practicable to pillow, nor along such places
where such blowing and burning as afore-
said would be of no practicable util-
ity.
Adjourned subject to the call of the
charmain.
A. L. KENDALL,
Chairman.