Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-15
NEW LAWS.
Chapters I, 2 and ) Of the Session
Laws
Repeating the Poll Tax and Relating
to Delinquent Officials.
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I.
An act relating to the qualifications of
all public officers of the territory of New
Mexico, and of every county thereof.
Be it enacted, by the legislative assem-
bly, of the territory of New Mexico:
Sec. l. That hereafter no person who
is holder or receiver of public moneys
of this territory, or of any county there
of, shall be eligible to any public Office
in this territory or any county thereof,
until the same is accounted for and paid
into the treasury, and such public officer
in addition to the oath of Office already
prescribed, shall make oath that he is not
the holder of any public moneys due to
this territory or any county thereof,
which is unaccounted for; and all holders,
receivers or collectors of any public
money of this territory, or any county
thereof, who have refused when called
upon, or failed after reasonable oppor-
tunity to account for and pay over such
public moneys to the proper officer, SHAH
be held and deemed ineligible to hold any
civil Office in this territory or any county
thereof, and 1t shall be tho duty of the
governor to forthwith vacate the COM
missions of ali defaulting tax collectors
or of tax collectors or receivers, or of
any other persons in whose hands public
moneys shall come, who shall fail to do
their duty in any respect as prescribed
by law. The vacation of such commits
sions to be done in summary manner
after notice to the defaulting officer
sufficient to give him an opportunity to
be heard in his defense, and in such
event the vacancy shall be filled in the
manner prescribed for other vacancies,
and these proceedings shall ot-be re-
viewable by any court of this territory.
Sec 2. This act shall not be construed
to repeal any other acts providing other
qualifications for public officers of the
territory of New Mexico, and of the
counties thereof, but as furnishing other
and additional qualifications for such
officers and shall be in full force and
effect from and after thirty days after its
passage.
Approved January 4, 1898.
CHAPTER II.
An act to amend Chapter rs and n of
the Goth legislative assembly and to pres
cribe the qualifications of voters.
Be it enacted by the legislative assem-
bly, of the territory of New Mexico.
Sec. l. That all of section 4 of Chapter
II and so much of section 36 of Chapter
rs Of tho acts of the 29th legislative as
sembly of the territory of New Mexico as
provides "that it shall be illegal for any
person to vote at any election who has
not paid his poll tax for the current year
and said payment must be made in case
of general election one day previous to
such election day. be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Prepayment of poll tax shall
not hereafter be prerequisite or qualiti-
cation of the right to vote at any election
in this territory.
Soc. 3. This act shall be IN force and
effect from and after its passage.
Approved January 5, 1898.
CHAPTER V.
An act to prohibit the release of delin-
quent public officials.
Be it enacted by the Legislative AS
sembly of the Territory of New Mexico:
Section /. 1t shall hereafter be unlaw
full for any territorial official, district at
torney, board of county commissioners or
other official charged with the collection
of any indebtedness, or the prosecution
of any suit for the collection of any in
debtedness due to, or claimed by the ter
ritory, any county, city, town, precinct, or
school district, from any public official,
or the sureties on his official bond, to
compromise, satisfy or discharge such in
debtedness in favor of such official or
sureties, except upon payment in full of
the amount claimed to be due, or of the
amount for which judgement is rendered
by court of competent Jurisdiction.
Section 2. Any compromise, satisfac-
ton, or discharge of Indebtedness, pro-
hibted by the preceding section of this
act is hereby declared to be invalid and
shall not be held bar to any suit for the
collection thereof, and suit may be
brought at any time within four years
from the date Of such compromise, salts
faction or discharge to enforce the pay
lnent thereof notwithstanding any exist
ing law of limitation.
Section 3. This act shall apply as fully
to any indebtedness existing at the date
of the passage of this act as to any that
may hereafter accrue. .
Section 4. This act shall be- in force
and effect from and after the date of Its
passage, and all acts ana parts of acts in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved, Jan. 10, 1898.