Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-06
OFFICIAL BUDGET.
Capital City News of the Day Gath
cred in the Several Depart
mentS of State.
SUPREME COURT DECISION,

In the U. S. supreme court the decisio,
OF the court of appeals for the 9Th iudicia
circuit in the case of the Aztec MINING
Co. against John VI. Ripley has been at
hrmed with costs. This case was ap
Pealed from the supreme court of New
Mexico in 1891. This decision, as al
previous decisions have been, was in favol
of Ripley, Pinos Altos merchant who
sued for 81, 400 due for merchandise fur
nlshed the company. The case went te
the U. s. supreme court on the question
of the court of appeals jurisdiction.
CHINESE REGISTRATION.
U. s. Collector Shannon recently re.
ceived official instructions relative to the
registration of Chinese under the new
law.
The limit of the old law expired on
May 5, 1898, and the new law extends the
time for registration for six months
from November 8, 1898.
All applications for registration must
be accompanied by two unmounted pho
tographic licensees of the application.
one to be posted to the original and the
other to the duplicate certificate. These
must be sun photographs, the head to be
not less than q inches from the base of
the hair to the base of chin.
1t Is estimated that there are about
LOO Chinese in New Mexico and Arizona
of whom about 1900 are in the latter ter
ritory. OF these only 400 registered un
der the old law. They must all register.
Since the decision of the U. s. supreme
Cnnrt 1ap1o riper ba1 low
Chinese generally manifest resolution
to comply with its requirements. Ap-
pllcations for registration are rapidly
pouring into the revenue office. No fees
are charged. The applicant muse merely
pay for his or her own photographs.
SURVEYOR GENERALS OFFICE,
Col Geo. H. Pradt, U. s. deputy sur
veyor, has completed the resurvey of the
Canon del Aqua grant in accordance with
the decision of the supreme court of the
United States.
He is now at Bernalillo taking testi-
mony with reference to the boundaries of
the Alameda grant. Next week he will
commence the survey of that grant in
with the decree of the U, s.
court of private land claims.
The survey of several grants in Taos
county, confirmed by the land court, has
been ordered, but, owing to the deep
snow in the mountuins, it will be impos-
slble to do the work for some time.
IMPORTANT CIRCULAR.
Surveyor General Easley is to-day send
ng out circular with reference to the
'pportionment of moneys appropriated
or surveys. 1t prohibits deputy sur
7eyors from carrying the cost of work
beyond the liability of their contracts and
equlres the amount of liability to be
tated in the body of the contract.
OFFICIAL GOSSIP.
Business at the U. S. land office con.
inues dull. Many people desire to prove
P on the land they occupy, but are un-
Bile to do SO on account of the scarcity
f money.
In the place of Miguel R. Otero, failed
qualify as member of the territorial
GARD of equalization, Gov. Thornton
tie yesterday afternoon appointed Chas.
!. Kennedy, of Albuquerque, a member
such board.
The following notaries have been ap-
ointed: Elmer E. Veeder, of Las Vegas.
an Miguel county; Mariana F. Sena, of
os Lunas, Valencia county; Francis L. |
earce, OF Albuquerque, Bernalillo coun- 9
:, and j. e. Curren, of Clayton, Union /
'unty.
Mr.. II. B. P. Hollyday, of Maryland. {
'eciul agent of the general land office, c
rived from Washington this morning. a
is assigned to the duty of examin np o
rveys executed under contracts
by ex-Surveyor General Hobart, par A
'ularly those made by Col. Walter G. II
armon and Col. c. G. Coleman. [
Certificate of the Armour Packing COM r
my, corporation organized under the
VIZ OF New Jersey, designating East Las n
'gas as the principal place Of its bust a
IS In this territory, and appointing F. fl
Barton, OF said town, as an agent upon tt
lom process may be served, has been :
ed in the Office of the territorial secre.
~.
Chief deputy U. s. marshal H. W. n
'omls came up from Socorro last even "
: and will remain here until Monday. b
informed Times man that the court t(
slness has about been completed and
nrt will be formally adjourned Monday. a,
70 Two Mexicans arrested by Mr.. Loomis h.
the murder of the Mexican mail car a,
r, will have hearing Monday before f.
} United States commissioner :.
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