Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-30
OFFICIAL BUDGET.
Coming Charges Respecting the Of
flee of Sheriff and Collector
Capital City News
Notes.

SEPARATION OF SHERIFF AND COLLECTORS.
Under an act passed by the last legisla-
tive assembly the counties of the territory
are to be divided into first and second
class after the present year, and in coun-
ties of the first-class the Office of sheriff
and collector will be separated, SO that at
the election in November next certain
counties will elect two instead of one
man to fill these positions. Counties of
the frstclass are such as have popula-
ton of 1000 or over under the census of
$780, These will constitute the counties
of Taos, Rio Arriba, Colfax, Mora, San
Miguel, Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Valencia, So
zorro, Dena Ana and Grant. The act I'M
der which this change occurs was one of
Hon. A. B. Falls pet measures when he
represented Dona Ana county in the house
three years ago. The bill was framed, in
troduced and warmly supported by him.
| but failed of passage at that time. Attic
session one year ago, however, it was
effect will be very material saving over
the present expensive methods of collect
ing the public revenues.
DELEGATE JosEPH's ARID LANDS BILL.
Following is copy of the bill recently
introduced in congress by Delegate Jo-
seph and now pending before the house
committee on irrigation: "Be it enacted
by the senate and house of representa-
tives of the United States of America in
congress assembled, that the sum of
100000 be, and is hereby, appropriated
to be expended under the direction of the
secretary of the interior in the discovery
and the determination Of methods for the
development and distribution of the water
supply for irrigation of the great plains
and semi-arid region between tho 9th
and 109th degrees of west longitude in
the United States"
OFFICIAL NOTES.
Geo. T.. Gould, SO long associate editor
of the Optic, was to-day appointed post
master at East Las Vegas.
Henry Q. Maurino, of Albuquerque,
will take notice that his homestead patent
No. 1891 has been received at the U. s.
land office in this city.
There will soon be established new
postoffice on the San Juan below Largo,
which will be named Fairview. For the
present it will be located at c. G. Brewers
with Mrs. Deichsel as postmistress.
There is no truth in the rumor that
Capt Bulls has received an intimation
that he is soon to be relieved as agent for
the Pueblo Indians. There are 5000 of
these Indians and they are in constant
need of the services of an active business
man. Capt. Bulls fills the place to per-
lection.
Walter s. Booth, son of Judge 8. E.
Booth, Of the cattle sanitary board, has
been appointed cattle inspector for New
Mexico at the Kansas City stock yards,
vice Geo. Smart, resigned. He has gone
to Kansas City to assume that position,
and the cattlemen can feel assured that
he will fill it with credit to himself ard
benefit to the cattlemen.
Las Vegas "old town" is on the right
track. A petition has been prepared for
circulation, asking the county, commits
sioners to order the incorporation of the
old town, under the name of Las Vegas,
with view to aiding in the settlement of
the title to the Las Vegas grant. Santa Fe
has incorporation but it does not ap-
pear to aid much toward securing con-
firmation of the Santa Fo grant. How
ever, with Las Vegas it may be different!