Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-02-15

Proceedings OF the Board OF County
Commissioners Of Santa Fe
County.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Feb 1s94.-The hon
orable board of county commissioners
met at 2 o'clock p. m.
Present: Hon. A. L. Kendall, chairman,
and Hons. Chas. w. Dudrow and Victor
Ortega, commissioners, and Atanaslo Ro-
nero, clerk.
The minutes of the last session were
read and approved.
The following reductions were made
upon the assessment returns of the fol-
lowing persons under the provision of
exemption law: J. W. Akers, 5000; Eu-
geno Sena, 5000.
The report of the sheriff and ex-officio
collector for the taxes collected from the
22d day of July, 1898, to the 31st day of
December, 1898, was received and the
same was ordered to be filed.
statement was also received from the
sheriff and ex-of1icio collector of taxes
and licenses for the same period OF time,
with list of persons that have refused
to pay part of the taxes, and also list
of uncollected licenses amounting to 500,
and list of persons assessed by the
sheriff, the assessed property amounting
to $3.50, and the clerk was directed to
credit the sheriff and ex-oflicio collector
with the uncollected licenses and to charge
him the amount of taxes on the property
assessed by him.
The sheriff presented communication
calling the attention of the board to Sec
ton 1908 of the Compiled Laws in regard
to the duties of the assessor and clerk, on
persons doing business and liable to pay
licenses in the county, and after an ex-
PLANTATION made by the county clerk on
the subject, the clerk was directed to
notify the county assessor TO comply with
the law as required by said section.
Mr.. John p. Victory appeared before
the board and asked the sum of $6O.93 be
deducted from the amount of taxes of
Mrs. Victory, the same having been paid
and reported by A. G. Haden as the mort
gagee on the same property, and the same
was deducted by the board for the year
1892.
Mr.. E. Andrews appeared before the
board in behalf of Mrs. Wheelock and
asked that the taxes of Mrs. Wheelock for
the year 1928 be deducted, as the same
was raised by the assessor and by the
board of county commissioners, and the
board being satisfied with the explana-
property at $4,000 for each year.
Mr.. E. Andrews also complained that
his assessment returns for the years 1892
90 was raised by the assessor and by the
board of county commissioners, and that
the assessor refused to allow him the ex-
emption of 800 for each acre of land
planted on trees as required by law, and
the board after being satisfied of the
statement as made by Mr.. Andrews, fixed
the price of his property at $l,916 for
each year.
Mr.. Abeytia appeared before the board
in behalf Of Mr.. p. Yrisarri asking that
reduction be made on the taxes of his
property for the reason that his property
was reported twice as much as it is worth
without his knowledge, and the board be-
ing satisfied of the statement made by
him fixed the price of said property for
the taxes of 1929 at $500 for each year.
And the clerk was directed to notify
the collector of all changes made by the
board.
Mr.. T. Alarid asked the board that the
collector be instructed to receive the
taxes of certain piece of land reported
by Mrs. Beckwith for the year 189l-92-93,
said property being situate at precinct
No. 6, and the same being now purchased
by him, and SO ordered.
The resignation of Mr.. Williams as
justice of the peace at precinct No. Is
was received and accepted, and Mr.. DO
seph Routlege was appointed in his
place as such justice of the peace for
said precinct.
Fms report Of the assessor for licenses
issued during November and December,
1893, and January 1894, amounting as
follows, towit:
For territory .$228.12L
For county .........,........ 228.12M
For schools. ................. 1880
And the same were approved, and the
clerk was directed to charge the same to
the collector and to send the territorial
auditor copy of said report.
On motion of Hon. Chas. w. Dudrow
the resolution passed by the board on
the Sd day of January, 1894, appointing
the Cerrillos Rustler as public printer for
the county of Santa Fe, was recinded on
the vote yes 2, Hon. Chas. w. Dudrow
and Victor Ortega. No l, Hon. A. L.
Kendall.
And the following resolution was
adopted on the same vote:
Resolved, That the Office of county
printer is hereby declared vacant and,
that the New MEXICAN Printing company
10 hereby elected as county printer for
the year 1894, and that all work and pub
LEGATION shall be sent to them by the va
rious county officers as prescribed by
law.
The following accounts were audited
and approved:
To W. P. Cunningham, Jail ex-
penses, October 1,'l893, to
Dec. 81, 1898. .......... $3.50 rs
To New MEXICAN Printing Co.,
publishing proceedings, dock.
ct, etc...... ........,...... l56 20
To Librado Valencia, fees as
Justice OF the peace, etc. ..... 35 05
To Seberiano Ribera Salazar as
county jailor for Dec. l893... rs 90
The above accounts to be paid out of
the general county fund for 1892.
To Valentin Medrano, fees as
constable, precinct No. 4.....$ 4 so
To Atanasio Romero, salary as
county and probate clerk and
for nine rolls of newspaper,
etc. ....... .......,.........1 1854 90
To VIM. j. Cain, services as in
terpreter at Justice of the
peace. .'..... III w
To W. H. Goebel, hardware for