Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-04

1895, by electing president and secre-
tary from their number. Three mem.
bers of the board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of all bust.
ness, except for the letting of contracts
and the approval of estimates, when not
less than four members shall be present
Any member of the board who shall alb
sent himself for two consecutive meet.
ings of which he shall have had notice
shall be deemed to have abandoned his
office and the governor may appoint his
successor at once.
The board "shall have full power and
authority to reconstruct, rebuild and fur.
nish said capitol building and to do and
perform any and all things necessary and
proper for such purposes, but they shall
reconstruct and rebuild the same upon
the same foundation and upon the same
plans that the former building was, as
as far as in their judgment may seem
proper and for the best interests of the
territory and most convenient for the
structure of said building"
The board is to employ skilled and
competent architect who shall be super.
intendent of construction and shall have
his vouchers, after they have been ap-
proved by the board, paid by the terri
torial treasurer on warrants issued by the
territorial auditor. When the building is
completed, said board "shall purchase and
put in place all necessary carpets, furni-
ture and fixtures needful and proper" A
mai ority of the board may at any time
remove or discharge the architect for
misconduct or negligence.
The board is required to fuse all ma
terial now upon the grounds at the ruins
of the capitol building, which may be
proper and suitable In the reconstruction
and rebuilding of the same, and said
board shall and they are required to use
I'd utilize all labor of convicts confined
the penitentlary of New Mexico which
j. nay be possible to use and utilize in
IT,, reconstruction and rebuilding of said
capitol building and they shall use and
utilize all brick, lime and stone which
can be manufactured and supplied by
convict labor"
Advertisements for letting of con-
tracts for material and supplies, outside
of that above provided for, shall be pub
lished ten days before such contracts are
let in daily paper at Albuquerque, Las
Vegas, Santa Fe and Denver, Colo. The
contract shall be let to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder and the board shall take
a bond for the fultillment of such con
tract from the successful bidder.
The board shall at all times keep the
property insured.
Authority is given under the bill for
$ha of h0p1o Of This torri
tory to the amount of $4,000, the same
to be known as "the capitol rebuilding
bonds Of the territory of New Mexico"
Such bonds shall be in the denomination
of $1,000 each; $4,000 shall be dated
May l, 1895, and $4,000 shall be dated
November l, 1895. The bonds shall bear
interest at the rate of per cent per an
mum, payable at the National Bank of
Commerce in New York, on the first days
of May and November. The bonds shall
be advertised in the New York journal of
Commerce and daily papers at Santa Fe,
Las Vegas and Albuquerque and shall not
be sold for less than par. Not more than
~ per cent of the face of said bonds
shall be used for the expense of prepare
ton, printing, advertising and sale. The
rest shall constitute the capitol rebuild
ing fund. The bonds mature absolutely
within thirty years from date and may be
paid at any time after twenty years from
date.
For the payment Of the semi-annual
interest on these bonds an annual levy
sufficient to raise the amount and the in.
terest due November l., 1895, shall be
paid out Of money now in the treasury
To pay off the principal, the auditor shall
levy annually, beginning in 1914, such
tax as will be sufficient to pay off annual
ly $4,000 of such bonds. taf
The board shall not incur any indebt.
edness over and above the $4,000 herein
provided for and any funds left over shall
be covered into the treasury as the "cap.
itol contingent fund.-"
BIOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIVE ARMIJo
Hon. Jose Armijo y Vigil, who assists
Representative Martin in protecting the
interests of Socorro county in the lowe,
house, is native of Col. Chaves' BALL
wick, Valencia county, having been born
there in 1912. After short stay at Al
buquerque, Mr.. Armijo went to Socorro
county and settled at Lemitar, about
eight miles from the county seat. Here
he has lived for the last thirty years en-.
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