Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-05


49,, W. ua' ! any pelson " Poi
'ono sna'i "iii,uiy anu hiaiioiousiy uo'aoo,
Iooat;o pu, uo"n, inluio VI uosolos ans
lou'i,aaa,. ''aA'' oiue Pos'' ooinoi pIo.,
49, IN, y, nonulhon'' Vi az! liz. w:
IS. w oounuafS nionunieno Vu.'
Sns;nn ~. ueeie na:ins VI tn.enu.us w
~ ne io .Ia: 1 " co.
eroI thn 0ia,' iou ..so VI ,; ven y. ntn
49, - S;s ~ w .h $500 ~
rarsons 81 So sne Hi S sn' pHo 81
p p,isdar ~ onens 'aalt ~ su. .E.naof
shall he snaa ' NO. e x sloo or NV
i'm nr;sonnaut - ~ oonn,u ~, M az.
.eadinn a;x ,annthS sJ ~" not5 snob fna
ana innr;sonnamt ~ 49,
Sec . a., narson who sbol, o,ti-date
.nv notice af ,poat .1 and nost Tho same
nnon ann no;ninr cio;r, a. shall date anv
nnt;ca az lonat;rn ,tha.,;sa than Tho trns
5ots ~ tin,a ~, s''ah m,;n;n1. olain, was
lncated shou IA daan,aa nn;lts of mia.
demeanor and On con viction tbereof shall
be punished by fine not exceeding $500
na,itsntioru ~ avooaa;rn ono vaor or
hv Moth sncb An. ond ;,,rrisonme,t
We
Council bill No. 10, an act relating to
practice IN the courts OF New Mexico, III
PRODUCED by Thos. Hughes, of Bernallllo
county, contains but one section which
reads:
The district courts OF this territory or
any Judge thereof and the supreme court
OF this territory may review, set aside,
modify or change, by order or decree, tne
report or findings, or any OF them, OF any
special master In any cause In equity now
or hereafter penang IN SAID olstrlct
courts or any OF them, 1or any sause un-
satisfactory to such court or Judge, ana
no such report or hndlng snail De heiu
by any suoh court or Judge to nave the
force or effect OF special or general
verdict OF jury IN SUIT at law, but all
such reports and findings shall Do held 10
be and are hereby declared 10 De only az,
vlsory of the law and facts to the court
or Judge before whom the same may De
filed or brought for hearing
o,.es,p,c.r,on or oouNr1ps
The bill introduced In the counoll oy
Hon. L. A. Flnlcal, known as council Dill
NO. 81, Is an act providing for the COM
pensation of county officers, brief sum-
mary OF which Is here given.
The various counties are divided INTO
three classes, the counties of Bernalillo
and San Miguel constituting the hrst
| class; Santa re, Socorro, bona Ana,
Grant and Colfax, the second class; San
Juan, Rio Arriba, Taos, Mora, Union,
Guadalupe, Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra
ard Valencia, those of the third class.
The existing laws providing for ooroners,
school superintendent, collectors, and
road supervisors are repealed.
| The Justices of the peace of the various
| precincts in the counties are made ex-
officio road supervisors and allowed 70
| per annum IN full com pensatlon for SER
vices as supervisors. The probate Judges
of the different counties are made ex-
officio school uperintendents, and paid
as follows: In counties of the first class,
ISL 200 per annum for such services; $500
in counties of the second class; $500 in
counties of the third class.
The county commissioners OF the terri
tory are allowed rot to exceed $3 per day
for each day the boards arein session, but
not more than forty days pay ID allowed
for any one year; in addition they are al
lowed 6 cents per mile for each mile 40
tually and necessarily travelled.
The treasurers of the counties are made
ex-oficio collectors, and paid per cent
OF the amount of taxes collected.
County assessors are required to make
but one assessment during their term of
office, and all levying of taxes for the
two years of their term Is made on that
one assessment. The compensation al
lowed the assessors is per cent of the
| no more,
Irooaoe clerks ale maze e1-oInolo
services "a clarts and and;tors % foIlows.
In counties of the first class, $1,000 per
year; counties OF the second class, $500;
IN counties OF the third class, $500; In ad-
dltlon to which they are allowed the fees
now collected for filing and recording all
instruments.
Sheriffs are prohibited from collecting
any fee for attending meetings of the
board OF commissioners, sessions OF the
probate court, or attendance upon jas
tlce OF the peace courts, except in cases
where preliminary trials are being held
for some crime defined as felony under
the statutes. At the close of the criminal
dookets OF the district courts, sheriffs are
required to take all persons sentenced by
judges to serve IN the penitentiary at the
same time, and shall charge but for one
trip; an allowance OF 40 cents per day for