Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-01-29
SOME LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Bill Introduced for the Creation of a
New County, to Be Taken from Va
lencia and Bernalilln Counties.
COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS PROVIDED FOR
An Act Amending the Present Law,
Providing for Board of Equaliza-
tion and Prescribing It's
Duties.

House bill No. 80, introduced by Gu
Mulholland, provides for the creation @
a new county to be known as Summit, tn
same to be taken from territory now in
cluded within the boundaries of Valenc
and Bernalillo counties. The terrltor
which Mr.. Mulholland's bill proposes t.
take is bounded MS follows: Commenc
ing on the territorial line between New
Mexico and Arizona at the southwes
corner of Valencia county, thence dut
east along the boundary line between
Valencia and Socorro counties and unit
il intersects the township line between
ranges and thence north on said town.
ship line until it intersects the boundary
line between San Juan and Bernalillo
counties, thence due west until 1t inter.
sects the boundary line between the terri
tories of New Mexico and Arizona, thence
due south on said territorial line to the
point Of beginning. All that portion of
Bernalillo county east Of the line de-.
scribed in the preceding section as the
eastern boundary of said county of Sum
nit shall be and remain in the county of
Bernalillo, and all that portion of the
county of Valencia east of the line de.
scribed in the preceding section as the
eastern boundary line of said county of
Summit shall be and remain in the coun.
ty of Valencia. The selection of the
county seat of the new county is to be
left to the vote of the people.
Within thirty days afterthe passage of
this act, it shall be the duty of the gov
ernor to appoint three capable persons,
not all of ono political faith, who shall
constitute board of county commits
sioners. One person is to be appointed
from each county as committee to as
certain the actual debt of the counties of
Valencia and Bernalillo, and to appraise
all public Improvements within those
counties, to count the cash in the treasury
of each, which latter effects are to be
deducted from the general debts of Va
lencia and Benalillo counties, and upon
this basis the proportion of indebtedness
found which should fall to The lot of the
new county, the same to be based upon
'he assessment and valuation made upon
in the territory included in the
county of Summit in the year 1896.
Provided, That if the sum of the ap-
9raisement of the public buildings,
bridges and other public Improvements
which remain within the counties of Ber-
lalillo and Valencia equal or exceed the
um of the actual debt of said counties,
espectively, then and in that case the !
county of Summit shall be free from pay
ng any proportion of the debt of the
'cuntias of RarnaIiile and Valencia; pro-
'ided further, that the territory included
'ithin the limits of the county Of Summit
hall in no way be responsible for any
ebt or part of debt created or con-
racted BY either the county of Berna.
lilo or Valencia from and after the pass
&c of this act.
House bill No. IS, introduced BY Mr..
ose D. Sena is an act to amend an exist
ng law, which provides for board of
qualization and prescribes it's duties.
Mr.. Sena's amendment proposes to
aake section 2 of the existing law read
8 follows:
"The board of equalization shall assem-
lie on the second Monday of January of
ach year, for the purpose of fixing the
aluation upon all property belonging to
abroad, telegraph telephone and sleep
ng car companies doing business within
he territory of New Mexico, and said
oard is hereby given power and au-
hority to examine persons and papers,
nd administer oaths in connection with
his DUTY"
The valuation upon this class of prop.
rty as finally fred, shall be certified by
ne secretary of the board to the auditor
+ the territory, who in turn shall certify
ne same to the board of county commits.
toner's of the various counties, in which
no property may be located. The valua.
ion must be made uniform upon this
lass Of property, throughout the terri
Dry. The sum OF $1,000, for each of the
Gth and 47th fiscal years is hereby ap.
ropriated for the purpose of paying the
expenses of such board, and the treas
rer of the territory shall pay the mem
ers the above compensation, upon war
ants of the auditor, which shall be issned
pom itemized bills filed in his Office.