Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-01-11
Official Proceedings of the Board
of Gn,,u,y Commissioners.

Santa Fe, Dec. :. 1s97.-The honor
able board of county commissioners met
at O'Clock p. M, pursuant to the call
of the chairman.
Present: Hon. ChaS. w. Dudrow.
chairman. and Hons. Jose A.. Lucero
and j. T. Mclaughlin, commissioners.
and Atanasio Romero, clerk.
The minutes of the last session, Octo-
Der A, 1897, were read and approved.
The taxes of Virginia V. Perea. on the
property situate between San Francisco
street and Water street, for the years
1889 to 1896, inclusive, were reduced
and the sun of $3.50 was accepted in
full payment of said taxes.
The assessment on the property of
Mrs. Sue Watts, and that of j. G. Trim
Bile, situate on the west side of Grant
avenue, were fixed at 81, 900 per year for
the half of 1898 and for the years 1894 to
1897 inclusive.
The assessment on Henry JohnsOn's
property was reduced from 5000 to $100
for 1897.
The following resolution was adopted:
1t appearing to the board of county
commissioners, that it will be for the
best interests of the county and in order
to induce delinquent taxpayers to pay
taxes due, there be and it is hereby re-
solved, That the collector of taxes for
the county of Santa Fe, be and hereby is
authorized and directed, to receive for
all delinquent taxes, due and delinquent
up to and including the year 1895, rs
percentum of the amount of such taxes
due and delinquent, being for the years
1882. 1888, 1854, 1885, 1886, 1887. 1888,
1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895,
giving his official receipt for such rs
percentum in full for said taxes and
abating the amount of 25 percentum
hereby authorized, provided that all such
taxes due and delinquent for the years
above specified be and are paid during
the present month andEonof before Jan
uary 81, 1898.
= The collector was directed to take off
from the assessment rolls, one of the as
sessmcnts against the property of M.
Quayle, the same having been assessed
twice for the years 1893. 1894, and 1895
inclusive.
The taxes on the Charles Thayer
property. due from 1895 back, were
compromised for $500 in full payment of
the same.
The assessment on the property of
Miss nj. A. Smith was reduced from
81, 800 to S1, 900 for the years 1895. 1896,
and 1897.
Geo. w. Knaebel, Esq, filed a petition
ON behalf of the Mutual Building &
Loan association, asking a reduction on
the assessment of said association and
the same was deferred until the next
meeting.
The following accounts were approved:
r. Gonzales y Baca, commission as
county assessor. $25.37: j. r. Hudson.
commission as county assessor, SEQ S.
The following bonds were approved:
F. Palmer. as butcher at Cerrillos;
Pedro Martinez. as butcher at Golden;
Ramon JimeneS. as constable for pre-
cinct No. ?.
A petition was filed before the board,
signed by over so persons, residents of
precinct No. IL, asking that a new pre-
precinct No. II, and the following reso-
luton was adopted:
Resolved, That in accordance with the
petition above mentioned, This BOARD
creates and establishes u new precinct
out of precinct No. II, and said new
precinct shall be known as precinct No.
20. The new precinct is described as
follows:
That the boundaries of said precinct
No. 20, shall be all of the San Pedro
land grant, that is within the county OF
Santa Fp. and all thn tnrritOry EAST of
said grant to the west line boundary Of
precinct No. 8, Galisteo. James Car
ruthers was appointed justice of the
peace and Joe Stewart. constable. for
said precinct No. 20.
The board then adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman.
c. W. DUDRoW.
Chairman.
ATANAsIo ROMERO,
Clerk.