Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-13

railroad people decline to take any in
terest either in favor of or against the
county division, this leaves only $751;, $50
owned by residents of the county. Pc
titions have been presented to the COM
mlttee signed BY 1873 persons owning and
representing $454, $50 protesting against
the proposed county division. kssum-
ing that all the balance of the property
owners desires county division, only
$41s,333 would be represented by them,
thus leaving the majority of the prop
erty opposed to county division. Inas-
much as these protests have been OBJ
tanned since this bill was introduced. it
is fair to assume that neither all the
property, nor all the people in the pro-
posed Luna county have been heard
from and that if all were given an OPP
%portunity to express their sentiments,
the proportion Of both people and prop
erty protesting against the proposed
new county would be greatly increased.
So far as known the people of the
northern part of the county who would
be residents of the proposed county of
Luna are a unit in opposition to county
division.
The average annual receipts from
taxes in the county of Colfax for the
four years last past have been $40, 1G5,
and the average for the same time have
been $15, 1888, showing an annual deficit
of $5,418. As the expenses of running
two counties would be heavier than the
expenses involved in running one. it
would not seem advisable on the score
OF economy to create two counties which
would be obliged to exist on receipts
which have proven inadequate to the
maintenance of one.
For these reasons the committee rec
commended that the said bill do not
pass.
Your committee would also call at
tention to the fact that when the propo-
sition of removing the county seat from
Springer to Ration was recently SUBJ
mitted to a vote of the people of the
whole county 1895 votes were cast for
Ration and SIS for Springer, thus in
dicating a large majority of the people
of the county were in favor of locating
the county seat at Ration where we pre-
sumo they desire to have it remain.
T. A. FINIcAI.
H. o. BURsUM.
Committee,
With true humanitarian instinct, Hon.
Pablo Trujillo is looking to the welfare
of the manned and blind. He has i'm
troduced a bill to relieve such persons
from taxation.
The bill to define legal newspapers for
the publication of legal notices is in
statu quo.
The house has concurred in the coun-
Gil amendments to the joint resolution
congratulating the administration for
signing the treaty of peace and spank
ing the Filipinos.
Major Luna this morning read a letter
from President Mckinley thanking the
legislature for their discrimination and
foresight in reference to expressions on
national affairs.
Hon. j. A. Ancheta is the author of a
council joint memorial protesting against
the government reservation of forests
for hunting purposes until New Mexico
has selected the land donated for school
purposes.
The council is now wrestling with the
Duncan bill for the proper levy, assess
ment and collection of taxes, and many
are being held to consider the
matters of import contained in the
measure.
Hon. William Fitzpatrick has in
troduced a bill in the house to establish
a reform industrial school in Santa Fc.
Hon. Il. Gutierrez is the author of a
house bill to create the county of Me-
kinley from Valencia and Bernalillo
counties with Gallup as the county seat.
Hon. r Gallegos thinks that the pawn
brokers should contribute to the sup-
port of the public schools and has in
troduced a bill to license the three ball
men $50 in behalf of the territory.