Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-18

the holders of school warrants may bring
suit against the county commissioners
of any county through the district
court, for the payment of the warrants
and in event of judgment being rendered
the commissioners may levy a special
tax for the payment of the warrants.
The following examining committees
have been appointed from the house:
New Mexico College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, Las Cruces-Sanchez.
Fitzpatrick, Staplin. Normal school, Sill
yer City-Schultz, Romero, Lelb. Uni
versity of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Winston, Wharton, Gallegos. School of
mines, Socorro-McIntosh, Celso Baca,
Herrera.
The wv unmarried members of the
house, Messrs. Staplin and Lieb, have
been appointed a special committee to
look after the bill introduced relating to
marriage ceremonies and the charges
for performing the same. Whether the
speaker appointed these gentleman
because they have given evidence of
superior wisdom, deponent sayeth nit.
II. B. No. IS, to amend the Otero
county bill so that all taxes levied and
assessed prior to 1893 in Chaves and
Otero counties shall be given to those
counties when collected, was laid on
table in the council to be taken up at
some future time, because Major Lew
ellyn, member of the house who is now
Ill, desires to see the measure before it
goes into effect.
G.. B. No. 81, introduced by Hon. H. 0.
Bursum, which has passed the council,
relates to the salaries received by coun-
ty superintendent of schools, and pro-
videS that Santa Fe, Grant and SocOrrO
counties shall be considered counties
of the third class. This leaves San
Miguel and Bernalillo counties as the
only counties of the first class, and Rio
Arriba, Taos, Mora and Colfax as second
class counties.
Legislative talk as to the probable APP
pointment of territorial officials by the
governor, mentions the following names:
H. O. Bursum, warden of the peniten-
tiary; R. j.. Palen, treasurer; w. G.
Sergeant, auditor; Maximiliano Luna,
superintendent of public instruction;
M. c. de Baca. insurance commissioner
The New Mexican does not vouch for
the authenticity of the estate" and
merely gives the opinion of those who
are supposed to be ION the inside"
A petition from the Black Range
Cattle association with headquarters at
Hillsboro, was read in the council yes
terday, which requested that the bill
10Y pending for the creation and MAIN
t%ainance of a ranger company be passed.
The petition states that the association
represents 5000 head of cattle, a great
amount of real estate ETC., and believes
that the ranger company is indispensable
for the protection of the live stock in
t%erests, express companies, railway and
banks of the territory.
A bill to create Patterson county out
of western Socorro county is being
prepared. Mr.. Clement Hightower,
editor OF the Chieftaln at Socorro, and
Mr.. Jones, of Frisco, are here working on
the matter. The county is to be called
Patterson, in honor of John Patterson,
the Oldest settler in the Frisco country.
1t is proposed to take all of Socorro
county west of the range line between
ranges six and seven west, and attach
the Oio Caliente or Cherry Valley
precinct to Sierra county. The new
county, if made. will contain about
1,5OO inhabitants and a million dollars
worth of taxable property. Messrs
Hightower and Jones seem very much
encouraged and believe there is some
chance for the passage of the measure.