Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-03-10
TIKI KEARNEY CODE.
How Civil Government, Was Estab-
lished for New Mexico.
STATUTES LONG IN FORCE,

In The last annual report of Cover
nor Otcro ~ the secretary " the into-
ri0r Oogura the iOli0Wtua statement "
how Mekican laws wore cor thirty
years superseded Ia Aflsona, New
Atxico ana The southern hall VI COio-
RADIO by code approved b military
authority ana enforced W 0fnosr and
Judges appointed ~ a urigadiar gen
osui, = q term.
Ihe organization " civh gOvernnient
In The territory OF New Aexlco vas
unique. The organic AT ESTABLISHING
tRe territory waa approved segtcin1cr
". iss0. the ratification vi The treaty
Of peace between the United states
and MeEloo was hcid May ~, lStS, and
proclamation thereof made Jus I. istS,
just " years eafAor than the capture
VI Santiago. But Two years prior "
that Tins the United States govern
ment had establianed through Iva u1iu-
tafy authority a Cumpiule cOde ~ oiVn
laws f0g tie future territory 0f SeW
Aexico, winch. al tnat line. conaleted
OF the present terntOry, all of Arizona
ana The southern bali 20 Colorado, On
tne al DAY VI september, lsse, Brlg.
Gen. 3. W. kearnoy, IA command VI
aile ag4ny VI Invasion. iHaN.ed anu pro-
uiiliIned " une peup,e viu VI rightA.'
which ~ stiu retained GA The atatutee
unchanged. Ca tnr same dAy Aa pro
claimed The iNrainsy o0de,' which
Waa re-enaoted ~ the legislature in
Asba, ana nearly all sng prOViaiOna VI
which are StiA a. t0rCc, and on The
same day, ~ yirtus % his authority
AZ brigauier geuoial, az Appointed the
following unt vi Uisu Ouisera. Charles
hent, " pe governor. bunaciano Nigil,
" be secretary tuehala Dallam, " be
marshal, Frank A., bitil. " DO United
states dlatrlet attorneys Charles
blumnef, " be 1rvasarcr, hugene
l.eitEendOfter, w be au44tor VI public
accounts. ami JOaD iious atom. Antonio
jose OterO ana CHARLES Boaubian, 10
be judges OF the superior court. In hia
lotgor tTansmltUus " he adJuJant
general copy VI tneBc laws ana list
" appointments, GENERAL kearnoy
made the following statement.
II take great pleasure Ina stating
that am entirely indo Dted Cor these
lawu W Col. A. ". DoniDhan. VI The
First regiment ul Missouri mounted
volunteer who received much assist
ance from Private Willard A.. Hail. OF
hls regiment These laws are taken.
part from The laws vi Mexico. re-
tained az Ia the original. a part with
such notifications az our laws and
constitution made necessary; q part
are from the lava of Missouri terri
'0ry. and part from the laws OF Tex
a., and also OF Texas ana COahuila. "a
part from che statutes OF Missouri,
and uhe remainder from the Livingston
code"
The nrAt governor, BDnt, waa aasas-
elnatcd the hrst year after hls appoint-
meat. az the pueDiO OF Taos, during
what II known - the Taos rebellion
which was suppressed with consider
able loSa OF life by United States
troops, out of which rebellion aross q
number OF prosecutions for treason.
conducted by Frank 4. Blair. United
States attorney.
Tae civil law aud the KsIrney code
remained the rules VI civil action down
" lS76. when. by statute. the com
mon law as recognized ia the United
States OF America was adopted. This
was the law OF the land until tbs leg
islature OF 1895 adopted q code OF civil
procedure.
The hrst legislative assembly OF the
territory Of New Mexico assembled In
santa BE In December, isfl. The ntwa
passed az that session veTe printed in
a pamphlet. e. which Waa added "Or-
der No. 10" from the headquarters OF
the ninth military department, inn
posing a duty OF q per oentum ON mer-
ehandlse imported into the territory.
The authorization OF these laws 10
printed In the same pamphlet az fol-
lows;