Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-14
OFFICIAL NOTES.
Coal Contracts Awarded - Circular
on Second Homestead Entries.
TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
PENSION

PENSION GRANTED.
Joseph Forman. OF Ration. Colfax
county has been granted q pension of
IS per month.
GAME WARDEN.
Governor otero has appointed Milton
8. Graves, of Bonito. Lincoln county,
a FISH and game warden.
AN INCORPORATION.
c. p. Hickman, NJ. NJ. Mclaughlin
and ]. w. Bible. Of Silver City. have
filed Incorporation papers for the Grant
County Abstract Company. Capital
10000. Headquarters. Silver City. The
incorporators are the directors OF the
company.
COAL CONTRACTS.
Indian Commissioner Jones awarded
contracts for providing coal for Indiaa
agencies and schools for the ensuing
year. The following were the bids for
New Mexico government Indian
schools: For the Albuquerque school
w. II. Hahn. $40 per ton; F. ID. Mar
shall. s4.75. For the Santa Fe school
Jacob II. Crist. OF Monero. Is the lowest
bidder at ss.45.
TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
Territorial Treasurer Vaughn has re-
ceived the following tax remittances:
From John II. Sergeant. collector of
Rio Arrlba county. stss.67 OF 1899 taxes,
| OF which S22i.s4 is for territorial pur.
poses and sli6.22 for territorial institu-
| tons; from J. l.. Perea, collector OF
Bernalillo county. ss2.57 of 1895 taxes
and ss,0i0.1l of 1899 taxes. OF which
So. 6s2. 81 Is for territorial purposes, and
81, sOS.01 for territorial institutions;
from Abran Abeyta, collector OF So
| zorro county. 1880 OF 1895 taxes. OF
which ss.24 Is for territorial purposes
and s25.S4 for territorial institutions;
and s5s6.96 OF 1899 taxes. of which
s245.76 Is for territorial purposes and
s126.s for territorial institutions.
Territorial Treasurer Vaughn has
also received the following remittanocs:
II. p. owen, clerk OF the second judicial
district. s534.65. fees for the quarter
ending June 90. From william NJ. Rob-
bins. collector of Sierra county. 1888. "a
OF 1899 taxes. OF which $1,000 IL for ter
ritorisl purposes and 53.37 for terrltor-
ial institutions. From J. A. Gilmore.
collector OF Chaves county. s2.s7 of 1896
taxes. 20 cents Of 1894 taxes, 16 cents OF
1896 taxes, 80 cents OF 1897 taxes, and
6 ,27s.62 of 1899 taxes, of which 81, 2se. So
IL for territorial purposes and s1,1s6.4l
for territorial institutions.
SECOND HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
Commissioner Binger Hermann, OF
the general land Office, this week is
sued a circular to all registers and re-
celvers relative TO the Bell second
homestead entry law. Describing the
provisions OF the bill, Mr.. Hermann
says:
Amy person who has heretofore
made a homestead entry and COM
muted under section 2 shall be entitled
to the benefits of the homestead laws,
as though such former entry had not
been made. Any person who. prior to
the passage OF the new law. has made
a homestead entry. but for any cause
has lost or forfeited the same. shall be
entitled to the benefits OF the home
stead laws as thouoh the former entry
had not been made. Therefore, you will
hereafter reject a homestead applica-
ton on h grounds hat the applicant
cannot take the prescribed oath that he
has not previously made such entry. or
because he has perfected title under
section 230i, revised statutes. TO land
entered under the homestead law: but
he will be required to show by affidavit
designating the entry formerly made
by description of the land, number and
date OF entry and other sufficient data,
to enable me to identify the same on
the records of his Office, and tina Il
was forfeited or committed as the case
may be, prior to the passage of the
present act"