Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-24
OFFICIAL MATTERS,
NOTARY PUBLIC APPOINTED.


NOTARY PUBLIC APPOINTED
Governor Otero to-day appointed Will
liam W. Irwin, Of A~lamogordo, Otero
county, a notary public.
REQUISITION HONORED.
Governor Otero to-day honored the
application Of Hon. William A.. Stone,
governor of Pennsylvania, for the requi-
sition Of James Armstrong, under ar
rest al Alamogurdo. Armstrong is
charged with criminal assault on a lit
tie girl at Coudersport, Pa. George A.
Farnsworth is at A~lamogordo to take
charge of Armstrong and to take him
back to the Keystone state.
MINING COMPANY INCORPORATES
The San Jose Concentrating Company
at the office Of Territorial Secretary
Wallace. The in~corporators are William
H. Newcomb, Albert G. Hood, Robert
e. Worthen and James C. Woodward,
all of Silver City. The capital Of the
company is $40, 900. 1t will Engage in
mining and concentrating of ores in
Grant county. The in~corporators are al
so the directors of the company.
TREASURY RECEIPTS.
The receipts of the territorial treas
ury to-day We're as follows: From Hen
ry LutZ, collector of Lincoln county,
taxes of 1895 $2O.64, of 1898 1915 s of 1899
81, 92S.1S, $3,2SS.0S being credited to the
territorial purposes fund and $1,69S.63
to the territorial institutions fund; from
margarine Romero, collector of San Mi
guel county, taxes of 1895 1888, Of 1898
$11.22, of 1899 1923, 530.44, of which $780,
1871 is for territorial purposes and
IS, 557. 3S for territorial institutions.
THE LAND BOARD.
Since it's organization the territorial
board of land commissioners, consisting
of Gov. NJ. A. Otero, Solicitor General
L. l.. Bartlett and Land Commissioner
A. A. Keen, has made 1856 leases of
school sections belonging to the terri
tory. These leases are required by law
to be approved by the secretary of the
interior, and have been forwarded to
first lot, containing forty-five leases,
has been approved and returned to the
commissioner. These forty-five leases
are for $3.50 acres, bringing in an an
al per annum is about 4 cents per acre.
Three leases We're disallowed because
they We're located, one on unsurveyed
land, one on an approved grant, and one
on an unapproved grant. Seven leases
were returned for correction Of minor
matters, and will be approved when
sent back corrected to the secretary of
the interior.
Applications for leases are still rapid
ly coming in, and it Is believed that by
the 1st of July fully 600 sections of land
will be under lease. These will contain
about SS4, 900 acres of land, renting at
an average of 4 cents per acre, bringing
in the gross income Of over $15, 900 per
annum for the school fund, which will
be divided among the several counties
in the territory pro rata by the terrific
rial superintendent of public instruc-
ton. Excepting sections Is and SO, of
townships located within the limits Of
approved land grants, it is calculated
that the territory will have at least 5000
school sections, or 5000, 900 acres, for
leasing purposes, the revenue of which
will be available for the support and
maintenance of the public schools.
FURNISHING CAPITOL.
The capitol rebuilding board, with all
the members present, was in session
until IL o'clock last night finally con-
sidering the various bids for furnishing
and carpeting the new territorial capitol
and awarding contracts for same.
The contract for most of the furniture
was let to Charles 1lfeld, of Las Vegas.
The Scarrett-ComStock Co., of st. Louis,
will supply some of the chairs and the
finer grade of tables and the opera chairs
for the galleries, and the governors Of
flee will be furnished in mahogany by
the A. H. Andrews Co., Of Chicago. The
cost of furniture will FOOT up about
80, 500.
Charles 1lfeld secured the contract for
the carpets, rugs and mating. About
800 yards of body Brussels carpeting
will be used in covering entire the floors
Of legislative halls and lobbies and the
supreme court room. Body Brussels
rugs will be used in the public offices
and velvet rugs in the private offices.
The carpets will cost approximately
81, 800.
The electric fixtures will be furnished
by Mitchell, Vance & Co., of New York,
at a cost of about $3.50. This firm
recently fitted the capitol at Albany,
New York, with electric fixtures at a
cost of 1875, ZOO.
Charles HELD was given the contract
for window shades, amounting to about
$l59, and Charles Ilfeld and Ludwig
William Ilfeld, of Las Vegas, will supply
the building with twelve dozen Gus
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