The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-19
County Commissioners
iproceedinas Of the County Board In
Special Session Monday,
duly IS.

Office Of Board Of County Commits
sionora Aztec, N NJ, July 10, 1901
The Board Of County Commissioners Of
San Juan county met IN adjourned sea-
sion Present, p. A. Chubb, chairman;
J.V. Lujan, commissioner. and Clerk
Chas " Stafford. by Joe Prewitt,
deputy.
The following resolution was adopted;
Resolved, That whereas, forty.six. which is
9 majority Of tho qualfaed voters, residents Of
the territory embraced within the proposed
Incorporated limits OF the town Of Farming
con, did on the first day Of April that being
rcgular meeting day. present to this Board
their petition praying that the town Of Farm
ington, county Of San juan in the territory Of
Now Mexico, be Incorporated to which petition
was annexed plat Of the bounda- SOS of said
town, and whereas, Il has been shown, to the
satisfaction Of th,s Board, by census, that
there are within the proposed corporate linz
its Of said town or village Of Pennington, more
than two hundred inhabitants, and whereas.
said petition has been on dle with che clerk of
this Board during al the time since said first
day Of April, 1901 aud whereaa after due con-
Hideratlon, this Board being satisfied with the
validity aud good faith ot said petition and
the signatures thereto, and whereas, there
was deposited with the clerk Of this Board one
hundred dollars for incidental expenses, and
whereas, this Board did on the second day Of
July.l9oi, appoint Geo. E. Kentner, Esq, civil
engineer, to survey the boundaries Of said pro
posed territory and to locate same by perma-
nent stone monuments so that the limits Of
said Incorporated town or village may be
easily determined by any one. and whereas,
Geo. E. kentner, Esq, has presented to this
Board plat showing the boundaries andlines
of said town or village, and has certified to
this Board that he has established permanent
stone monuments marking the limits thereof
as required by law.
Now therefore, we, the Board of County
Commissioners Of San Juan county, in the
territory Of New Mexico, do hereby de-
clare said town OF village of Pennington an
incorporated town for the purposes provided
by law, and do order that this resolution and
declaration be entered Of record, upon the
records Of this Board, by the clerk hereof
Andit is further ordered, that an election
be held in the Graf building, the same being
on lot 4 Of block 6 Of said town of Pennington,
on Saturday, 31st day of August, A. D. 1901,
and tnat there shall at said time and place be
elected by the qualified voters Of said town,
one town marshal and board Of FIVE (5)
trustees.
Done by order Of the Board Of County Com
missioners OF the County Of San Juan this
18th day of July, A. ID. 1901, the same being an
adjourned session of the regular July. 1901,
meeting OF the said Boardi
Assessor was ordered to extend spec
ial school levy from any districts eerti-
flying same to the clerk Of this Board.
Jauses - -AleCsrtss y 10 apri5iututi goad
supervisor Of Precinct No. 4, vice J, A.
Burr declined
james Hartley was appointed road au-
pervisor, Precinct No. 8 vice Henry
Schroeder, declined.
There having been an error made in
assessment OF Jose y. Martinez, in trans
ferring to tax trolls, said error was ordered
corrected by abating s145 Of the assess
ment Of said Martinez for year 1900.
The following was omitted from pub
hshed list Of proceedings Of July / and
3 1901:
On advice of District Attorney Abbott
all bills prior to January /, 1901, we're
passed without action, there being no
funds to meet them.
Transfer Of 5000 from interest fund to
county fund was ordered.
Levy Of One-haH mill and a special
levy Of one mill was made on the value
Of all cattle ass6gsed.
Board adjourned.
E. A. CHUBB, Chairman.
Attest: Q. V, SAFFoRD, Clerk,
By Joe Prewitt, Deputy.