Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-18

, THE LUNA COUNTY BILL.
= The following is resume in brief o
q council substitute for council bill Nc
= 53, an act to create the county Of Luna
which has passed both branches Of tn
legislature, was signed by Governo
Otero on Saturday.
The boundaries of the new county arr
as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corne
of township q south, range 13 west o
the New Mexico principal base and me
ridian; thence east along the nortl
boundary line Of township Il south, t.
the southwest corner of township q
along the west boundary line of range
10 west to the northwest corner OF
township 20 south, range 10 west
thence east along the north boundary
line of township 20 south, to the north
east corner of township 20 south, range
wes+, thence south along the east
I nu,-'s fArc line of range west to the in
ternatlonal boundary line OF the United
States and the republic of Mexico;
thence west along said international
boundary line to the range line be-
! tween ranges 10 and IA west; thence
north, on said range line between
ranges 13 and IA west, to the northwest
| corner of township 81 south, range 13
west, the place of beginning.
The county seat is to be at Deming.
| ic To oi,t
ty officials on April l. of this year, and
| these are to serve until the officers to
| be elected at the next regular election
| have qualified. The county is to be Of
| the fourth class, and the county COM
missioners are to divide the county into
precincts and districts.
most important provision of the
act is that the citizens and property in
that part of the new county which had
been part of Grant county prior to
| the passage of the act are liable for the
present Indebtedness of Grant county
to the same extent as the citizens and
property remaining in the county of
Grant. The county commissioners of
Grant county shall levy uniform tax
fCr the purpose of paying the obliga-
tions incurred on account of the pres
ent debt, and it shall be collected from
the citizens and property of that part
of Luna county which was a part Of
Grant county, the same as from the cit
izens and property remaining in Grant
county. Bonds may be issued for the
purpose of refunding the debt of Grant
county pledging as security the prop
erty within the limits of Grant county
prior to the creation of Luna county for
their payment. The collector of Luna
county is to turn over to the collector
ard treasurer of Grant county on the
10th of each month the taxes he has
collected from the citizens and property
within that part of Luna county for
merly included in Grant county for the
purpose of paying the interest or prin-
ciual Of the Grant county indebtedness.
on ~ before the first day of May this
year the board Of county commission
ers of Dona Ana county shall certify to
the county of Luna the total amount or
"
less the cash on hand, and the county
of Luna shall assume such proportion
of the indebtedness of the county of
Dona Ana as the assessed value in 1900
of the property situated in that part
of Dona Ana county included in Luna
county bears to the total assessed val
liza ton of property in Dona Ana county.
The county Of Luna is authorized to
issue bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
court house purposes; $4,000 for jail
til taxes are collected, $1,000. Also |
bonds to pay Luna county's proportion |
of the indebtedness of Dona Ana coun- |
ty, and until such issue is made Luna |
is to pay it's share of the inter-
est on that indebtedness. The bonds are
to be twenty-year bonds, bearing in
terest not to exceed per cent. A tax is
to be levied after 1908 to create a sink
ing fund for the purpose of paying the
of the bonds issued under this
before 1899 shall be turned over to the
from which Luna county is
created.
The new county is attached to the
third judicial district. District court IS
% be held at Deming, beginning on the
second day of June and the second
Monday of December of each year. The
district attorney of Grant county shall
llso be the district attorney of Luna
The latter county is to pay the
district attorney 5000 per annum. For
legislative purposes the county of Luna
S attached to the county of Grant. I'm
il the appointment and qualification of
he peace officers of Luna county the
resent peace officers shall have juris-
Iiction. The act is to take effect imme-
lately upon it's passage.
A CADET APPOINTED.
Representative E. l.. Gutierrez, of
3ernalillo county, has appointed Celes-
ino Baca, the son of Hon. Esqupula
saca, justice of the peace at Pena
Blanca, cadet to the New Mexico Mil
tary Institute at Roswell.
BY THE GOVERN
OR.
Governor Otero to-day sent the fol-
owing nominations to the council.
which were confirmed in executive ses-
ion: New Mexico board of health-Dr.
7. H. Sloan, Santa Fe; Dr. w. r. Tip
on, Las Vegas; DR.. G. C. Bryan, OF
DR.. T. P. Martin of Taos;
Dr.. w. G. Hope, of Albuquerque; DR..
fohn Tascher, of Albuquerque, and DR..
William Radcliffe, of Belen. Also, the
'acation appointment of DR.. D. w.
Ianley upon the board of dental exam |,
nerS ITO Succaed DR. Ianes Rradu re. |