Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-03
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Insane Asylum to Get $15,ooo for
New Buildings, Mill and one-HaIt
Levy for Maintenance-The Entire
Budget Listed.

day. The morning session was callet
at 10 o'clock and prayer was Offered
by Rev. w. Hayes Moore of the Pres
byterian church. The governor sent !;
message saying that he had signet
C. S. for c. B. No. A, extending the
terms of mayors and other officers,
amended G. B. No. 6, providing fol
the burial of deceased INDECENT sol
diers; c. j. r. No. for publicity ol
proceedings G. J. r. No. II, to cor
rect errors in endorsed bills: c. B
No so, fixing fees of district attor
feys: amended c.. B. No As, proviG
ing for the levying of tax for water
and light purposes by municipalities
amended c. B. No. 5, giving the may
Ors the veto power; C.. F. NJ. No. 3
relating to the bonded Indebtedness
of Taos county; amended C. B. No. 4
creating Roosevelt county; H. B. No
40, creating Quay county; H. B. No
81. appropriating $500 for the relief
|of A. B. Baca.
Tho special order O! ihe day was
the general appropriation bill and
this occupied the time of the council
the rest of the morning and until
nearly A o'clock in the afternoon OF
course there wasl noon recess. The
following appropriations or so much
thereof as may be deemed necessary
were directed to be paid as follows:
For the payment of interest on
bonded Indebtedness. $4,000
Provided. that if at any time the
moneys in the interest fund are in.
sufficient for the payment of interest
coupons as they mature, it shall be
the duty of the territorial treasurer
to borrow for that purpose he. the
said treasurer, is hereby authorized
and empowered to make and nego.
tiate the necessary loan on the best
terms Obtainable and at a rate of in.
terest not to exceed six per cent CO.
per annum The auditor of public ac-
counts shall countersign any and all
papers necessary for the negotiation
of said loan and charge the proceeds
to the treasurer. and the treasurer
shall redeem such paper out of the
moneys, coming into the interest fund
For the support and maintenance OF
the New Mexico College of AgricRl-
ture and Mechanics Arts, the Univer-
sity of New Mexico. the New Mexico
School of Mines, the New Mexico
Normal School at Silver City
the New Mexico Normal school
at Las Vegas, the New
Mexico Military Institute at Roswell.
the New Mexico Insane Asylum at
Las Vegas, the Minergi Hospital at
Ration, the institute for the blind al
Alamogordo, the Reform School to be
hereafter located at the county OF
Taos, Rio Arriba or San Juan, and
Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Santa Fe,
all Territorial institutions, an annual
tax levy shall be made each and
every year hereafter commencing
with the fifty-fifth fiscal year, to the
amount of 55-100 mills on the dollar,
in addition to that provided for other
purposes, which shall be made and col
lected. and the product Of such lew
shall be distributed as follows, towit
To the New Mexico College of Ag-
riculture and Mechanic Arts, 40-100
of one mill: and for the purpose Of
repaying the sum of $4,000 hereto
fore advanced by certain citizens to
said institution, and of making per-
manent improvements in and upon
said New Mexico College of Agricul-
ture and Mechanici Arts, and the
construction of buildings, etc. there
is hereby appropriated the sum of
$25,000 out of the temporary provis-
ional Indebtedness fund hereinafter
created. which said amount of $685..
900 hereby SO appropriated shall be
covered into the treasury Of the Ter
ritory of New Mexico to the credit OF
said fund out of the proceeds of the
sale of any lands belonging to said
institution, as soon as said lands or
4. ~
To the University of New Mexico
55-1O0 of one mill and for the pur-
pose of making permanent improve
ments and the construction of build
ings, $15. 1000.
To the New Mexico School of Mines
35-100 of one mill; and for perma-
nent improvements and the construc-
tion of buildings, ETC.. $4,000.
To the New Mexico Normal School,
at Silver City, 5O-10O of one mill.
To the New Mexico Normal School
at Las Vegas. 50-100 of one mill
To the New Mexico Military Insti-
tute at Roswell, 35-100 of one mill !;
and for the purpose Of making perma-
nent improvements and the construc.
ton of buildings, SIS 900, from the pro
ceeds of the sale of lands.
To the New Mexico Insane Asylum
at Las Vegas. IL mills: and for the
purpose of making permanent i'm,
provements and the construction OF
buildings in connection with said New
Mexico Insane Asylum. there il, here
by appropriated the sum Of $4,000
out Of the Temporary provisional in
debtedness fund hereinafter created
which said amount of 5000 hereby
SO appropriated shall be covered intn
the treasury of Territory New
Mexico to the credit of the said fund
out of the proceeds of the sale Of
any lands belonging to said institu-
ton, as soon as said lands or any
part thereof may be sold.
To the Miners Hospital at Ration,
1O-1O0 Of one mill: and for the perma
nent improvements and the construc-
ton of buildings, $500.
To the Institute for the Blind -
Alamogordo, 10-100 of one mill: and
for the purpose of making permanent
improvements. and the constructic,'
of buildings in connection with said
Institute for the Blind there is here
by appropriated the sum of $1,000.
To the Reform School to be here
after located at the county of Taos
Rio Arriba or San Juan, 10-100 Of one
mil; and for the purpose of making
permanent improvements and the
construction of buildings in connec-
ton with the said reform school there
is hereby appropriated the sum Of 81
900.
Provided, That the Secretary and
Treasurer of such institution shall re
ceive no compensation as such Secre
tary and Treasurer out OF territorial
funds.
That the ST. vincent's hospital al
Santa Fe, the Grant county hospital
at Silver City, the Sisters Of Mercy
hospital at Silver City, the Ladies
hospital at Deming, the Eddy county
hospital at Carlsbad, the Orphan
school at Santa Ee the Relief So