Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-04


made: Maynard Childs OF Rowe post.
Office, 100 acres in San Miguel county.
Territorial Funds.
The following funds have been re-
ce!ved at the Office Of J. II. Vaughn,
territorial trcasurer: From Engenio
Romero collector and ex-ofiicio treas
urer of San Miguel county. s12,s6i.46,
taxes for 1902.
Notsries Appointed.
Governor Otero has appointed the
following notaries public: Benjamin
Franklin Adams OF Albuquerque. for
Bernalillo county; Juan Basilo Archul
eta Sandoval postonice. for Sandoval
county; Melvin ID. Dunlavy OF Tor
rance postofiice, for Lincoln county;
George l.. Davis OF Thoreau postofrice.
for Mckinley county.
United States Court Commissioners.
associate Justice John X. McFie OF
tie Wrist judicial district court, on Sat
urday appointed the following United
States court commissioners for the dis.
trict George =. Miller of Taos, Ed.
war q. Beatty of Aztec. Thomas ID
Burns. Jr.. OF TERRA Amarillo.
To Enforce the School Laws.
Col. J. Frank Cha"es. territorial
superintendent OF public instruction,
during the past week has sent out g..
600 copies OF the circular letter issued
by him recently. addressed to county
superintendent OF schools and to dis.
trict school directors. calling attention
TO the law which requires that all
teachers OF the public schools 10 be
employed hereafter must fully under
stand the English language and that
no teacher can be employed or be paid
from public funds unless this is the
case and they hold legal and proper
" issued teachers certificate. Colonel
Chaves proposes to see to IL that the
law as II exists Is carried out.
Decision Affirmed.
In the contest case heard about
three months ago by the register and
receiver of the United States land OF
fee In Santa he. involving 100 acres
of land In the northeastern part OF So.
zorro county. and upon which the ruins
of the Gran Quvira and other com
munity houses are situated and which
was instituted by Mrs. Virginia ID. Nc.
Clurg OF Colorado Springs, Colo. VS..
Mrs. Clara A. y. Corbin. widow OF
william G. Corbin. who claimed the
exercise If the right to prove up on
the homestead by her late husband
the decision OF the register and receiv.
er here which was to the effect that
Mrs Corbin has not complied with the
law and could not complete the entry,
has been affirmed by the commissioner
of the general land office. The tract
In question Is situated on the Il. u OF
the Sc u OF section "a and the s. u
OF the SW. 4 of section IS, T. l N.
Sc. Mrs Corbin is allowed sixty days
in which to appeal from this decision
TO the secretary OF the interior.
Five Thousand Dollars for silver City.
Territorial Auditor w. G. Sargent on
Saturday drew warrant against the
territorial treasurer for the sum OF S.
900 In favor OF J. w. Fleming. mayor
Of Silfer City. that being the amount
of an appropriation made by the thir-
ty.ffth legislative assembly in aid OF
the town OF Silver City. for the pur-
pose of constructing dams and other
safeguards against the annual floods
which have Injured the streets and
buildings OF that town during the past
few years In accordance with the
law. the warrant was drawn against
the territorial fund. Solicitor General
T.. l.. Bartlett, by request of the audi
tor and treasurer, rendered an official
opinion 10 the effect that the provis.
ions OF the law referred to above were
legal and had TO be complied with.
Hon. Charles A. Spiess OF Las Vegas
appeared as the attorney for the town
or Silver City.