Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-04-25
OFFICIAL MATTERS
NOTARIES APPOINTED.

| Nol AfllES ATl'OlNIl.D.
Governor Otero yesterday appointe'
tho following notar.cs pub ic: Antoni
Joseph, Oh Caieutc, Taos county
James Bennett, Weed, Otero county
Henry ID. Meyers, Chamita. Rio Arrib
county; Edward j. McWenie. Charlie
II. Spareder, Las Vegas, San Migue
county.
MODIFICATION OF INJUNCTION
DENIED.
Forest Superintendent |. b. Hanna
attended a hearing before Judge Mills
at Las Vegas upon the application OF
Margarito Romero for modification OF
the present injunction proceedings
against him, restraining him from fur
ther cutting of timber from within the
Pecos river forest reserve. The appli-
cation requested permission to saw
logs heretofore cut and now at the saw
mill in the reserve, pneding the decis-
ion of the injunction case. The petition
to modify the injunction was refused,
and the final hearing of the injunction
case set for May u.
MANDAMUS AGAINST THE TER.
RITORIAL TREASURER.
Upon the application of the board OF
regents of the New Mexico College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts an al
tentative writ of mandamus against
the territorial treasurer has been gran
ted by Judge Frank w. Parker of the
Sd judicial district at Las Cruces. This
writ is returnable and answer thereto
is to be made before the judge in
chambers ofNthe Sd judicial district at
Las Cruces on May next. In the al
tentative writ, j. H. Vaughn, territor-
ial treasurer, is commanded to trans
fer the sum of $4,000 from certain ter
ritorial sinking funds to the fund for
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts at Mesilla Park under the provis-
ions of the appropriation law passed by
the 35th legislative assembly. Solicitor
General f. L. Bartlett has prepared
and filed a motion to quash the writ
for the reasons, that application there
for was improperly made, existing
statutes requiring that any and all ac-
tons against territorial officials be
brought in the district court for the
county wherein the territorial capital
-, nd fnr Of 6ap Cpt
forth in the motion to quash. The So
licitor general also holds that the leg
islative assembly had no power to di-
vert sinking funds from the purpose
for which they were originally collect
ed.
LEONARD WOOD COUNTY OFF,
GERS NAMED.
Governor Otero today appointed the
following officers of Leonard Wood
county: County commissioners, 1st
district, Benigno Padilla; I'd district, J.
C, Thomas; Sd district, Reymundo Har-
rson; sheriff, Leandro Casaus; clerk,
Manuel b. Baca; assessor, Juan b.
Giddings; treasurer, Leopoldo San
ohez probate judge, Florencio Garcia;
of schools, Fred l..
Braun.
The above named appointed for
Leonard Wood county, were elected on
the Democratic ticket on November 4,
1902, as officials of Guadalupe county,
with the exception of Fred L. Braun,
appointed county superintendent of
schools, whose appointment was made
to fill the vacancy caused by the fact
that Milnor Rudolph, elected superin-
tendent of schools of Guadalupe county
at the November, 1902, election was
found to reside in the new county Of
Quay. Mr.. Rudolph was appointed
county superintendent of schools
of that county at the time
the officers there We're filed by
appointment by Governor Otero. The
governor took the action above detail
ed as he wished to name officials who
had support of the people and as the
above named, with the exception of
Braun, were elected to the same offices
in the old county of Guadalupe out of
which the new county of Leonard
Wood was created, he acted in accord
lnce with the desires of the people and
upon the principle that 1t was just and
proper, that the offices of Leonard
Wood should be held until January I,
1905, by the men who were entitled to
them by election in the old county. The
fact that all these officials are Demo-
Gratis in politics, the governor thought
should not initiate against their just
rights in the premises. Many petitions
from the people Of Leonard Wood
county for the disappointment of these
men have been received at the execu-
tive office and the governor wished to
and gave them full and due considera-
ton, as his action proves.