Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-04-08
CITY dads"
HAVE MEETING
New City Hall Assured =. $500
Appropriated to Protect Dem.
lnG From Fire.

The regular meeting Of the Luna
county board Of county commissioners
was held at the county Office in Deming
on Monday and Tuesday, April G and 7.
The board was called to order at
o'clock p. m. on Monday by w. c.
Wallis, members S. S. Birchfeld and
William Taylor and Probate Clerk b.
Y. McKeyes in attendance. After
reading the proceedings Of the last
meeting the board proceeded to busi-
ness at once. The greater part of
Monday afternoon was spent in consid-
ering reports and bonds of county Off
GERS and auditing accounts each ac-
count presented was carefully ex-
amined and no claim for money was
allowed until the board was satisfied
that the claim was valid and the COM
penaation reasonable for the service
rendered. The total amount of bills
allowed at this term will be about ST.
700, of which a considerable amount is
for back bills which were contracted
when the county first started and had
no money in the treasury, and with
the present economical government
there is money in the treasury at all
times to meet all bills and to pay reg
ularly on the outstanding accounts so
that it will only be a short time at the
present rate until the county will be
out of debt, which we consider an ex-
cellent showing forso young a county.
After the auditing of bills, which
took until noon yesterday, was finished,
the board turned their attention to
miscellaneous business.
Hon. A. W. Pollard was selected as
member Of the committee to arrange
the question of indebtedness between
Grant and Luua counties, to represent
Luna county.
A proposition to place a telephone in
the county Office was referred.
Bid Of j. A. Kinnear & Co. for fur
nishing drugs and medicines for the
county was accepted, being the lowest
bid.
W. D. Rexford was appointed county
physician.
The county printing was awarded to
the Headlight and Graphic" as fol-
lows; Publications, Headlight; all job
printing, Graphic,
The matter of insuring the Jail was
then taken up and the insurance ar
ranged with Samuel Burnside to write
the insurance.
Resolutions of respect to Hon. ]. P.
Byron and Hon. William Cotton, former
members of the board, wers passed
after which they adjourned.
The town trustees at their meeting
Monday afternoon had a full board
present, Chairman Field, Trus-
tees Clark, Cary, Brown and Clerk
| L ItIlitlk lOH. AHC AiidIlCldl COIlulllOn
of the town, as shown by the reports of
the clerk and treasurer, is excellent
and as a result Of this condition the
committee on city hall building was in
structed to 90 ahead with the work of
construction as soon as the plans and
specifications are made to their satisfac-
ton. The building will be on the lot on
Pine street, opposite the store of the
Lindauer Mercantile Co. It viii be a
two-story brick 6Ox25. On the ground
floor will be the apartments for the
fire apparatus and in the room a room
for the use of the fire company. The
upper floor will contain the city hall in
the rear large room for a public IL
braEy rnd reading room. The building
viii cost about 5000 and be an orna-
ment to the town.
As starter s5O0 was annronY.iated