Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11
COUNCIL BILL NO. 1o1.
An Act to Provide for the Manage.
ment Of the Las Vegas Grant, and
for Other Purposes.

DC ~ eudCltu ny tue Legislative AS
sembly Of the Territory Of New Mex
leo:
Section 1. That the district court
San Miguel county, in the Territory OF
New Mexico. is hereby invested with
jurisdiction to manage, control
and administer that land claim known
as THE Las Vegas Land Grant" con
frmed by the act of congress on the
town of Las Vegas.
Section 2. That salt district court
shall in the exercise of the jurisdic-
ton hereby conferred upon it, appoint
a board of trustees to consist of not
less than three o more than even
persons from among residents upon
the and embraced within the exterior
boundaries of said Las Vegas Land
Grant.
Section 3. That said board of trus-
tees, when appointed as hereby pro-
vided, shall organize by selecting one
OF their number as chairman of said
board of trustees who shall preside
w the meetings of said board, and
another, of said board, as secretary.
whose duties shall be to keep and pre-
serve the records and doings of said
board Of trustees. "A majority of said
board shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of any and all buss-
ness coming before said board.
Section 4. That the said district
court of San Miguel county shall x e
else the same control over the I
board Of trustees, and over the acts
and doings Of said board Of trustees,
that courts of equity exercise
over receivers appointed by
them and over the acts and doings o.
their receivers.
Section 5. That any and all per-
sons appointed by the court as trus-
tee under the provisions of this act,
shall give a bond to the Territory Of
New Mexico conditioned as receivers
bonds are.
Section 6. Sa:d trustees shall be
paid such reasonable compensation as
the said district court shall order or
direct.
Section Z. This act shall not inter
fere with or prejudice any vested
rights in and to n of the lands en-
braced within the boundaries OF said
Las Vegas Grant, or preclude a judi
cial examination or adjustment there
of. and it is hereby made the duty of
said board oftrustees to make, execute
and deliver deeds of conveyance to
any and all persons who hold a title
to any such lands, which became or
vas perfected emitting them to the
possession thereof at the time of the
treaty of Guadalup Hidalgo, or at any
other time subsequent thereto.
Section 8. That said board of trus-
tees shall be known and designated
as the Board of Trustees of the Town
of Las Vegas" and under that name
shall contract and transact all bust
ness coming before said board, and
said district court is hereby authoriz-
ed to make and promulgate rules and
~,reg11RatiOns under and pursuant
to which said board of trustees shall
conduct and transact all business per-
and administration of said land grant.
Section 9. Such board of trustees
shall have the power, under the direc-
ton of said court, to lease, sell or
mortgage any part or parts Of said
tract of land, for such price n upon
such terms and conditions as may by
said court and said board be deemed
advisable and use the proceeds there
of for such purposes as said board and
court may deem to be for the best
interests of the community for the ben
eft of which said grant was made.
Section 10. That any and all ap-
pointments of the trustees heretofore
made by the district court of San Mi
guel county for the management OF
said Las Vegas Grant, and all acts and
things lone and performed by said dis
trict court of San Miguel county in
assuming jurisdiction in managing,
controlling and administering said Las
Vegas Grant, is hereby ratified and
confirmed.
Section IL. This act shall be in
force and take effect from and after
its passage.
J.. FRANCO. CHAVEZ
President of the Council.
w. 2. MARTIN
Chief Clerk of the Council.
NESTOR MONTOYA.
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentativese
C. v. Stafford,
Chief Clerk of the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
Approved by me this 18th day Of
March, A. D. 1903.
MIGUEL A. OTERO,
Governor of the Territory of New
Mexico.
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