Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-12-14
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
BY SILVER CITY DADS
Members Want Joint State
hood and Grant COuntyS
Railroad Debt Paid.
THANKS TENDERED PRESIDENT

AT a regular meeting of the city
council of Silver City, held Monday
night, the following resolutions re-
garding statehood for the territories
of New Mexico and Arizona, and also
looking to the payment OF railroad
bond Indebtedness, were passed:
BE It Resolved, BY the council of
the town of Silver City, in the county
of Grant and Territory of New Mex
leo:
That Whereas, a bill is now pend
ing in the house of representatives, of
Ihe congress of the United States pro-
yiding. among other things, for the
admission of the territories of New
Mexico and Arizona into the union
as one state and, whereas, the town
of silver City. N. NJ, and several OF
the counties of said two territories
are burdened with an Indebtedness,
known as the railroad aid bonded in
debtedness of such town and of such
counties, aggregating about $5,000,000,
which has been validated by act OF
the congress of the United States;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
this council that said house of rep
resentatives he asked and said body
is hereby asked and requested to so
amend said bill that fro each dollar
of said railroad aid bonded indebted
ness created in said town and in the
counties of the territory of New Mex
leo, there be donated and granted 10
the state to be established out of said
territories as provided in said bill,
for the payment of said Indebtedness
80 created in the territory of New
Mexico, one acre Of land to be selected
in such manner as may be provided
in such amendment, from the public
lands of the United States lying in
said territory of New Mexico and un-
appropriated; and for each dollar oi
such Indebtedness created in the
counties of the territory of Arizonn
there be donated and granted to such
state, for the payment of said indebl
edness so created in said territory ol
Arizona, one acre of the like public
lands lying within the boundaries a
said territory of Arizona; and shoulC
any of said lands, or any money de-
rived from the sale thereof, remain
undisposed of after the payment o
said Indebtedness, that the same be
turned into the common schools o
said state.
BE it resolved, by the council o
the town of Silver City, New Mexico
in regular session assembled:
That this council hereby tender thu
thanks of the people of Silver Cit.
10 the president of the United State
for the recommendations contained Il
his message to the present congress
that the territories of New MeXic
and Arizona be admitted into tn
union as one state; and we respect
fully petition congress TO pass th
necessary legislation to that end; W
ask this at the hands of the congress
now in session, feeling that out caus
is reasonable and riEt and that, |
the words of the president, There
no justification for further delay"
Be it further resolved, that in tn
opinion of the members of this coun
Gil our people are Overwhelmingly l
favor of such legislation and are en-
titled to the privilege of eXpressin
their will upon the question at tn
polls.
It is further resolved, that a cop
of these resolutions be sent TO III
president of the United States, tn
presiding officers of both houses {
congress and the chairmen of tn
& committees on territories of the ser
ate and the house of representative