Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-27
SESSION COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Retiring Board Winding Up Affairs
Of Its Administration Before
Final Adjournment.

The Board of County Commission.
ers of Santa Fe County met at 10
O'Clock this morning at the court
house, Chairman Arthur Seligman pre-.
siding. There were present; A. L.
Kendall of Cerrillos and Jose 7. Roy
bal of Nambe. Probate Clerk Marcos
Castillo was at his post as secretary,
The County Commissioners con.
vened today for the purpose Of wind.
ing up the affairs of their office for
the year and to enable the new board
to start out with a clean slate on jan
uary /. They will continue in session
daily until all of the business that
eau be disposed of at this time Is
cleaned up.
r. w. Banderman appeared before
the board as representative OF the
Walter Sharp Bridge Company with
an order for contract of the pro
posed new bridge across the rive o.
Galisteo Street, and the same was
delivered to him,
The contract bond of the Walter
Sharp Bridge Company issued by a
Surety Company. was presented and
it was referred for examination to
District Attorney r. G. Gortner. The
bond was in the sum of s2,5O0 cover.
ing the contract price of the rev
bridge. After District Attorney Gort.
ner had examined the bond he found
II deficient and upon his recommends
ton 1t was not approved by the board.
1t was ordered returned to be filled
out as required by the terms of the
contract.
Clerk A. NJ. Bergere of the First
Judicial District Court who has his
Office in the court house filed YER
bal complaint that it is impossible to
keep the fires burning properly in his
Office.
Commissioner Kendall was instruct.
ed to give the matter his immediate
attention and rectify the trouble. Two
heating stoves are connected with the
same fue and it has a habit of clog
ging with SCOT at frequent intervals
causing the office to become filled
with smoke.
Commissioner Kendall made mo-
tion to the effect that the G. C. & l.
Company of precinct No. 20 have its
tax assessment on twenty acres of
patented mining claims reduced to
$l0O. and the treasurer was ordered
to harmonize the tax rolls for the
year 1906 accordingly.
The bonds of Celso Lopez, county
treasurer and ex-oflicio collector for
the ensuing term, was approved. The
school bond is $32 900 and the county
bond for $4,000. They were botn
written by guaranty company.
The treasurer was ordered to strike
from the tax rolls for the years, 1908,
1904 and 1905, the real estate assess
ments against Rebecca Rumsey, as
the same have been assessed to other
parties.
The treasurer was ordered to har
monize the assessment against Elizeo
Anaya of Precinct No. s, according to
the original return for the year, 1906.
Jose Pine Quintana of Precinct No
l, was allowed tax exemption for the
year 1906.
The treasurer was ordered to mar
monize the tax roll for the year 1906
on the return of Julian Roybal, of
Precinct No. J. as follows: Real es-
tate, $3.50, personal property, ST. Elk.
emption was allowed
Deputy Sheriff Jose L. Lopez report
ed to the board that he had investi-
gated the closing of public highway
in Precinct No. Is as ordered to do by
the county commissioners at their last
meeting. He stated that he found
that the obstruction had been built by
Policarpio Valencia and he ordered
Valencia to remove it at once. Va
lencia refused to comply with the re-
quest and the deputy sheriff removed
A communication was then read
the Objectionable fence hmeslf.
from Ramon F. Quintana, road super
visor of Precinct No. Is, informing
the board that Valencia was again OBJ
structing the public highway. On mo-
ton of Commissioner Kendall the
matter was referred to the district at
torney.
AS the New Mexican went to press
the board was still in session.