The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1906-06-23
EQUALIZATION BOARD
The Board Of County Commissioners
Meet and Pass upon Assessed
Valuations
NOT MANY RAISES ARE MADE
Resolution IL Passed Giving Reasons
for Dropping Proceedings against
Abran Abeyta.


Following. are the minutes of
the proceedings of the last meet
ing of the board of county COM
/ rnissioners: @ ~
Socorro, n, NJ. :. June 20. 1000.
The board of county commits
sioners, met in regular session at
the court house in this city June
4, 1906. There '"wete present
Chairuan Eduardo Jaramillo.
commissioners Alfredo Armiio
and Abran Contreras, Clerk and
Interpreter b, A. Pine. aud
Sheriff Leandro Baca.
The repair work recently done
on the court house and Jail by
W, G.. Lane was approved, a
written guarantee was furnish
ed by Mr.. Lane that he would
make good any defect that might
appear in such work within five
years, and warrant for S915. 90
was issued in favor of Mr.. Lane,
that being the balance due him
on the repairs made.
The board passed the follow
ing:
Whereas, The commissioners
of the county of Socorro on the
first day OF December, A. ID.
1908, employed II. B. FERGUSON,
ESQ.,, as special counsel to attend
to the legal matter of adjusting
certain accounts then III dispute
between the Territory of New
Mexico, the county of Socorro
and Abran Abeyta, ex-collector
and treasurer of said county of
Socorro growing out of the
amount then alleged to be due
from him to said territory and
county; and
Whereas, The matters in dis
pute between the said Abran
,Abeyta and the said Territory of
New Mexico and county of So
corro were duly adjusted and set
tied and there was paid into the
county for the benefit of the var
ious funds and of the Territory
the sum of $1S, 10000 (eighteen
thousand dollars) in full satisfac-
tion and settlement for all claims
and demands of the Territory,
county of Socorro and of the var
ious funds in, the said county;
and
Whereas, The said Abran
Abeyta was indicted for an al
legged shortage and such case is
still pending; and, whereas, the
said H. B. Ferguson, Esq, de-
mands additional compensation
to assist further in the prosecu-
tion of said case; and
Whereas, The Territory. of
New Mexico and county of So
corro, having been fully salts
fed and paid, and believing that
a further prosecution ineXpe-
dent, and that it will result in
nothing, except expense TO the.
county and the tax payers. and
we not feeling authorized to in
cur it. Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That no further ac-
'tion be taken by the county of
Socorro in mourning attorneys
fees or any additional expense
whatsoever. We further believe
1t to be to the best interest of
the tax payers of the said county
that no further action be taken
IN said prosecution.
AS board of equalization the
board of county commissioners
made raises in. the assessed yalu-
alton of property as follows:
F. G. Bartlett, dwelling house,
$80O.O0
Loewenstein Bros, mdse.,
81, 10000
Pat McKeefrey, 1000 sheep.
$2.700.00
]. h. Hult, l25 cattle, 81 ,l25.OO
"A. E. Sipe, personal property,
$4,000.
q. 5. Spurgeon, personal prop
erty, 100000.
Jas. Shelton, personal proper
~, $4,000.
Harold c. Wilson, VIM. French,
real estate, 81, 10000.
Adolfo Torres, personal prop
erty, $500.
]. p Worrell, personal prop
erty, 81, 10000.
]. ]. Leeson, real estate,
$4,000.
Jesus Landovazo, sheep,
$4,000.
Frank Landavazo, sheep,
$67S.00.