Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-14
SESSION IRRIGA-
TION COMMISSION
Committee at Work on New Law
Opinion Of Attorney General
to Be Asked,

The Territorial Irrigation Commits
SIGn met today pursuant to adjourn.
mcnt yesterday, Chairman A. n. Pratt
CT Carlsbad, presiding. The other
members present were Arthur Selig.
man and David NJ. White, Of Santa Fe.
James e. Mccarthy of Farmington
and Higinio Chaves of Peralta. Com
missioner Of Public Lands A. A.
Keen, was at his post as ex-ofilcio sec.
retary
Little was done at today's session
excepting the transaction of routine
business such as the auditing of ac,
counts. 1He meeting adjourned this
afternoon whereapon the committee
appointed to draft a new irrigation
law was organized. This committee
has been authorized to meet from day
to day until the bill which it Is pro-
posed to have enacted into law at the
coming session of the Legislative
Assembly has been completed.
Attorney Charles f. Easley appear
ed before the commissioners yester-
day and submitted the formal appli-
cation Of H. C. Abbott for the loca-
ton and selection Of $3.50 acres of
land on behalf Of the Territory. To-
Gated in township % north, ranges
"A and % east. He requested that
this be substituted for the applica,
tion which has been pending before
the Territorial Irrigation Commission
for some time and not yet passed up
on, and that the rate offered per acre
has been changed from IL cents as
stated in the original application, to
cents.
At yesterdays session the secre-
tary also submitted to the board a
communication from the commission.
er Of public lands transmitting the
application received from Hon. II. O..
Bursum in proper form for the loca-
ton and selection of land on behalf
Of the Territory of 6.240 acres of
land in Socorro County stating that
if said application met with favorable
consideration he would be pleased to
recommend to the United States Land
Commission the selection of said land
as being valuable land for the Terri
tory to acquire and own in years to
come
On motion it was decided that all
applications pending for the location
and selection of land be deferred un-
til the next meeting in order to al
low the secretary ample time in which
to prepare an abstract of all applca-
tions as heretofore authorized. The
following resolution was then adopt
ed.
"lnasmuch as there is doubt as 20
whether this board has any authority
to act in the recommendation of the
selection of land for leasing purposes
granted to the Territory by act of
Congress of June 81, 1898, for the i'm
provement Of the Rio Grande in New
Mexico. and for water reservoirs for
irrigation purposes that any action on
the part of this board be deferred until
its next regular meeting, and that the
secretary of this board be and hereby
is instructed to request an opinion
from the Honorable Attorney General
of New Mexico on the point inyolv-
ed.
The following is the financial state
ment of the Territorial Irrigation
Commission as submitted yesterday
by Secretary Keen:
Balance on hand as shown by the
minutes of the meeting of June Is,
1905 to credit of water reservoirs for
irrigation purposes, income fund,
$2S9110.
Less vouchers numbers "a to 80,
inclusive, ordered paid at meeting of
June Is. 1905. $6S5.73, Total. $2,205.37.
Less vouchers drawn by David NJ.
White. territorial irrigation engineer,
and on file with and paid by the ter
ritorial auditor, from June 30th to
September 30th, 1905, inclusive,
$l,15944. Total S1.O4593.
Less ten per cent of all moneys de-
rived from lands granted to the Ter
ritory of New Mexico for water res
ervoirs for irrigation purposes and for
the improvement of the Rio Grande
in New Mexico credited to the "Ele
phant Butte Water Users Association
Of New Mexico" in accordance with
chapter 81, Laws of 1905, from
March 13. 1905, s1593O Total $SS6.63.
Amount deposited with Territorial
Auditor by the Commissioner of Pub
lie Lands. $793.
Amount on hand to credit of water
reservoirs for irrigation purposes, in
come fund, $1,619.63
Amount on hand to credit of water
reservoirs for irrigation purposes, per
manent fund $50.
Improvement of the Rio Grande in
New Mexico, income fund, $62S2.
Improvement of Rio Grande in New
Mexico, permanent fund, $l,9S2.S4.
The secretary stated that there was
on file with file No. 60.) cashiers
check of the First National Bank of
Santa Fe No 6766. 5000.