Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-08
Lower House of New Mexico Legislature Recite Reported
 Work On Part of Governor
 Hagerman-To Investigate.
Charges Serious If True-Ha-
 german Accused of Convey
 ing to Pennsylvania Dev. Co. 1000 Acres of Timber Land.

! tee to Investigate charges made against Governor Hagerman of that 1 Territory. Following Is a copy of the resolution passed by the house Tuesday:
 House resolution No. '. providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate the alleged unlawful l disposal and sale of certain territo- rial lands by Hon. H. J. Hagerman. governor of New Mexico.
 Whereas, there was granted by the
 act of congress approved June 21, 1898. large portion of the public do main of the United States in New Mexico for the benefit of certain ed | ucational institutions of said Terri tory; and
 Whereas. said act og congress.
 among other things. provided that not
 more than 160 acres of land should be sold to one person. corporation or as-
 sociation of persons; and
 whereas. it is currently reported
 and has become a matter of general
 knowledge that the Hon. Herbert |
 Hagermap. governor of New Mexico.
 without the knowledge and consent
 or the commissioner of public lands or tbe- Territory. who. under the law Of the Territory. is solely vested with l the jurisdiction over and power to dis pose or such lands. and during the temporary absence from his office of said commissioner of nublic lands pro
 cured the key to the office of said commissioner and delivered to w. s. Hopewel. general manager or agent or the Pennsylvania Development company. certain deeds conveying to
 said company 1000 acres of timber
 lands in the Maazano mountains. in the county of Torrance. heretofore
 selected under said act of congress,
 and belonging to said Territory. at
 the price of S3 per acre. in contraven-
 tion of said act of congress: and i Whereas. 1t is also reported that
 the said governor. during the afore-
 mentioned. absence of the said com
 missioner of public lands. also pro.
 cured from the office of said commis-
 sioner, who. under the law was and is
 sole cTstodis~ thereof. the official seal
 of the board of public lands of this
 Territory. and unlawfully affixed
 such seal to such deeds conveying
 said lands; and -
 Whereas. 1t is also reported that
 at the time of affxing such seal and delivering such deeds as aforesaid. the
 governor then and there accepted
 a check from the said Hopewell for a large amount of money on account of , the aforesaid purchase price of said lands, made payable to the oruer or said governor. which was afterward by said governor indorsed over to the said commissioner of public lands:
 and
 Whereas. it is also reported that the said commissioner of public lands has up to this time declined to accede , to the repeated demands by said gov.
 ernol that he distribute the proceeds
 of the aforesaid check to the credit of
 the aforesaid territorial institutions In behalf of which the lands were , sold as aforesaid selected and alleg- 1 ed to have been legally disposed of.
 and that said commissioner Is holding , the proceeds Of such cheek intact as i, a separate deposit, giving as bis req. : sons for - doing that said lands were 7 sold by said governor as aforesaid. in , contravention of the act of congress : and
 Whereas. it is reliably asserted 2 that said several acts of said goyer- r nor named herein were in defiance oi : law, by reason whereof the Territory e- has been deprived of large area oi
 its lands. worth on account of the val F uahle timber thereon. from s25 tC e S1G0 per acre; and
 F Whereas. it appears that the sey f eral territorial institutions ip behalf s of which said lands were selected e have been defrauded of their rights bS
 virtue of the totally inadequate price
 at which lands were sold as afore ]. said; therefore
 Be 1t resolved. by the Thirty-sev enth legislative assembly of the Ter $ ritory of New Mexico. that the speak s CT of said house be and is hereby em 1 powered and requested to forthwith 5 appoint a committee consisting of fiyt r. members of this body to examine into the truth of said several alleged un - lawful acts of said governor. whict s said committee shall be and is here e by empowered and requested to forth . with appoint a committee consist 2 ing of five members of thfs body tC 2 examine into the truth Of said sey r eral alleged unlawful acts of said gov | ernor. which said committee shall b. l and is hereby authorized and emn"w 1. cred to send for persons or papers and to issue subpoenas and admins
 ter oaths to witnesses. and take suci
 other steps as in it's judgment may b. , necessary in the investigation of sail
 charges.
 Resolved that said committee i Q hereby instructed as speedily as nos j. sible to make full and complete re n port of all testimony that may be tak '- sn before it. tc.ether with such rec r approximations in the premises as ma. d bS it be deemed proper. for the in .-l L