Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-04-11
COUNTY BOARD
in BUSY SESSION
Accepts Steel Cells Installed in County
Jail--Pays All Bills for
Quarter.

Considerable business was trans
/ acted at the session yesterday after
noon of the Board of County Commits
sioners. All bills which had been aud
tied and approved were ordered paid,
the steel cells placed in the county
jail were accepted, and matters of a
routine nature were attended to.
Pedro Robal, of Nambe, son of Com
missioner Jose |. Robal, was ap-
pointed as a cadet to the New Mexico
Military Institute in accordance with
a law enacted by the recent legisla,
ture, authorizing the appointment of a
pupil from each county to any of the
educational institutions of the Terri
tory. Charles M, Conklin was ap-
pointed as official interpreter of the
board.
Upon the re-convening of the board
after the noon recess the various ac-
counts were audited, following which
another recess was taken to enable
the commissioners to inspect the steel
cells installed in the county jail. The
cells were found to be as specified in
the contract and were accordingly ac-
cepted on motion of Commissioner
Rolbal. Chairman Sparks introduced
the following resolution which was
adopted unanimously:
Whereas in accordance with con.
tract catered into by and between the
Pauly Jail Building Company of st
Louis, Missouri, and the county OF
Santa Fe, on the 2Stn day of Decem.
/ Der, 1906, whereby the said company
agreed to erect in the Jail building of
the county of Santa Fe, steel cells as
specified in said agreement for the
sum OF $l,90S, said amount to be paid
by the county of Santa F'e upon the
completion and acceptance of the
work and whereas there has been paid
the sum of $291.S0 freight upon the ar
rival OF the steel cells.
Now, therefore, the county of
Santa Re confesses as balance due
| upon the said contract in the sum of
$l,60G.2o, said amount to be paid from
the taxes levied for the erection of the
said jail building upon the collection
OF the said moneys by the county
treasurer"
Commissioner Madril called atten.
ton to the fact that the Thirty-seventh
Legislative Assembly enacted a law
giving boards of county commission.
ers authority to appoint a pupil from
each county to any one Territorial
educational institution and in accord.
ance with this act he moved the ap.
polntment of Pedro Roibal of Nambe
as such pupil the latter to be enrolled
as a cadet at the New Mexico Mill
| tary Institute at Roswell. Chairman
Sparks seconded they motion and it
was passed unanimously. The clerk
Was instructed to communicate with
the superintendent of the academy rel
ative to securing the required blanks
to be filled.
Commissioned Roibal was author
lied to have bridge built at a place
known as Cuyamunge, the cost fol
which was not to exceed SIS.
| Charles M. Conklin was appointed
as official interpreter of the board and
entered upon the discharge of his
duties in that capacity at once.
| Commissioner Jose l.. Madril asked
that his tax assessment be made tc
harmonic with the return made by
him in the schedule of 1906 and the
county treasurer was instructed te
| do so.
| Exemptions were allowed to the
following persons:
| Felix Lujan Of precinct No. 8, for
the years 1902 to 1906, inclusive; Juan
J. Ortiz, Of precinct No. %, for the
year 1903; Jose Leon Garduno, of pre-
cinct No. %, for the year 1906; To
mas Bartlett, of precinct No. 13, ex
emption for the year 1906, Mrs. George
Berlith, of precinct No. 4, for the
year 1906.
| The board then adjourned to meet
! April %,