Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-12-23
IMPORTANT BILLS BY
DELEGATE ANDREWS
Affecting Interests
of Santa Fe and
Grant Counties
SOLDIERS HOME HERE
Railroad Debt of Two Coun-
ties to be Refunded into
United States Bonds

Delegate w. H. Andrews has intro
duced in the national House of Rep
resentatives already during the first
session of the Sixieth Congress num-
ber of bills of varied character Of in
terest to New Mexico.
One of the bills now pending con-
Germs the vital interests Of Santa Fe
and Grant counties the passage of
which will mean the wiping out Of a
burdensome debt 1t Is an act provid-
ing for the settlement and refunding
Of the railroad aid bonds Of these two
ounties which were legalized by Con
gress. 1t is proposed to have the gov
ernment refund the debts of these two
counties incurred in the building of
railroads into United States bonds.
Another bill recently introduced by
Delegate Andrews and the passage of
which will be of benefit to Santa Fe
is for the establishment of national
soldiers home in this city. The bill pro-
vides for the appropriation of $780,
900 for this purpose.
Following are the full texts of the
two bills referred to:
Bill to Refund County Debts.
A bill providing for the exchange
and payment by the United States of
certain railroad1.id bonds issued by
the counties Of Grant and Santa Fe,
Territory of New Mexico, and for 9TH
er purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled,
That those certain bonds issued by
the county of Grant, Territory of New
Mexico, in eighteen hundred and eigh-
ty-three in aid of the construction OF
a certain broad-gauge railroad from
Deming, New Mexico, to Silver City
New Mexico, and those certain bonds
Of che county of Santa Fe, Territory
Jf New Mexico issued in eighteen hun
dred and eighty in aid of the con
struction of certain broad.gauge
railroad from Lamy, New Mexico, tc
Santa Fe, New Mexico, which said
bonds, together with the unpaid inter
ests thereon, were refunded on Sep
tember twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred
and niety-one, under the provisions o
an act of the legislative assembly o1
New Mexico approved February twen
ty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety
one; and those certain bonds of the
county Of Santa Fe, Territory Of New
Mexico, issued in eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven in aid of the con
struction of a certain narrow-gauge
railroad from Santa Fe, New Mexico
to Espanola, New Mexico, which sait
bonds, together with the unpaid inter
est thereon, were refunded on Marcel
first, eighteen hundred and ninety-twt
under the provisions of the same ac
of the Territorial legislature, shall bt
paid by the Treasurer Of the United
States in the following manner, to-wit
That the holders of any of said bonds
shall present the same to the Treasur
er of the United States at any time
within one year after the passage O
this act, and shall receive in ex
change from said Treasurer bonds 0
the United States in equal denomina
tion and amount, bearing the SAM
rate of interest, and payable, princi
pal and interest, as stipulated In sail
bonds.
Section Q. That all of said bond
not presented to the Treasurer as re
quired in section one of this act, AM
which are subsequently paid by sal
counties of Grant or Santa Fe, shall
be a charge on the United State
Treasury in favor of said counties re
spectively in the amount Of the sun
SO paid, and on presentation of sal,
bonds by either or both Of said coun
ties of the Treasurer of the Unite,
States, with satisfactory proof of pay
ment of the tame by said counties
he shall pay the amount to said coun
ties and take such bonds 50 pa'I IN,
hold as his voucher.
Section 8. That the Secretary o
the Treasury is authorized to issue tn
bonds provided for exchange in sec
tion one hereof, and the Treasurer |
authorized to pay the bonds named i
this act, out Of any money In the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, wher
ever the same shall become due an
payable according to the terms there
of.
Bill For Soldiers Home.
A bill to establish a Soldiers HON
at Santa Fe, Santa Fe county, NeN
Mexico.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate an
House Of Representatives Of the Unit
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