Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-14

the COHSlIuCltOh VI IdlllOdu III Sdlu
counties, and known and designated
as the misunderstanding bonds of
the said two counties and which said
Indebtedness Congress validated not
withstanding the fact that It had been
decided by the supreme court of the
United states that il was not valid;
and the said state shall issue bonds
to take UP said Indebtedness to fund
and pay off and discharge said in
debtedness, said bonds to run for
period of thirty years, and title shall
be held by said state in trust for
final payment and discharge of the
said bonds when so issued: the sad
bonds shall bear an annual interest
of four per centum on each one hun
dred dollars contained therein, which
shall be paid semi-snnually on the
first days of January and July by the
| treasurer of the state, and which in
terest shall be evidenced by proper
coupons to be attached to said bonds
until the disposition of the said lands,
granted by this section as stated
above, are sold or leased. A sufficient
tax shall be levied by the authorities
| of the said state for the liquidation
and redemption of the said coupons
and for a sinking fund for the prin-
| cipal of the said bonds, the state to
be reimbursed from the sale and dis
position of the lands herewith grant
ed. These provisions shall be carried
out by the legislature of the new
state.
There are hereby appropriated and
donated to said state three million
acres of unapproprieted public lands
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which to be used In the settlement
and liquidation Of certain debts of the
twenty-five counties of the said ter
ritory and new state, which debts
were legally and properly incurred by
the authorities of the said counties
for the construction OF court houses,
jails and other internal Improvements
and for necessary county expenses;
the said three million acres Of land
to be selected in the same manner
and method as prescribed in the sec
ton for the settlement and liquida-
tion of the so-called railroad refund
ing bonds of the counties of Santa
Fe and Grant" and shall be admin
istered and the interest coupons
thereon paid in the manner provided
for by the part of this section allud-
ing to the liquidation and refunding
of the so-called ''railroad-refundins
bonds of the counties of Santa Fe and
Grant
Sec. IL. That all lands granted in
!quantity or as indemnity by this act
shall be selected, under the direction
of the secretary of ttse interior, from
the. unappropria.edl4 puniic lands Of
the United States w,thinsthe limits of
the state state, by commission COM
posed of the governor, surveyor gen.
eral. and attorney general of said
state; and no fees shall be charged
for passing the title to the same or
for the preliminary proceedings there
of.
Sec. 13. That all mineral lands
shall be exempted from the grants
made by this act; but II any portion
thereof shall be found by the depart
ment of the interior to be mineral
lands, said state is hereby authorized
and empowered to select, In legal sub
divisions. an equal quantity of other
unappropriated lands in said state In
lieu thereof.
Sec. IA. That the said state, when
ADMITTED as aforesaid, shall consti-
tute one judicial district. the name
thereof to be the same as the name
of the state, and the circuit and dis
trict courts therefor shall be held at
the capital of the state, or at such
other place or places as the court
itself may designate; and the said
district shall, for judicial purposes
until otherwise provided. be attached
: TO the eighth judicial circuit. There
! shall be appointed for said district
one district judge, one United States
attorney, and one United States mar
shai. The judge of said district shall
receive a yearly salary the same as
other similar judges of the United
] States, pays as provided for by law
! and shall reside in the district to
which he is appointed. There shall
be appointed clerks of said courts
who shall keep their offices at the
capital of said state. The regular
terms of said courts shall be held in
said district at the place aforesaid
or at such other place or places as
the court itself may designate on the
first Monday in April and the first
: Monday on October of each year, and
! only the grand jury and one petit
jury shall be summoned for service
in both of said circuit and district
8 courts. The circuit and district
courts for said district and the
: judges thereof. shall possess the
same powers and jurisdiction and per-
form the same duties required to be
: performed by the other circuit and
district courts and judges of the Uni
: ted States, and shall be governed by
the same laws and regulations. The
: marshal, district attorney and clerks
OF the circuit and district courts OF
the said district. and all other Off
d GERS and persons performing duties
= in the administration of Justice there
in, shall severally possess the powers
: and perform the duties lawfully pos
: sessed and required to be performed
: by similar officers in other districts
y of the United States, and shall. FOL
the services they may perform, re
y ceive the fees and compensations now
: allowed by law to officers performing
Isimilar services for the United states
in the territory of New MeNicO