The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-01-07
Other Purposes.

Other Purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGIs-
LATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TER
RITORY OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. That any city or town
organized or unorganized in the Ter
ritory of New Mexico, with a popula-
ton of not less than 1000 people, as
shown by the last school census, ia
ken before such government, as here
in provided, shall be assumed, after
the passage of this act, may organize
under the provisions hereof.
SECTION 2. Upon a petition of not
less than 200 electors. residents of the
city or town, addressed to the Mayor
and City Council, or other governing
board of any organized city or town,
or in event such city or town is not
organized said petition shall be ad-
dressed to the Board of Commission
ers of the County in which said city
or town is located, the Mayor shall
by proclamation submit the question
of organizing as a city under this act
at a special election to be held at the
time specified therein, which shall be
not less than two months after said
petition is filed. If a majority of the
electors with In the limits of said city
or town shall vote to adopt the plan
provided in this act. then Immediately
the proper authority shall call an
election as now provided by law, for
the election of Mayor and City Coun-
Gil as provided under this act. But
if said plan is not adopted at said
special election the question of adopt
ing said plan shall not he reSubmit-
ted to the voters for al least n rear
thereafter, and hen only upon the
presentation of a like petition as above
provided.
SECTION 3. Al such election the
proposition to be submitted shall be
Shall b proposition to organize the
city (name of city, under chapter
(naming the chapter containing this
act) of the Acts of the Thirty-Seventh
Legislative Assembly be Adopted? ?"
And the election ~thereupon shall be
conducted. the vote canvassed and the
eSult declared in the same manner
as o provided by law in respect
to other city elections, or in event it
be an unorganized city, then the cleo
ton shall be held by the Board of
Commissioners of the County and un-
der its direction within the limits of
said city or town, as said Board of
Commissioners may determine the linn
same as a general election in the Ter
ritory of New Mexico is conducted,
said Commissioners having full power
and authority to conduct said election
and v the vote thereafter. If
the majority of the votes cast shall
be in favor thereof, the city shall
t~hereupon proceed to he election of a
Mayor M two City Councilmen as
hereinafter provided. In event of an
organized city, Immediately after the
adoption of the plan contained in this
act, the Mayor or other chief exec
utive officer of the city shall transmit
to the Governor of the Territory a
certificate stating that such PROPOSE
ton was adopted; said certificate shall
be signed by said Mayor, counter
signed by b City Clerk, with the seal
of the city thereto attached. In event
an unorganized town or city shall
adopt the plan, then such certificate
shall be made by the Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners,
countersigned by the Clerk of the
County, with the sea- of the county
thereto attached.
SECTION 4. At said special cleo
ton provided for under section two
of this act, and at every regular cleo
thereafter, there shall be selected |
Mayor and two City Councilmen at