Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-17
THREE MORE
WATER PROJECTS
Both Are Located on Cristo-
bal Serna Grant in Taos
County
LETTER TO TAX COMMISSION
Board of Bar Examiners Exon
crates Attorney Fred
Mcdonald.

Governor Curry today received
from Secretary of the Interior Balm
ger copies of all bills thus far in
troduced in Congress affecting New
Mexico Or any of its people, with a
request for recommendations on the
same Quite a number of local bills
are included in the batch and Cover
nor Curry and Attorney General
Frank w. Clancy are examining them
closely and will write their opinion
to the secretary of the interior short
ly,
Twenty-Five Candidates.
There are twenty-five candidates
for admission to the bar at the Jan
uary term of the supreme court, eight
of them on examination and seven
.tee9 upon certificate.
The board of Territorial Bar Exam
iners decided that the charges
brought against Attorney Fred A.
Mcdonald of Clovis, Curry county,
have not been substantiated, but took
no action on the application of Mr.
Mcdonald for admission, not expect
ing to take action until an indict-
ment pending against Mr. Mcdonald
has been disposed Of
Water Applications Granted.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L.
Sullivan today granted two applica
tions for water appropriation in Taos
county. subject to the usual proYisos
under which these applications are
granted on tributaries of the Rio
Grande. One is No. 291. by Alexan-
der Gusdorf and Parker NJ Black OF
Taos, for 3.S second feet of water out
of Miranda Arroyo on the Cristoyal
de la Serna grant, to reclaim 10
acres at a cost of $4,000. The dam
will be 65 feet high
The other application is that of
Alexander Gusdorf for four' second
, feet out of the same stream on the
same grant. This dam is to be Go
feet hi@h and $40 acres are to re-
claimed at a cost of $4,000. Both
projects are TO be completed by June
II, 1912.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L
Sullivan also approved the applica
ton of the Ute Creek Ranch Com
pany, Charles Remsberg, ct al, OF
Ration for reservoir construction tG
use waters in winter already appro
priated. to reclaim $40 acres at cost
of $1,000. The dam will be 43 feet
high. This was application No. 205.
Applications Nos. 22S and $50 ot
the same company on Cieneguilla anC
Nine Mile Creeks in Colfax county
were rejected, as the waters haC
been appropriated already for the
Eagles Nest project near Cimarron
Letter to Tex Commission.
Ny Dear Sir: The territorial board
IF ennalization at a meeting recently
held in the city of Santa Fe, request
PORT commission of business mer
to Investigate the assessment and col
lection of taxes in the territory, and
to make such recommendations as
they deem proper to said board
through the territorial governor.
In pursuance to that request l have
this day appointed such a commits
sion, and will herein briefly outline
its duties
y, AS this commission is an unoficia
body, not authorized by law, it car
only make recommendations but I ar
satisfied that due weight will be giver
such recommendations not only by
the board, but, in event of statehood
the data that you may collect will be
of inestilnable value to the members
of the constitutional convention as
well as to members of the first state
Legislature.
/ The commission should visit the
various counties of the territory, ex
anime the tax returns of individuals
and corporations, and inform them
selves of tha character and value O
property, both real and personal, ant
on such information base their recon
mendations to the board of equaliza
tion and the governor for more
equitable assessment and collection
of taxes in the territory.
desire to call your attention tt
the laws of 1908, relative to the duties
of the board of equalization, and trus
you will be able in your report to giv'
the board such information relative tt
the value of taxable property in thu
various counties as will enable then
to perform the duties required by law
1t is we'll known fact that We hav'
a higher tax rate than most OF tn
adjoining territories, and this cond
tion is caused by the fact that ou
property is assessed at ridiculousl
low valuation. Homeseekers and in
yestors coming into New Mexico wit
view of locating here. invariabl
make inquiries relative to our schoe