Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-05-29
NEW MEX|CO'S
WATER RIGHTS
Extra Territorial
Grant Need Not
Be Made
FIGHTING FOR HIGHER WAGES
Agitation Was Not Expected
to Come to Point
so Soon.

Four important opinions were hand
ed down by Attorney General Frank
w. Clancy before he left for his
home at Albuquerque yesterday after
noon.
The first came up on the denial by
Territorial Engineer Vernon l.. Sulli-
van of an application for appropria-
tion of the waters of the Gila In
New Mexico for use in Arizona, The
attorney general upholds the engin-
-eer in this denial saying: las long
as there is any beneficial use as de-
fined in our statute, to which the
water can be applied in New Mexico,
it must be that the Territorial Engin-
eer should refuse to permit an appro-
priati0n for extra territorial benefits
1t cannot be possible that we ought
to permit Arizona to come into New
Mexico and take away out of our ter
ritory New Mexican waters for use
lie, when there are New
Mexico lands upon which we can use
It," The opinion will be published in
full next week as it is a very mo-
mentous one.
Another important question on
which the attorney general expresses
his opinion is on the power of the city
board Of taxation Of Las Vegas to levy
taxes on railroad property, even
though the Territorial board Of equal
ization has exempted such property
under the plea that fiat mileage rate
has been made to cover local property.
The attorney general believes that the
board has the right to make such levy
to collect for there Is no legislation
which takes away or impairs these
powers to levy taxes. Not even the
legislature itself could impair the oDli.
cation of the contract with the bond
holders (of the school distdict) by
withdrawing from taxation any portion
of the property pledged to the payment
of such debt"
In the third opinion, on the ques'
tion of the increased bond demanded
by the new law, from county treas
urer's, the attorney general says:
my conclusion is that it is not
clear that the new act requires coun
ty treasurers already duly qualified to
give an additional or larger bond
than they had previously given; but
I will add that If were such a treas
urer, in order to avoid any possible
question or criticism, / would prompt
ly give the larger bond"
Opinion No. 4, rules that Section
1871 of the Compiled Laws of 1871
relative to the disbursements o.
school funds is still in force and is
not repealed by implication. The
town treasurer is therefore still ex
-oficio treasurer OF the board of edu
cation and shall pay out school mon
eys upon warrants signed by the
president and clerk of the schOo
board, and the approval of the county
superintendent is not necessary.
All four opinions will be published
in full next week.,
Delegates to Trans-Mississippi Con
gress.
Mayor Jose D. Sena today appointed
the following delegates to the Trans
Mississippi Congress at Denver ii
August: Hiram B. Cartwright, A. H
Brodhead and Marcelino Garcia.
National Irrigation Congress.
Mayor Jose D. Sena today appoint
ed the following delegates to- the
National Irrigation Congress at Spo
kane, Washington: L. Bradfort
Prince, Paul A. F. Walter, David L
Miller, Carlos F. Abreu and Jose Do
lores Garcia.