Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1909-04-02


is created and established by this Act,
shall cause a notice of the time of the
holding of the election provided for in
Section Three Of this Act to be pub
lished in some newspaper of general
circulation published in said County,
for four consecutive weeks immediate
/ " prior t) such election. The ballots
to be voted at such election shall have
printed the words thereon. ''For To-
eating County Seat ut Cutter --"
with tha words yea or 'no' follow
/ ing the word Cutter either printed
or written thereon Such ballots shall
i be canvassad in the same manner as
elections for county officers and the re-
4 turns o. such election shall be certified
by the Probate Clrs to the Territorial
Secretary, together with certified
copy Of the The notice Of the County
Commissioners and d sworn certificate
OF the publication thereof to be filed
in the Office Of aaia Secretary; Provid-
ed, however, that no person shall be
considered legal voter in the afore-
said election unless he shall have paid
taxes for the year 1909
SEC 5. The said Board of County
Commissioners shall appoint the judges
and clerks Of election for the different
precincts in said county IN the same
manner as such judges and clerks are
appointed for general elections held in
the Territory Of New Mexico and said
judges and clerks shall be paid and shall
receive the same compensation as
judges and clerks of election receive
who are appointed at general elections
and said election shall in allrespects be
held in the same manner as general ell
ections are now held in the Territory Of
New Mexico Tor county officers.
Sec. 6. Should majority of the
votes cast at said election be in favor
of locating the county seat at the town
Of Cutter, then the Probate Clerk of
said county shall Immediately certify
such fact to The Secretary Of the Ter
ritory Of New Mexico and the Govern
or Of New Mexico, upon being appris-
ed Of such fact by the certificate Of
said Secretary Of the Territory of New
Mexico, shall BY proclamation fix the
permanent county seat of said Sierra
County, as the same is by this Act cre-
ated and established, at the said town
of Cutter
SEC. Z IN The event the said CquptH
seat Of issid county is located at the
said town of Cutter, as herenbefore
provided, then the governor of New
Mexico shall be and is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to appoint two
taxpayers of sad Sierra County, who
shall elect and designate at proper
and convenient point tract Of land,
comprising one block within the town
site of Cutter; which said block shall be
selected within the SEl4 of the NW4
of Section 26, Township14, South Range
No. 2 West Of The New Mexico Princi-
pal Meridian; and the permanent pub
lie buildings Of said Sierra County, the
court house and Jail thereof, shall be
erected upon said block of land so Sc
lected and said block of land for such
permanent public buildings shall be do
mated and granted free of cost to said
Sierra County The inhabitants of said
town of Cutter AND PERSONS INTEREST
ED IN MAINTAINING THE COUNTY SEAT
OF SIERRA COUNTY, shall, within one year
after the date upon which it was by the
voters Of said Sierra County determin-
ed that said county seat should be To-
Gated at said town Of Cutter, cause to
be erected upon said block 50 selected,
a court house and Jail for said Sierra
County as substantial, as convenient
and commodious and at a cost equal to
the present court house and jail uow at
Hillshorough. and when the architect
who prepared the plans and specifca-
tions and superintended the construc-
tion of the court house and jail herein
required to be built at The town Of Cut
ter shall certify under oath to the
board Of county commissioners of Sic
ira comfy, that the court house and
+ iail SO constructed at the town of Cut
/ ter are completed and ready for useand
occupancy, and that the same are as
substantial, convenient and commodious
and were erected at cost equal to the
present court house and jail at said
Hillsborough, then the board of county
commissioners of Sierra County, shall
Immediately cause the records and all
books, papers and movable property be-
1ono;no to the said county of Sierra to