Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-05

snail De received by the territorial
treasurer and be credited by him tc
! the territorial common school bond is
sue fund, and shall within sixty days
after the receipt of the proceeds
thereof, be distributed to all the cOun
ties of the territory of New Mexico in
proportion to the number of school
children as shown by the school cen
sus taken for the year 1908 as pro
vided by Section 1886, Compiled Laws
of 1897.
The portion due and payable here
under to each county to be paid to the
county treasurer; but before such
money shall be turned over to such
treasurer he shall furnish good and
sufficient bond as provided by law for
bonds of county treasurers, in a sum
equal to the amount received; the pre-
MUM on said bond, If the same is ex-
ecuted by guarantee company, may
be paid by such county treasurer out
of the funds received as herein pro-
vided.
Sec. 6. Disposition in Counties.
Said county treasurer, upon receipt of
such money shall disburse the same
from time to time among the school
directors of his county as provided by
law for the disbursement of the gem
eral county school fund.
! Sec. 7. PrOceeds-HoW to be Used.
The proceeds of said bond issue de-
| liyered to the several counties as
herein provided shall be issued for the
following purposes and no other:
First. for the construction, repair, al
, teration or enlargement of a suitable
building for public schools; second,
for the payment of teachers salaries;
third, in the purchase OF laboratory
apparatus and supplies for High
schools; fourth, and for the purchase
of libraries for High schools and ele-
mentary schools.
Sec. 8. This act shall be in force
from and after its passage, and all
acts and parts of acts in conflict mere
with are hereby repealed.
Another event, though of apparent
ly trivial consequences, Will excNe
favorable comment all over the
United States, if not the entire world.
That is the introduction in the Coun-
cil by Councilman Hewett, a Civil
War veteran, member OF the Grand
Army of the Republic, asking for the
erasure of the word "Rebel" from the
Monument erected by the Legislature
in the Plaza in Santa Fe, to commem-
crate the self-sacrifice of those New
Mexico citizens who fought for the
Union in the Civil War, the word
Rebel" being deemed an opprobrlous
term.
The result of the joint session OF
both houses held yesterday afternoon
In the hall of representatives to listen
to representatives of the Archaeolog-
ical Institute of America and the New
Mexico Archaeological Society, can
also be considered of such great i'm
portance as to make the event histor-
ic
President Spiess presided over the
joint session. On the speakers ros-
trum besides himself and Speaker
Miera was seated Chief Justice Will
liam ]. Mills. The officers of the
Council occupied seats besides those
of the House. In front of the speak
er's desk sat the orators of the oc-
casion: Associate Justice John R.
McFie, president of the New Mexico
Archaeological Society; DR.. Ed
gar L. Hewett, of Washington, D. c..
the Archaeological Institute of Ameri'
ca and director of American work OF
the Institute of Archaeology of Amer-
ca. and Judge A. ]. Abbot, U. S. At
torney for the Pueblo Indians.
President Spiess in his brief intro
ductory remarks. dwelt upon New
Mexico's Incompatible archaeologic-
al riches and how their development
will add to the material wealth of the
Territory. He introduced as the first
speaker, Hon. John R. McFie, associ-
ate justice of the Supreme Court of
New Mexico, and president of the New
Mexico Archaeological Society.
Judge McFie without further prelim-
~ fD thn hnort nf tho cub |
ject. In describing the vast extent
of New Mexico's archaeological rich
es, he pointed out of the window to
the west, saying that there, within
sight of the hall, in a canon, one and
a half miles long, lie eleven buried
prehistoric villages, which once teem-
ed with population. That is but a
small portion of that particular arch
geological region, which again is only
one of many such regions in the Ter
ritory. There lies history that is bur-
led in our soil. 1t is to read again
that lost history that the Institute of
Archaeology is conducting excavations |
and research the world over. The
speaker cited the fact of the despoil-
alton of the ruins in New Mexico
only few years ago by a private
company which carted the great arch.
geological treasures it found all over
the world, selling and scattering
priceless relics that should have re-
manned in New Mexico for the instruc.
tion and delight of future generations.
He referred to the excavations two