Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-09-12
BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION
In Regular Fall Session in
Council Chamber at
Capitol.
MORE DELEGATES APPOINTED
Governor Mills Adds to Repre-
sentatives at Irrigation
Congress.

The territorial DOdru VI equ"liA@
tion convened this forenoon IN an
nual fall session in the council cham
ber at the capitol. President j. f.
Hinkle of Roswell, presided; B. Spitz
of albuquerque, the secretary, was
nresent, and so were members Ale
iandro Sandoval of Albuquerque, and
f. P. Jones of Silver City. Travelling
Auditor Charles V. Stafford was pres
ent with the assessment rolls and as
sessment statistics. The morning
was devoted to hearing the appeals OF
C, F. Remsberg of Ration, from the
assessment of the Taos Mercantile
Company; of the Santa Fe Railroad
Company from the assessment OF 9I-
600 acres in Curry county, on ground
that title had not passed on March 1,
and that the land was subject to as
sessment; and of M. B. Goldenburg
& Co., of Tucumcari, assessment OF
town lots. The first two appeals were
taken under advisement while in the
last named case, the previous action
of the board was sustained.
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed OF
to Dieckman of Albuquerque, a notary
public.
Incorporation.
Incorporation papers were filed to-
day by the May Ditch Irrigation Com
pany of Hope, Eddy county. The in.
corporators and directors are: ]. B,
Childers, "a shares; G. G. Park, "a
shares; Ethel S. Park, II shares;
George Melton, 12 shares; J. A. Santo
"a shares; j. G. Ault, "a shares, all
of Hope, Eddy county. The capitali-
zation is $4,000 divided into 12O
shares. The company will construct
an irrigation canal five miles long,
taking IS cubic feet per second out of
the Penasco river.
secretarys Office Busy.
The office of Territorial Secretary
Nathan Jaffa is assuming a very busy
appearance, as the work of preparing
for the constitutional convention is
very heavy. Eugene Lujan, son OF
Assistant Land Commissioner Mateo
Lujan, today began service as stem
ographer, in the secretary's office.
Delegates Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed the
following National Guard officers as
delegates to the association of mill
tary surgeons of the United States at
Richmond, Virginia, on November 1:
Colonel Robert Smart of Albuquer'
que; Major S. A. Milliken of Silver
City; Major J. F. Pearce of Albuquer
que; Captain J. A. Massie, of Santa
Fe; Captain H. M. Smith of Las We.
gas; Captain G. F. Beason of Roswell
Delegate to Irrigation Congress.
Governor Mills today appointed DR.
w. E. Garrison of Agricultural Col.
lege delegate to the Irrigation Con.
gress at Pueblo, Colorado, this month
Assessment Rolls All In.
Territorial Travelling Auditor G. "
Stafford has received all the assess
ment rolls except those for Torrance
county which were destroyed in the
recent court house fire necessitating
new assessment.
Who Pays the Taxes?
In Guadalupe county, according to
the analysis of the assessment returns
for 1910 by Travelling Auditor Chas
v. Stafford, the railroads pay more
than one-third of the taxes, for they
are assessed 36.S7 per cent of the total
assessment and are not delinquent in
tax payments as many individual tax
payers are. Grazing lands and i'm.
provements are assessed at 22.4S per
cent of the whole; city lots and i'm.
provements at 9.21 per cent; sheep
and goats 754 per cent; merchandise
6.07; agricultural lands and improve
ments 4.65; cattle 3.6S; horses and
mules 2.S2; wagons and implements
and harness LAB; household goods
1.31, all other classes 3.94.