Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-08
BOARD Of
EQUALIZATION
VIII Convene in Important
Session at Capitol on
Monday
PENITENT|ARY commissioners
Questions Sent Out for Teachers
Examinations Next
Week.

The territorial board of penitenti-
ary commissioners is in session to-
day at the penitentiary disposing of
routine business and parole matters.
The members who attended were j.
II. Vaughn, president; Charles F. Eas-
ley, secretary; D. T. Hoskins, of Las
Vegas; Jose Ortiz y Pine of Galisteo;
]. Smith Lea of Roswell; Superintend-
ent j. w. Reynolds and Clerk W. A.
Bayer, also being present.
Board of Equalization.
The territorial board of equaliza-
ton will meet on Monday at the Cap
itol to fix the valuations of railroads,
telegraph and other classes of prop
erty and also to consider assessment
matters in general. The report of the
district attorneys will be presented
as well as a report along the same
lines by the tax commission. The
members of the board are: James F.
Hinkle, president, of Roswell; J. M.
Cunningham of Las Vegas; B. Spitz,
of Albuquerque; Frank P. Jones of
Silver City; Alexandra Sandoval of
Bernalillo; T. D. Burns, Sr., of TERRA
Amarillo, and Henry Lutz of Lincoln.
Notaries Appointed.
Governor Curry has appointed the
following notaries public: james A.
Gilmore, Roswell, Chaves county;
Emil Bibo of Cubero, Valencia county.
Incorporation Matters.
The Oaks Company of Alma, west
ern Socorro county, filed incorpora.
tion papers today. The capitalization
is $1,000,000 divided into $4,000 shares
of preferred stock, and $4,000 shares
OF common stock. The company will
begin business with 20 shares Of pre-.
ferred stock and 800 shares of COM
mon stock, total of $3,2OO The in
corporators and directors are: Will
lam J. Weatherby, 10 preferred shares
and 300 shares of common stock; Her
man Hoover, preferred shares;
Laura Weatherby, preferred shares.
The Western Grocery Company of
Roswell, also filed incorporation pa
pers, the capitalization being $4,000
divided into 100 shares. The incor.
porators and directors are: G, w.
Shrader, James Forstad and S. P.l
Johnson.
District Court
In the district court for San Juan
county today, was filed a suit by
Herman G. Peterson VS.. Ramona Pet.
erson, for divorce. The couple mar
ried at Parkview, Rio Arriba county,
on January IA, 1907, and seven days
later the couple separated.
Questions for Teachers Examinations
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton J. E. Clark is sending out the
questions for the examinations to be
held at all county seats on January
IA and Is for all grades of teachers
certificates.
Circular Letter to County superin-
tendents.
Gentlemen-During the month of
November, 1909, | believe I sent Won
a circular calling your attention to
the fact that the territorial board of
education took action at its recent /!
meeting, October 22d, 1909, as indi- |
Gated by the following resolution:
Whereas, the department of educa |
ton has issued a common school
course of study for use in the schools
under the supervision of county SUI !
perlntendents, and
Whereas, the territorial board of
education would urge the general use
of this manual with a view to stand !
ardizing the work of our public !
schools.
Therefore, be it resolved. that
recognition be given by the territorial
board OF education to the completion
OF the eighth grade work as pre- |
scribed in the manual of the common
school course of study, by the issu- /
ance of certificates to pupils who mass
satisfactory examination on questions
furnished by this board to the comfy
superintendents covering the work
outlined for the eighth year in the
course of study; examinations to be
conducted and papers graded under
the supervisor of the county suner.
1ntendents; certificates to be signed
by the teacher, the county sunerin-
tendent, and the territorial superin-
tendent of public instruction"
The department of education is
planning to have prepared and print
ed several sets of questions covering
the common school course of study |
as outlined for the eighth grade IN |
the manual recently issued by the de-
partment. These questions will he
sent to the county superintendent
who will make local arrangements for
the examination and the correction If
manuscripts. After these manuscrins
are graded we wish to have you re-
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