Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-05-08
SIERRA COUNTY ACT
TURNED DOWN BY
The HOUSE
HAMILTON PANIED AT
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Interesting Conversation by the
Territories Committee on
RattIerS, Prairie Dogs, Cac-
tuS and ApacheS,
Morning Journal Bureau,
GIG Munsey Building.
washington, D. O. Nay .


The House passed senate resolu-
ton disapprovins an act passed BY
the New Mexico territorial legislature
to abolish the original county Of
Sierra and creating new county
with different boundaries with the
name of Sierra.
I'm presenting thc measure to the
house. Mr.. Hamilton, chairman oi The
committee on territories, said, "Fhis
resolution proposes to disapprove Of
certain legislation enacted by the NcN
Mexico legislature on which | take no
pleasure in dwelling. on March T.
1903, the New MeXico legislature
passed a bill re-creating the county
# Sierra. First, they abolished the
county OF Sierra and then they re-
ercated it. and in re-creatrng il they
took an area of approximately twenty
two townships from the county ol
Socorro and added it 80 he county of
Sierra Now, this area, anprovi
ng twenty-five townships. is occupied
y six families, according to the tes-
timony, besides some rattlesnake'
prairie dogs cactus--
Mr.. Keifer-Any Apaches2
MI Hamilton think there ar
no Apachcs left there They added
thesc twenty-five townships to the
county OF Sierra, and by their legie-
lation proposed to move the county
seat Of Sierra county from the town
of Hillsboro to the town of Cutter.
Now. the town Of Hillsboro is re-
ported to the committee to be a
tlourishing little town There are
certain photographs which were pre-
sented to the committee showing the
town of Cutter The testimony anG
the pictures show the town Of Cutter
to be composed of one tWO-story
building. a one-storY building, and a
water tank It is located on the Ell
Paso branch OF the Santa Fe Railroad
in desert known as the Desert of
the Journey Of Death. The outlook
from this town of Gutter, according
to the testimony, is across a desert
thirty miles. 1t was proposed to put
upon the county of Sierra bonded
indebtedness Of S25, 900 in connection
with the acquisition of these twenty
two townships There are county
seat buildings located in tie town OF
HillshorO; there are no CountY-seai
buildings or other buildings than
have described, according to the tes-
timony. located at the town Of cut
ter Therefore the legislature nro-
posed To put upon the county of sierra
the eXpcnsc OF building new county
buildings at the town of Cutter
The committee unanimously thought
chat that legislation ought to be dis
approved There is good deal more
Of It, but that, think. would be suf-
ficiont TO satisfy the gentleman rom
Onto
Mr. Kcifer. ! withdraw my obicc-
ton. Now. Mr.. Speaker, notice
there is another senate joint resolu-
ton, 80. SO. that comes up immed-
iately after that
Mr.. Hamilton; The two ought to be
disposed cf together Resolution no.
93 is really unnecessary If senate reso-
luton No. % passes. in rs much as IT
proposes to disapprovc an amend
ment to the law sought to be disap
proved by senate resolution No. %,
which amendment is so dependent
upon the main law that il probably
conld not stand alone II appears
that almost Immediately after that
first legislation, passed on the nth Of
March, in which they proposed that
4 commission should be appointed ia
determine what Indebtedness should
be put upon Sierra county in connec-