Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-12-24
FOR SCHOOLS
AND ROADS
Governor Receives Warrant
for New Mexico's Share
of Forest Income.
SMALLPOX IN TAOS PUEBLO
Important Opinion II a n d e d
Down by Attorney General
Frank w. Clancy.

Governor Mills has ordered the
Mounted Police to enforce the Sun
day closing laws as to saloons in
Santa Fe. Mayor Seligman has serV-
ed due warning upon every saloon
keeper and if any saloon is open to-
morrow there will be a sequel after
next Sunday in which the Mounted
Police will play part.
Notaries Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed the
following notaries public: John Ralph
Tucker of Pennington; Nathaniel B
Roseberry of Las Vegas.
Agent Changed.
The San Simon Cattle Company to-
day notified Territorial Secretary
Nathan Jaffa that it has named J. D
Jordan of Rodeo, Grant county, its
statutory agent to succeed C. V
Drew.
Small Pox at Taos Pueblo.
Upon the request of Clinton ]
Crandall, superintendent of the U. S
Indian Industrial School, who report
ed an outbreak of smallpox at the
Pueblo OF Taos, Governor Mills has
ordered two members of the Mount
ed Police to proceed to Taos to en-
force quarantine regulations. Apollo
nio A. Sena and Rafael Gomez viii
leave for Taos tomorrow. Smallpox is
reported from number of points
in northern and eastern New Mexico
Big Treasury Warrant.
Governor Mills today received $2S,
52953 in the shape of a U. S. treasury
warrant, for the use of the Territory
being twenty-five per cent of the pro
ceeds of the national forests in New
Mexico during the past fiscal year
Opinion BY Attorney General.
December 23. 1910. q
Hon. Fl. O. Bursum, Chairman, Re
publican Central Committee, Santa
Fe, N. NJ.
Dear Sir-4In answer to your in
quiry as to Whether the boards o
county commissioners can appoin
election judges for the approaching
election for the ratification of the con
stitution at their regular quarterly
meeting to be held next month, l have
to say that there can be no doubt o
the propriety of making appointment.
at that time if the other require
ments of section 2 of chapter 105 O.
the laws of 1909 are complied with
By reference to that section it will bt
seen that it is the duty of the count!
commissioners to make these appoint
ments at least eight days previous
to the election so that the appoint
ments can be made more than eigh
days before the election ii it shoulC
be desirable or convenient SO to dc
The section further requires, however
that at least ten days prior to tn
date of the meeting of the board TO
the purpose of appointing such cleo
ton judges, the board shall cause tn
clerk of the county to give writer
uOLlCo W Inc SouhIy Snt1ii iiieth Y
each political. party of the date whel
the meeting will be held, and tn
county chairman of each of the tw
political parties can file with tn
clerk, three days before the meetin
of the board, list of the names o
such election judges as they desir
appointed in each precinct, fror
which list the board is to select tn
election judges, but no more than tw
of the judges in each precinct sha
belong to the same party, unless tn
county chairman representing tn
other party shall fail or refuse t
submit list of names.
Yours truly,
FRANK w. CLANCY,