Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-08
ANNUAL REPORT OF
GOVERNOR MILLS
MADE PUBLIC
Territory Becomes a State
Under Most Favorable Con.
ditions; Population Rapid
ly Increasing.

The annual report OF Governor viii
liam J. Mills 90 the secretary Of the
Interior has Just been made public
ny the department The report In
for the fiscal year ended June so.
1e1i. and IL dated September %. u
N run and exhaustive review 81 the
condition OF The territory In all
branches Of governmental activity.
and covers forty-flve pages OF print
ed matter. Inasmuch ~ II IA the
last annual report that WIN ever be
made by "a governor of New Mexico
Co a department ~ the United states,
II Is Of exceptional interest at this
time.
The report begins witha general
resume Of conditions In the territory
during the year ieio-Iaii. The
proRrc@ Of railroad building. Of ir-
fiRation enterprises. of activity IN
dry farming. % the development OF
the coal fields of the territory. OF
road construction and OF mining OF
the precious metals. are an set out
in this statement, and show a most
gratifying state Of development for
the territory az whuie. An 60 pop.
ulation. the governor gives Il as his
opinion that In the year that has
elapsed since tho tnkinR OF the ccn-
aus Of 1919 there has been a rapid
growth of the population. and he
places ace. o00 as conservative esti-
mate OF the number Vt inha bitants
at present.
An interesting feature Of the report
n the account that the governor
gives at the events leading To- the
adoption of the constitution and shs
expenditure of the funds provided
for holding the constitutional con-
vcntion and for the election ~ delo-
Rateh 70 The convention On this
HubIect the govcrnor SAYS,
zone hundred Thousand dollars
WIS appropriated by congress to de-
fray che necessary expenses OF hold
ing the constitutional convention and
the elections prescribed by the en-
Aiding act. 10 he locally expeuded by
the secretary of the territory, under
the direction and In the discretion 90
the secretary of the interior. The
disburhng ana accounting of this
money involved vast amount OF de-
tail, especially In the preparation and
Qualification % vouchers. and nnsur-
ally the work 81 checking and pay
Ing the various claims took M con-
siderable time, although every effort
was made o. settle all accounts az
promptly az possible.
"1'he work 90 paying the election
expenses was particularly arduous,
a. an of the election Officials had "a
be- paid By individual voucher and
check, IN compliance with United
states statutes and regulations of
the treasury department TO better
understand the magnitude ~ thls un-
dcrsaksng. II should be borne IN mind
that New Mexieo has almost 500
voting precincts. ana AZ, all general
elections there are three members
OF a hoard ~ registration, three
Judges ~ election and two clerks oi
election Ia each precinct not 10 mem
tlon messengers employed Ia deliV-
ering the ballot boxes a. ana from
the different polling places,
"of the iioo,e9o apprrpriatre fos
statehood purposes. there remains
uncspended ., this time sie.9Te.ss
of this amount sla,0o0 Ii ssill In tbs
tinted states treasury. subject 1.
reauisltlan. and the remainder IL on
depoalt IN the local United states De.
poslsory. Had the constitutions
convention continued In session this
fun sixty days provided Tor by ths
enabling act. instead Of adjournlnf
at the end OF fifty days, the funds
available would have probably beer
entirely exhausted, as the expenses
Of the convention were approximate
~ $1,000 day. including per diem
Of the delegates and the salaries ri