Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-08
APPOINTMENT
OF CADETS
Attorney General Clancy
Sends Mr.. Jaffa Interest-
ing Opinion
NATIONAL GUARD ORDERS
Oklahomans Seek Jobs asMoun
ed Policemen in "New
State"

State"
Governor and Mrs. William J. Mills
are expected back from Las Vegas
this evening.
Want Jobs in "New State"
The mounted police Office is receiv
ing letters from men all over the coun
try asking for positions on the New
Mexico Mounted Police force Several
Oklahomans are particularly anxious
for such posts, and one writes that he
wants the job although he may not
have much practice" to fit him for it
Another says: Il see you are new
state, and Cap, I'm at your service.'
National Guard Orders.
Adjutant General A. S. Brookes has
issued orders relative to the biennial
encampment which will be held in
July. The orders will be printed in full
tomorrow.
Big Postoffice Business.
Although in the local postofice, May
is about the dullest month of the year,
1904 pieces Of mail we're received
last month and 9S133 were dispatched
or an average of forty pieces of mail
in one month for every man, woman
and child in the city The average
per day was almost 5000 pieces as
against 10000 day at Albuquerque.
OF first class mail at Santa Fe, 5S,269
pieces were dispatched and 64,696
were received The letter carriers
handled 50,196 pieces of mail.
Contest Filed.
A contest was filed yesterday in the
local land Office. 1t is the U. S. VS..
Prentice A. Pickett for the SW IA,
Sec. "a TN. Sc.
Northward Bound.
Game and Fish Warden Thomas P.
Gable has gone north on business for
the territory.
Civil Service Exams.
The U. s. civil service commission
announces examinations for the fol
lowing positions: Manual training
teacher at Pierre, S. D., $720 year,
July to g.; laboratory assistant, 5000
to 1000 a year, paper and textile lab
oratories, bureau of standards, July
at Roswell; Sawyer and Miller, in the
Indian service at flathead, Mont, at
$S40 per year, June "a, in this city;
law clerk, stenographer and type
writer. $1,000 to 1900, July and at
Albuquerque; field clerk, reclamation
service, $50 to $125 per month, in this
city, July 5.
Appointment Of Cadets.
Attorney General F. W. Clancy has
given the following opinion to Terri
torial Secretary Jaffa in the appoint |
ment of cadets:
Albuquerque, N. NJ, June 3, 1911.
Hon. Nathan Jaffa, secretary Of New
Mexico, Santa Fe, N. M.
Dear Sir:-I regret delay in answer
ing your letter asking my opinion as
to appointment of cadets to the mill
tary institute, under the provisions of
Section of chapter 6 of the laws of
1901, but l believe you understand |
the reasons for this and that you know
the delay has not been from intention |
al neglect. i
| have reached the conclusion that I
the governor and each member of the |
legislature, which was elected in 1908,
now have the power to make these
appointments for the next two schol-
astic years, beginning on the first
Monday in September next and l will,
as briefly as possible, state the rea-
sons for this opinion.
The act of 1901 declares that the
governor and each member of the oath
legislative assembly and of each sue
ceeding assembly thereafter shall I
have the privilege of appointing one
cadet from his district to the military
institute for the period of two scholasO
tic years from the first Monday in
September after such appointment. It
Is further declared that such appoint
ment shall be made during the legis-
lative session of 1911, and each session
thereafter. 1t is clear that the main
object desired by the legislature as
SHOWN In this statute, was to provide
Tor the appointment Of cadets, each
Two years, to number equal to the
number OF members of the legislature {
and one more appointed by the COVER. K
nor It Is not necessary to 60 into con.
sideration of why the legislature in. K
tended and desired this but it is OBJ.
vious that two things at least were
desired, one being the benefits to the ,
school and the other, benefit to the
cadet who might be appointed. I'm
less absolutely compelled to do SO by i
the language of the statutes we should ,
avoid any construction which would 8
defeat the legislative purpose. There j
are two objections which can be made
to the conclusion which have reach.
ed. but do not believe they are Of suf. I
ficient force to be permitted to defeat /
the intention Of the Legislature II
The first of these objections is That "
the power Of appointment given to the t
members OF the legislature. in the N
first instance to those constituting the IA
Bath legislative assembly, and after d
wards to the members "of each sue d
ceeding assembly thereafter can be ex- q
ercised only by members OF sue
ceeding assembly and that at the pres t
ent time we have no succeeding as n
sembly In existence. This necessari. I
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