Alamogordo news-advertiser. (Alamogordo, Otero County, N.M.) 1912-1914, 1913-04-25

On this day came on for consider
alton the following reports:
W. X. Stalcup. Justice of the
Peace Pct. No. /, lst quarter, 1913.
approved.
J. w. Long, Ex-Justice of the
Peace Pet. No. ), final report. 1913.
approved.
Nicanor Brusuelas, Justice of the
Peace Pet. No. 3. lst quarter, 1913,
approved
A. N. Blazer. Ex-Justice of the
Peace Pct. No. last quarter. 1913
approved
A. N. Blazer, Ex-Justice of the
Peace Pet. No. 5, final quarter, 1913,
approved
o. G.Duran. Justice of the Peace
Pct. No. 8, lst quarter, 1913. ap-
proved.
j. NJ. Poss, Justice of the Peace
Pet. No. 10, lst quarter. 1913, ap-
, proved.
Y. F. Barnett, Justice of the
! Peace Pet. No. IL, lst quarter, 1913,
approved.
W. l.. Garrison, Justice of the
Peace Pet. No. 10, lst quarter. 1913,
approved.
Chas. E. Thomas, report of Pro-
bate Court fees collected. approved.
Chas. K. Thomas, report of Coun.
ty Clerk. fees collected, approved.
| Chas. E. Thomas. Annual Finan-
| cial Statement of Otero County for
1912. approved.
On this day came on for consider
alton the resignation of Mathew
McNatt. Justice of the Peace of
Precinct No. and it was ordered
that same be and hereby Is accept
ed and the office of Justice of the
Peace within and for said precinct
is hereby declared vacant
On this day came on the petition
of various residents of the Sham
rock district and after due considera
ton thereof 1t was ordered that
Paul Young be granted an allowance
of $500 per month commencing A
pril /, 1918.
On this day came on for consider
alton the petition or request of V.
ID. DOdgen for refund on account of
interest paid and it appearing to the
Board that Otero county should not
oe liable therefor, it was ordered tn;
same be and hereby Is disallowed
Under and by virtue Of the law
in such case made and provided, it
vas ordered by the Board that a
transfer OF $1,433.49 be made from
the Otero County Delinquent Tax
Fund to the General School Fund
| and the Treasurer and Collector in
structed accordingly.
On this day appeared before the
Board the County Superintendent of
schools and petitioneed the board
ior authority to prepare a record OF
he various school districts of the
,ounty as required by law to be
kept in his said office, and 1t being
made to appear to the Board that
: 40 such record Is now on file,
II is therefore ordered that said
! Superintendent be and he hereby is
given authority to prepare such rec
ord, including maps or plats of each
school district of the county: that
the boundaries thereof shall be es-
tablished In said record in accordanc
with the original descriptions there
OF by metes and bounds as nearly as
, possible so to do: that such record
when SO completed shall be consider
ed to be the official record of each
! and every one of said school dis
tricts. subject to changes thereof as
now provided by the laws of the
State.
On this day came on for hearing
the various petitions Of tax payers
OF Otero County making applications
for homestead exemptions. correction
Of errors upon the tax rolls of said
taxes thereon, and. after due consid-
GRAFTON of same 1t was resolved by
the Board that same be referred to
the Honorable District Attorney for
his consideration, with the recon-
mendation that said matters be re-
ferred to the District Court petit
| tioning for an order thereof
authorizing such corrections upon
said tax rolls, allowance Of exem-
tions or refund of such taxes,
and that the treasurer and col
lector of Otero County be au-
thorized and directed to make
such corrections. allowances or re-
funds upon said tax rolls to con-
IoIn tnoFeWltn, 6 LOiioWs, IOWlt.
That Otero County Tax sale Ger
tiflcate No. 636 covering the sale
of certain lands assessed against
T. @. Torres and sold TO the Coun-
ty for the taxes for the year 1904.
which said certificate was thereaf-
ter sold and transferred to Samuel
Holmes, be cancelled, said certificate
and sale to the County being in er-
ror for the reason that the taxes
on said property for one half of the
year 1904 had been paid by the
owner OF saidproperty: and also that
said tax sale certificate included 40
acres OF government land erroneous
ly assessed and sold Hereunder;
that authority be had for a refund
| to the said Samuel Holmes of the
sum OF $500 being $1,000 paid by
him for said Tax Sale Certificate an,
interest thereon at the rate OF 10
per cent per annum amounting to
$500.
IL appeared TO theB oard that
@. W. Phillips OF Precinct No. l..
being the head OF . family. should
have been allowed q homestead ex-
emption on the tax rolls for the yeai
19l2;
II was therefore ordered by the
Board that Il be recommended said
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