Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1914-12-24
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Estancia, New Mexico,
December 21, 1911

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ty Commissioners met this da
in special session with Chairman
Lorenzo Zamora and Membe
Juan Cruz Sanchez present. Al
so present the sheriff by his dep
uty Julian Sanchez, and the clerl
by his deputy, Thos. B. Rapkoch
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved
The butchers bonds of the Viii
lard Mercantile Company and ]
M. Cain were duly approved.
Comes now Cristino Chavez
and presents a petition asking
that an election be called to de-
termine whether or not the sale
of Intoxicating liquors shall be
allowed in Precinct No. 6, Will.
lard. The Board, after due con
sideration, defers action on said
petition until their regular Jan
uary term, pending information
from the District Attorney.
Comes now J. N. Bush and Of
fers a proposition co the Board to
paint the County Jail for the sum
of S48.5O, said sum also to cover
expenses for extra work done on
the Court House. The Board, af-
ter due consideration, does au-
thorize said j. N. Bush to pro
ceed with said work.
The Board does now proceed
to issue an election proclamation
for the election to be held Oh the
11th day cf January, 1915, same
being an election for Constables
and Jutices of the Peace.
By the Board of County Com
missioners of the County of
Torrance and State of New
Mexico:
Whereas, BY Section l, Chap
ter l05, Laws of 1909, it is made
the duty of the County Commits
sioners of each county in the
state of New Mexico to proclaim
the elections that are to be held
in the respective counties for the
purpose Of voting for candidates
for the different offices and other
matters, and to do so ten days
before the election by pubic
proclamation and by publication
in each of the two leading news
papers published in the county,
and
Whereas. it is further made
the duty of the said Board of
County Commissioners to give
public notice of the object of the
election, the officials to be voted
on, and
Whereas, it is required by Sec
ton |, Chapter los, Laws of 1909,
that said notice be inserted in
daily newspapers, six times prior
to the day when the election is to
be held, but where there are no
daily newspapers published in
the county, such notice may be
inserted in weekly newspapers,
in two issues thereof prior to the
date when the election is to be
held, and
Therefore, the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners of the County
of Torrance and State of New
Mexico, in special session held
at Estancia, the county seat OF
said county, on the 2lst day OF
December, A D. 1914, in pur-
suance of the requirements of
said section l, Chapter 105, Laws
of 1909, hereby gives public no.
tice that an election will be held
in said county on the second
Monday in January, 1915, same
being the l1th day of said jan
uary.
That the object of the said
election is to elect one Constable
and one Justice of the Peace for
each precinct in said county.
That the places where the
election is to be held, with the
name and number of each pre-
cinct, are as follows:
Precinct No. l, Tajique-At
the house of Amador Otero.
y Precinct No. 2, Torreon-At
the house of Esau Lopez.
Precinct No. 3, Manzano-At
the house of Ignecio Herrera.
Precinct No. 4, Cienega-
At the house of Eutimio Luna.
Precinct No. 5, Punta-At the
house of Daniel Torrez.
Drao;pct No 6 Willard-A-