Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1914-04-16
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Estancia, New Mexico,

April o, l0If'
The Board of County Commits,
sioners met this day in regular
session, with Chairman Angus
McGillivray, and Celestino Ortiz.
and Jose de Jesus Romero, men,
bers, the clerk by R. l.. Hit,
his deputy, and the sheriff by
Dee Robinson, his deputy, pres
ent.
Adjournment was Immediately
taken until two O'Clock in the af-
ternoon, in order that the said
Board and other county officials
might attend the funeral of Mrs
Julius Meyer.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Frank A. Chavez was sworn
in as official interpreter for the
Board.
The minutes of the last meet
ing we're read and approved.
Upon motion made and carried
R. A. Marble, of Mountainair,
New Mexico, was appointed Of
fetal county surveyor to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
H. B. Hawkins. Said r. A.
Marble was ordered to file his
bond in the sum of five thousand
dollars to be approved by the
Board at it's next regular meet
ing.
Santiago Sanchez was duly ap-
pointed janitor for three months
from date.
Comes now J. w. Corbett and
presents a petition praying for a
road leading north from Willard
along the west side of the New
Mexico Central railroad right-of-
way. After consideration of
said petition, the Board instructs
the clerk to notify DR.. V. S.
Cheyney to file in connection
with said petition a plat and
bond.
Comes now J. W. Corbett and
calls up the petitions filed and ap-
proved by the Board December
sixth, 1913, and asks that this
Board declare said road public
highways and to order the same
opened; said highways being the
road between Willard and Noun
tainair, and from Mountainair
north to Manzano. The Board
takes the same under considera-
tion.
In the matter Of the School
Superintendent's report, fixing
he boundaries of the different
school districts of the county,
the same is approved, and the
surveyor is hereby instructed to
make fifty maps showing the
boundaries of said districts as
liked by the Superintendent in
his report, this work to be done
as soon as the newly appointed
surveyor files his bond and it's
approval by the Board.
Comes now Perfecto Jaramillo
and presents a petition from the
residents of District No. IL, ask
ing this Board to call an election
as provided for in Chap. 78,
Laws of 1918 Said petition is
considered and rejected and the
Board instructs Mr.. Jaramillo to
present a petition signed by not
less than fourteen legal voters of
that district.
The matter of paying the San
ia Fe Bank & Trust Co. 1923 with
interest, the same being assign
ed to this bank by Rod McDon-
aid, as agent for August Doenetz
& Co. The Board refuses to al
low this claim.
The clerk is ordered that it is
the action of this Board that the
Treasurer be instructed that the
special fund be divided between
the road and school fund, giving
to the school fund seyenty-five
per cent. of said fund and that
the remaining twenty-five per
cent. be placed in the road fund.
In the matter of the petition
of the residents of Duran, ask
ing that J. w. Oliver be appoint
ed Justice of the peace Of said
precinct, the same is considered
and rejected.
The resignation of Charles w.
Fisk, Justice of the Peace of
Precinct No. s, was read and ac-
cepted.
The report of j, B. Under
wood, Justice of the Peace in