The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-10-24
SPECIAL SESSION. sATUR.
DAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1918

BNsrd OF county commissioners Oh
q, County, New Mexico, begun and
h, =, at the Court House in Tucumcari,
New Mexico, on the 10Th day of Octo-
Der, 1918, for the purpose Of issuing
an Election Proclamation for the Cen
eral Election to be held on Tuesday,
November fifth, 1918, and for the pur-
pose of appointing Judges to conduct
the election in the several precincts
in Quay County, and to select polling
places in the said precincts, there were
present the following, to-wit:
John +. Bell, Acting Chairman,
W. A. Dodson, Commissioner,
I. N. Lawson, Clerk.
The Board now issues the following
Proclamation:
WHEREAS, by Section 1877 of the
C%odifcation of New Mexico Statutes
of 1915, it is made the duty of the
Boards of County Commissioners of
each county in the State Of New Mex
leo to proclaim the elections that are
to be held in the respective Counties
of the State for the purpose Of voting
for candidates for the different offices.
and to do so ten days before the cleo
ton by public proclamation and by
publication in each Of the two leading
newspapers published in each county;
and,
WHEREAS, it is further made the
duty of said Boards of County Com
missioners to give public notice of the
object of the election, the officials to
he voted for, the names of the candi-
dates for each of the said offices, as
the same are on file in the Office of
the County Clerk and Ex-Oficio Re-
corder, and the Post Office Address of
each of said candidates and the place
where the election is to be held in each
precinct in each County; and,
WHEREAS, il is required by Sec
ton 1877 of the Codification of New
Mexico Statutes of 1915, that the said
notice be inserted in daily newspa-
pers, six times prior to the day when
the election is to be held, but when
there is no daily newspaper published
in such County. such notice may be in
serted in weekly newspapers, in two
issues thereof, prior to the date when
the election is to he held; and,
WHEREAS. As provided by Chapter
1903 of the Laws of New Mexico of
1917, there shall be submitted to the
people of the State of New Mexico
for their ratification at the next gen.
eral election to be held in the month
of November, 1918, An Act author
izing the construction of a two-story
addition to the Capitol Building at
Santa Fe, New Mexico, creating a
commission authorized to construct the
same, appropr'ating Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars therefor, providing
for the issuance OF Bonds, two hun
bred in number, for One Thousand
Dollars each. for payment Of said
sum-, bonds bearing interest at four
and one-half rer centum per annum,
principal payable within thirty years
after issuance of Bonds.
CERTIFIED COPY OF CHAPTER
1903. NEW MEXICO LAWS OF 1917.
CHAPTER 1903
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION
TO THE CAPITOL BUILDING AT
SANTA FEE, NEW MEXICO. MAX
ING AN APPROPRIATION THERE
FOR AND PROVIDING BONDED IN.
DEFICIENCIES FOR THE PAYMENT
OF THE SAME, AND TO CREATE
A COMMISSION WITH AUTHOR
ITY TO CONSTRUCT AND COM
PLETE SUCH ADDITION.
Committee Sub. for II. b. No. Sc;
Approved March 13, 1917.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGlS-
LATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW
MEXICO:
Section /. That for the purpose OF
constructing and completing an add.
ton to the present Capitol Building at
Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Governor
shall appoint three reputable citizens
of New Mexico, not more than two OF
whom shall belong to the same politi.
cal party, "a a commission, with full
power and authority to employ an ar,
chitect, and to let contracts for the
erection Of such building to the lowest
and best responsible bidder, upon thir'
ty days published notice, letting the
same in one entire contract, or por
tions thereof TO different contractors
as in the judgment of the commits
sion may be most advisable.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for an,
member of such commission to becom,
or be, directly or indirectly, interested
in any contract so let, or to make any
profit, directly or indirectly, out of an!
such contract or to furnish or supply
directly or indirectly, any labor, ma
terial or other commodity used in ant
about completing any such contrac
or contracts. The members Of aucl
commission shall be paid their actua
and necessary expenses incurred b,
them in and about such work, but shall
receive no further, other or additional
compensation.
Sec. 3 There is hereby appropriate,
out of the state treasury the sum o
two hundred thousand $500, 000) dol
lars, or so much thereof as may b
necessary for the purpose of payinI
for the construction and completion
of said building, said fund to be avail
able upon the sale of the bonds here
matter provided for.
Sec. 4. For the purpose of provid
ing funds for the erection of said ad
dition TO the Capitol Building, there
hereby authorized and created a bond
ed indebtedness of the State of Ne,
Mexico in the sum Of two hundre
thousand ~(S200,000) dollars, and Their
shall be issued two hundred GOO
bonds of the denomination of on
thousand Isl ,000) dollars each. Sal
bonds shall bear interest at the rat
Of four and one-half per cent per ar
mum, which said interest shall be pay
able semi-annually in gold coin, or il