Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-03-13

PROCEEDINGS
Special Session of the County
Commissioners.

opeclal session OF the Count
, Commissioners.
March 8, 1919.
: The Board of County Commission
, ers of Torrance county, met this da
in special session, with the Hon.
M. Milbourn, chairman, Walter
Martin member, the sheriff, tn
clerk.
The Board proceeds to the tran
saction of business.
The Board orders that the sam
values be placed upon lands in Tor
rance county for the year 1919, a
were placed for the year 1918. Thi
is done at this meeting and tn,
clerk is instructed to enter this or
der "Nunc Pro Tune" upon the re
cord as of Feb. 18th, 1919.
! The minutes of the previous ses
sion were read, examined and ap
proved.
A petition is presented to the
Board of County Commissioners
from the people residing within the
following described district, for the
establishing of voting precinct,
viz:
Beginning at the NE Corner of
Sec. "a, Twp. NJ, Rye 9 E., run
ming west to the NV corner of Sec.
10, T. 3 N, R. 8 E., thence south to
SW corner of Sec. 81, T. 8 N, R. s
E., thence west to the NV corner of
Section 6, Twp. N, R. E., and
south to the SW corner of Sec. 81,
Twp. N, R. 7 E., thence east to
Sc corner of Sec. SO, T. N, R. 9
e., thence north to place of begin
ming, naming the school house of S.
D. so at the NE cor. Sec. .21, T. 2
N, Rye. 8 E., as the legal voting
place of said precinct; said precinct
to be known as Wilson Precinct, and
being numbered 21; and that W. D.
Garrison be appointed as Justice of
the Peace of said precinct, and Will
R. Edwards be appointed as con-
stable, to act until permanent Off
GERS are elected and qualified. And
the Board being satisfied in the
premises, grants said petition and
the said precinct of Wilson Number
81 of Torrance county is hereby
created, and it is also ordered by the
board that Thursday, April 3rd, be
and the same is hereby designated
as the day on which the election for
justice of the peace and constable in
said precinct are to be held, and the
judges of said election shall be j. l..
johnson. M. B. Condrey, G. G. Full
fer. And it is further ordered that
the proclamation of said election be,
published in the Mountainair 1nde-
pendent and in the Estancia News
Herald as required by law, and that
the poll books be mailed to j. l..
johnson at Mountainair, N. M.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION
Whereas, it is made the duty of
the Board of County Commissioners
of each county to give public notice
of the time and place and the object
of any election to be held within
their respective counties, and where
as a voting precinct has this day
been created, to be known as Wilson
Precinct, the same being Precinct No.
81, of Torrance County, as the
same is hereinbefore described, now,
notice is hereby given
that Thursday, April 3rd, is the day
designated by the Board of County
Commissioners of Torrance County
in said Precinct 81, and that the OBJ
iect of said election is for the elect
ing of justice of the peace and a
in and for said Precinct
No. 81, and that the said election be
held at the school house in District
No. so, and that j. L. Johnson, M.
B. Condrey, and G. c. Fuller be
and they are hereby appointed as
judges of election at said election,
and the poll books are to be sent
to j. L. Johnson, at Mountainair,
New Mexico, and notice of said cleo
ton be published in the Mountain
air Independent and in the Estancia
according to law.
Signed,
C. M. MILBOURN, Chairman.
Petition is presented by people liv-
ing in the vicinity of the intersec-
ton of section lines running between
Sections 1880, 2O-Z9, ZI-zo, Zz-zf,
1926, and 24-25 Twp. A North,
Range 6 East, asking to have the
same opened for travel and that the
same be declared public highway.
The Board after due consideration
orders that the same be and it is
hereby ordered opened for travel
and declared public highway from
its intersection with Barranca Can
yon on the west end to the township
line on the east, distance of about
5 miles, more or less; that same be
opened on straight line connecting
the Government corner common to
Sections 10 and 80, Twp. N, X. 6
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