Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-08-14
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
August 5, 1919

M. Milbourn, chairman, Walter F
Martin and Castulo Marquee, mem
bers, the sheriff and the clerk.
The minutes of the previous ses
sion were read and the same are here
by approved except as to the matte
of warrant issued to Cristino Chavez
as county highway superintendent,
the same having been issued but no
delivered for the reason that NJ
funds were available at the time ou
Of the road funds.
The Board now takes up the mat
ter Of the salary of the county roat
superintendent and upon motion Of
Mr.. Castulo Marquee, duly seconded
by Walter F. Martin, the Board fix
es the salary of said road superin
tendent at 100000 per year.
The report Of the clerk for the
month of June was examined anc
approved.
The report of the sheriff for the
month of July was examined and
approved.
The report of W. D. Garrison J.
P. for Pre-. No. 21 is examined and
approved.
The Board orders the clerk to is
sue notice to all justices of the
peace in the county to make their
quarterly reports on time.
The Board is in receipt of a GER
tificate from the State Highway
Commission certifying to the Board
the future maintenance of certain
portion of Road No. 10 as red line
road and same to be hereafter main
tanned wholly by the state, which
said certificate is hereby approved.
The Board now passes the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas it is the desire of the
Board of County Commissioners of
the county of Torrance to take the
necessary steps for the prompt i'm
provement of road No. al within
the county, therefore be it resolved
that the State Highway Commission
is hereby requested to include Road
No. Al within Torrance county in the
red line system of roads.
Be it further resolved that we do
hereby pledge ourselves to contribute
the sum of $5000.00 to be paid out
of the 1919 taxes toward the con-
struction of the following sections
of said road No. Al between Willard
and Moriarty as the District En-
gineer shall direct, and that we re-
quest the said District Engineer to
prepare the application for said i'm
provement agreeing to sign said ap-
plication and accompany same with
warrant in the amount above speci-
fled.
Be it further resolved that the
county clerk is hereby requested to
transmit a copy of this resolution to
the State Highway Engineer.
State of New Mexico, County of Tor
rance, IS.
hereby certify that the foregoing
is true and correct copy of reso-
luton adopted by the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners at their August
9TH session held on the 5th day of
August A. D. 1919.
JULIAN SALAS, County Clerk.
The substitute report filed by Mr..
Greenfield in the matter of the
viewing of road heretofore ordered
viewed by the Board in the vicinity
of Gallegos Canyon is examined and
approved.
The quarterly report Of R. R. Gar
ner, j. P. Pre-. No. 10, is examined
and approved.
The Board having received notice
from the office of the secretary of
state that an election shall be held
on the third Tuesday of September,
1919, the same being the 18th day
of September, A. D. 1919, the
Board therefore orders that the fol
lowing proclamation be published:
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, Section 1877 of the com
piled laws of the State of New Mex
leo makes it the duty Of the Boards
of County Commissioners of the sew
eral counties in the state of New
Mexico to proclaim the elections tc
be held within their respective coun
ties ten days before the election b!
proclamation and by publication il
each of the leading newspapers O.
the county and to give notice of tn
object of the election and the tim
whereupon it shall be held and tn
subject to be voted upon and tina
the same be inserted in weekl,
newspaper, and when inserted in
weekly newspaper the same shall b
inserted in two issues thereof.
Now, therefore, the Board o
County Commissioners of Torranc
County in Special Session assembled
at Estancia, the county seat of sal
Torrance county, New Mexico, o.
the 5th day of August, A. D. 1915