The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-31
NEW COUNTY
OFFICERS ARE
SWORN IN
All Except Ed Swope
Take Oaths With
Scant Ceremony

All Of the new county officials and
their chief deputies. with the ex-
coption Of +. B. swope. treasurer
elect, who is absent from the city.
were sworn Into office hy Judge NJ. j..
Hickey OF the district court this after
noon. The ceremony Of taking the
oath OF Office was q casual affair, the
several officers struggling into the
courtroom at intervals to be sworn In
by the judge. Miss Burke. county
school superintendent, was the only
woman TO take office.
The new regime In Bernallilo coun-
~ will begin at midnight tonight. All
OF tho officers have been duly elected,
have qualified for the pfflco and fur
nishod the bonds required. The
bonds were given by big surety COM
panics That OF =. B. Garcia for
So, 900 viii be filed with the supreme
court In Santa Fe. Tho county OIL
GERS bonds were filed In the clerks
office. Mr.. Swope, the treasurer was
required TO furnish bond for $29i,500,
being SO per cent OF the tax collec-
tions for the year.
Crowd at Courthouse.
Tho courthouse was buzzing with a
crowd OF the new officers and the re-
firing ones who were giving last in
structions about the duties OF the
various offices and Offering best
wishes TO each other. The court
hougo will be closed tomorrow on ac-
count OF the legal holiday and on
! sunday, but will he open FOR busl-
ness with the entire new group Of
OFFICERS early Monday morning.
Antonio G. ortiz. tho new sheriff
better known as Tony" was display.
! Ing "A shcrif~s badge OF solid golt
/ that was something OF an heirloom
II was presented to him today with
/ New Years greetings by Mrs. Per
/ focto Armiio, the aged wife Of Per
/ fccto Armijo. who was sheriff OF Ber'
| ialillU county 40 years ago. Mr.. Ar
milo won fame in New Mexico ai
sheriff and held the Office again 2I
years later. No was godfather tC
MIR Ortiz, the incoming sheriff.
The swearing In Of Albert Simmi
as county commissioner was accom-
panied by much merriment on thu
part Of tho clerks OF the court whC
coutonded that the oath should In
clude provision for all sorts OF I'M
provcments in the courthouse. 1h'
commissioners were Immediately be
slcgcd with humorous requests for al
sorts Of improbable favors.
Those Sworn In.
Those who took the oath toda,
were: Fred Crollott, county clerk
Miss Olivia Everitt, chief deputy
clerk; j. Felipe Hubbell. assessor
Tony Ortiz. sherlff; Fred Fornoff
chief under sheriff; II. r. Gardner
deputy collector CtempCTary); Ed
mund Ross. county surveyor; Mis-
Irene Burke. school superintendent
Albert Simms. Max Gutierrez and
Severe Sanchez. county commission
ers: Il. Il. Garcia, district attorne
for SandovaL Bernalillo and Mckin
ley counties.
Mr.. Garcia announced today tn
selection of Thomas !. Mabry "a
assistant district attorney FOR this ju
dicial district The choice wns mad
from o. large number of applicants 70
the position. Mr.. Mabry was electe'
from Curry county to the constitu
tional convention Of New Mexico an
also served as senator of that county
the youngest member OF the senate a
that time. MIR. Garcia and Mr.. Ma
bry occupy adjoining offices in tn
Stern block.