Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1920-04-15
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 9Th, 1920.

The Board of County Commi
sioners of Torrance county, Ne
Mexico, met this day in regul,
session, with the Hon. c. M. M
bourn, and Walter F. Martin, Cor
missioner Marquee having wired IL
Board of his inability to attend Q
account of illness. There was pre-
ent also, the sheriff and the clerl
The minutes of the previor
meeting were read and the sam
were approved with the followin
correction, viz:
In the matter of the petition O
d. S. Bethel, for the correction o
taxes the board finds that an erro
was made in the writing of tn
minutes and the clerk is instructe,
to correct same so as to read ere
commended" instead of rejected.
In the matter of the petition O
Abel Luna for allowance of ex
emption also reported as rejected
the record is hereby corrected t.
read "No action taken at this time,
but left for consideration at latel
date.
Comes now Felix H. Jones, and
respectfully shows to the board that
the highway between Duran and
Encino runs diagonally through two
quarters of his quarter section, to-
wit: SEASEA Sec. 13, NEANEA
Sec. "a, T.3N., R.14E., and repre-
sents that he is damaged therein,
and submits a proposition to the
board to give deed to the county
for right of way for strip Of
land go #. wide and the whole
length through the said land as it
now runs, he having cleared the
said right of way, for the sum of
100000. The board instructs Mr..
Jones to take the matter up with
the state highway commission on
fifty-fifty basis with the county,
and on the result of his proposition
to the state highway commission
the Board will take action therein
at the next regular meeting.
In the matter of the petition of
residents along the vicinity of Sec.
36-4-6, beginning at the SW. cor.
Of Section SO, thence to the NV
cor. of Section /, TAN, R.6E., the
Board after having considered the
same grants said petition and or
1ers that said road be .and the
same is hereby ordered to be opened
for travel.
Comes now Mr.. W. R. Orme, in
,ehalf of the Mountainair State
Bank, and presents the claims Of
aid bank against the county road
'und, said claims having been here
ofore returned to the said bank |
With instructions that the matter be |
aiken up with the State Highway |
Commission, for payment; and ex-
,lains to the Board that the said |
Board had heretofore pledged to the
,eople of that locality the neces-
ary aid required to take care of
he labor and expense connected
With the clearing of said road, and
hat certain amount had been
aid by popular subscription; the
'oard being satisfied in the premis-
s, does hereby approve said claims
n the sum of $S65,65 as the total
mount for which the county Is II
BILE therein; and the clerk Is or
cred to draw warrant against the
,ounty Road Fund in the above
Mentioned sum.
Comes now the County Road
and submits his re-
ort Of work and collections Of road
axes within the county for the
uarter ending March 81, 1920, and
noves to the Board that he be al
owed to pay off the district road
verseers, out of monies now in his
ands. The Board after having ex-
mined the said report and consid
red the request of the said County
Toad Superintendent, he is instruct
d to pay off the district road
equities direct by check against
unds now available in his hands,
nd the said report is hereby ap-
'roved.
The Board now appoints Amador
)tero as janitor for the ensuing
hree months at $4,000 per month.
Comes now D, M, Short and Mrs.
I. 3. Robe, and enter their objec.
ions to the maintenance Of the
heretofore allowed to be |
by D. H. Cowley, and
he Board having granted said per-
nit subject to revocation upon the
ling of objections thereto, the said
,ermit is therefore hereby revoked.
In the matter of the petition OF
he people of Duran for incorporat-
ng their village, the enumerator
laving filed his report of the cen
us within the limits of the pro-
,osed incorporation, and the survey
r. having made his report and filed
plat of the proposed incorpora-
ion, the Board finding that said
'etition should be granted, the
Board therefore in pursuance to the
'rovisions of law in such cases