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Sec. 4. Adoption as text book. Territorial board of education to let contract for publication and fix price per volume.

Whereas, it is desirable and essential that the history of the Territory of New Mexico should be preserved in a substantial and beneficial form for the benefit of the present and future generations of the people of the territory, and that the youth of the country should be instructed in reference thereto: Now, therefor,

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

Section 1. That J. Franco. Chaves, of Valencia county, be, and he hereby is designated and selected to write and prepare for publication an accurate and correct history of this territory, and to prepare and condense therefrom a text book of such history, to be hereafter passed upon and accepted and adopted as such text book, for use in the common schools of this territory.

Sec. 2. That for the purpose of aiding in the work of preparation of said history, the said J. Franco. Chaves is hereby authorized to employ such clerical help and assistance as he may deem advisable, and there is hereby appropriated, for the payment of the expenses of the said J. Franco. Chaves while engaged in said work, the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month, and for the payment of said clerical assistance the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month, for the 54th and 55th fiscal years, payable out of the territorial salary fund.

Sec. 3. That the proceeds of all sales of such history, when prepared and published, shall belong to the Territory of New Mexico, until the amounts so paid to the said J. Franco. Chaves for expenses and clerical help shall be reimbursed to the territory, and thereafter the proceeds of all sales of said history and text books, after deducting therefrom the cost of the publication thereof, shall belong to the said J. Franco. Chaves, and be paid to him as such sales are made. Sec. 4. That such text book of the history of New Mexico, so condensed as above provided, for use in the common schools, shall not be considered adopted by the territory until after the same shall have been submmitted to and approved by the board of education of this territory, which board shall be authorized to enter into a contract with the lowest bidder for the printing and binding thereof, to be supplied by the publisher to the educational authorities of the territory, from time to time, in such quantities as the necessities of the common schools may demand; and such board of education shall have authority to and shall fix the price per

volume at which the same shall be supplied to said common schools, including a reasonable royalty upon each volume thereof, in addition to the cost of publication and binding thereof, which royalty shall be paid to the said J. Franco. Chaves, or his heirs, or in accordance with his order.

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and the payments herein provided for the expense of carrying on the said work shall commence from such time as the said J. Franco. Chaves shall enter upon the preparation of said history.

CHAPTER 24.

C.

AN ACT CHANGING THE BOUNDARY OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY BY
ADDING THERETO A PORTION OF SANTA FE COUNTY.
B. No. 63; Law by Limitation, March 10, 1903.

CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Precinct 16, Española, detached from Santa Fe county and attached to precinct 7 of Rio Arriba county.

Sec. 2. Officers of precinct 7 of Rio Arriba county to have jurisdiction over precinct attached.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

Section 1. That all of precinct number sixteen of Santa Fe county, known as Española precinct, be and the same is hereby detached from Santa Fe county and made a part of Rio Arriba county and attached to precinct number seven of said Rio Arriba county.

Sec. 2. The precinct officers for precinct number seven of Rio Arriba county now serving shall have jurisdiction over the territory attached to said precinct by this act.

Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed; and this act shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage.

CHAPTER 25.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7 of CHAPTER 47 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF NEW MEXICO, 1901, BEING AN ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A POLICE FORCE IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY SEATS HAVING A POPULATION OF MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED MARCH 19, 1901. C. B. No. 65; Approved March 10, 1903.

Sec. 1.

CONTENTS.

Section 7, Chapter 47, Laws of 1901, regarding impounding of live stock,
Amended.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New
Mexico:

Section 1. That section 7 of an act entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of a police force in unincorporated county seats having a population of over three thousand, and for other purposes," approved March 19th, 1901, be amended by inserting in the fourth line of said section, immediately following the word "park," the words "street, alley, avenue, or any other public thoroughfare," and by inserting immediately following the word "park" at the end of the seventh line of said section, the words "street, alley, avenue, or any other public thoroughfare."

Sec. 2. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 26.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 82, AND CHAPTER 99, SESSION LAWS OF 1901. C. B. No. 15; Approved March

10, 1903.

CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Section 1, Chapter 82, Laws of 1901, and Chapter 99, Laws of 1901, regarding appeals and writs of error and practice in supreme court, Repealed.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

Section 1. That section 1 of chapter 82, Session Laws of New Mexico, approved March 21st, 1901, and chapter 99 of the same laws, approved on the same day, being acts in regard to appeal and writs of error and concerning practice in the supreme court, being the same, are hereby repealed in all their parts and provisions.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 27.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE COUNTY OF SANDOVAL. C. B. No. 102; Approved March 10, 1903.

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Sec. 3.

Election and returning board.

Duties.

Election of county officers of Bernalillo county. Notice by county commissioners.

Sec. 4.

Sec. 5.
Sec. 6.

Registration lists in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties.
County seat. Special election to be held for the selection.
County officials. Election and returning board. Duties.
County of third class. Salaries of officers.

Sec. 7.

Sec. 8.

Sec. 9.

Sec. 10.

Sec. 11.

Legislative representation of Counties of Bernalillo, Sandoval and McKinley.
Assignment of county to judicial district and fixing term of holding court.
District attorney. Salary.

Precinct and school district officers.

Proportion of indebtedness of Bernalillo county to be paid by Sandoval county. Commission to adjust indebtedness.

Sec. 12. Bond issue to provide for payment of indebtedness. Form. Maturity. Rate of interest.

Sec. 13. Sale of bonds. Provision for the payment of interest and principal. Creation of sinking fund

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Sec. 15. Issue of bonds for court house and jail purposes, and current expenses. Rate of interest. Form.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

Section 1. That a county be and the same is hereby created and established in the Territory of New Mexico, to be known as the County of Sandoval, which shall include all that portion of the present County of Bernalillo lying north of a line beginning at the southeast corner of township twelve north, range six east of the New Mexico Principal Meridian, and running thence due west on the township line between townships eleven and twelve north, to the boundary line between the present County of Bernalillo and the County of Valencia.

Sec. 2. The county officers for the said County of Sandoval and their duties shall be the same as those prescribed by law for officers of other counties in the Territory of New Mexico, and they shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner as the officers of other counties in New Mexico. On or before the first day of April, 1903, the governor of the Territory of New Mexico shall appoint three qualified persons who shall be legal voters within the limits of said County of

Sandoval, as an election and returning board. The members of said returning board before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall take an oath before some officer duly qualified toadminister the same, which oath shall be that prescribed for county commissioners, and shall be in writing, and after having executed the same, it shall be filed by the members with the secretary of the territory, who shall thereupon send the said returning board registration lists, poll books and all other blanks which are sent by him to county commissioners of organized counties for the purpose of conducting elections therein. It shall be the duty of such returning board to appoint judges and clerks of election, and to call and give notice of the holding of a special election, to be held on the fourteenth day of April, 1903, and said persons so appointed shall have the same power and authority as to receiving, canvassing and certifying the returns of the said special election to be held on the said fourteenth day of April, 1903, as is now conferred by law upon the boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the territory. Such members of such returning board shall serve as such without compensation and their functions shall cease with the election of a board of county commissioners of said County of Sandoval.

Sec. 3. On or before the first day of April, 1903, the county commissioners of the present County of Bernalillo shall give notice of an election to be held on the fourteenth day of April, 1903, within the County of Bernalillo as the same will be constituted after the passage of this act, for the election of two county commisioners, one probate judge and one assessor, to serve until their successors are elected and qualified at the next general election. Said officers so named in this section to be at the time of said election actual bona fide residents of the said County of Bernalillo as the same shall be constituted after the passage of this act. The returns of said election to be made as the returns of general elections are made.

Sec. 4. The registration lists of the last general election held in the County of Bernalillo shall be used in the special elections in the Counties of Bernalillo and Sandoval, herein provided to be held.

Sec. 5. At said special election, to be held as hereinbefore provided, in the County of Sandoval, on the fourteenth day of April, 1903, there shall also be held an election for the selection of a county seat for said County of Sandoval, and upon the tickets used at said special election there shall be printed the words "For as county seat", and the place in the said County of Sandoval receiving the majority

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