That the proportion and amount of indebtedness, due and owing by the County of Bernalillo, as it existed before the passage of said Act of the 35th legislative assembly, entitled "An Act to create the County of Sandoval," approved March 10, 1903, to be assumed and paid by the said County of Sandoval is hereby fixed at the sum of sixty-six thousand ($66,000) dollars, and said amount of indebtedness is hereby declared to be due and owing from the said County of Sandoval to the County of Bernalillo. Sec. 8. And whereas it is alleged that the County of Sandoval cannot issue any valid bonds at this time under the terms of Sections 12 and 13 of the said original Act creating the said County of Sandoval and under the terms of this Act creating the County of Sandoval as the successor of said county created under the provisions of said Chapter twenty-seven of the Session Laws of 1903, for the reason that such bonds would be in excess of the amount of indebtedness authorized to be contracted by the said County of Sandoval under the terms and provisions of the act of congress approved July 30, 1886, and being entitled "An Act to prohibit the passage of local or special laws in the territories of the United States, and to limit territorial indebtedness and for other purposes," (24 statutes at large, page 170); Be it Further Enacted, That until valid bonds can be and are issued and disposed of for the purpose of paying said indebtedness as fixed in the preceding section of this act at the sum of sixty-six thousand ($66,000) dollars, the board of county commissioners of the said County of Sandoval be and they hereby are required to levy a special tax for the current year, and for each year thereafter until said bonds can be and are issued and disposed of and said indebtedness paid,sufficient to raise the sum of three thousand three hundred ($3,300) dollars each year, being five per cent. upon the said sum of sixty-six thousand ($66,000) dollars, and being the rate of interest which said bonds would bear if they could be validly issued, and to pay the said sum of three thousand three hundred ($3,300) dollars to the said County of Bernalillo annually, one-half thereof on the first days of July and January of each year hereafter, the first payment commencing with the first day of July, A. D., 1905, which said sum of three thousand three hundred ($3,300) dollars shall be used by the said County of Bernalillo for the payment of the interest upon the original bonded indebtedness of the said county as it existed before the passage of said act creating the County of Sandoval, and of which the county created by this act is the successor, and which said bonds are still outstanding, and which said sum of sixty-six thousand ($66,000) dollars represents an equitable and just proportion of the said indebtedness of the said original County of Bernalillo which was required to have been taken up and assumed by the said County of Sandoval under the terms of the said original act creating the said county, and which said sum is hereby created and declared to be a liability of the County of Sandoval created by this act. Sec. 9. A sufficient levy shall be made by the county commissioners of the said County of Sandoval to collect the said sum of three thousand three hundred ($3,300) dollars and said levy shall be kept separate and distinct from any other levy made by the said county ocmmissioners of said county, and which said sum when so levied and collected shall be paid over to the said County of Bernalillo, and shall be used by the said County of Bernalillo for the sole purpose of paying interest upon its outstanding bonded indebtedness, until the said County of Sandoval can legally issue bonds and pay the said County of Bernalillo the said sum of sixty-six thousand ($66,000) dollars: Provided, Further, That any levies heretofore made by the County of Sandoval created by said Chapter 27 of the Session Laws of 1903, for the purpose of raising funds with which to defray and pay interest on said indebtedness, shall be paid into the fund created by this act to pay interest upon said indebtedness to the County of Bernalillo, and shall be used for like purposes. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that the provisions of this act with reference to the levy of said taxes and the collection and payment of the money realized therefrom to the said County of Bernalillo or the payment and transfer into said fund of any taxes heretofore paid or to be collected from levies made prior to the passage of this act, if the said county commissioners of Sandoval county fail or refuse to levy and collect the same, or transfer such taxes already collected or to be collected from levies heretofore made to such fund, and pay over said money to the said County of Bernalillo, the same may be enforced by mandamus or other proper proceeding in the district court of the second judicial district of the Territory of New Mexico, for the County of Sandoval, said proceedings being subject to appeal as in other cases. Sec. II. For legislative purposes the said new County of Sandoval shall elect one representative, and the counties of Bernalillo, McKinley and Sandoval shall elect one member of the council jointly. Sec. 12. The said new County of Sandoval is hereby attached for judicial purposes to the second judicial district, and a district court for the trial of causes arising under the laws of the territory shall be held twice a year by the judge of said district at the county seat of said county on the second Mondays respectively before the first Monday in March and the first Monday in September in each year; and the district attorney for the fourth district attorney's district shall be the district attorney for said County of Sandoval, and his salary from the said County of Sandoval shall be the same as that paid by the County of McKinley. All causes, whether civil or criminal, now pending in the district court for the said old County of Sandoval shall continue and be transferred to the district court of the new County of Sandoval, and shall be triable in said last mentioned court the same as they might or could have been in the district court of said old County of Sandoval if this act had not been passed. Sec. 13. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force and take effect from and after the eighth day of May, A. D., 1905. CHAPTER II. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 541 OF THE COMPILED LAWS OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. proved February 20, 1905. A. C. B. No. 32; Ap CONTENTS. Sec. I. Section 541, Compiled Laws of 1897, fixing boundary lines between Counties of Taos and Rio Arriba, amended. New boundaries. Proviso. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section I. That the dividing line between the Counties of Taos and Rio Arriba shall be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 541. That the dividing line between the Counties of Taos and Rio Arriba shall be changed so as to read as follows: The same shall be a straight line from the point where the present dividing line between said counties crosses the Rio Grande; thence to the north side of the house known as that of Antonio Domingo Lucero, deceased; thence west, crossing the Ojo Caliente river to the summit of the Hot Springs mountains; and thence north to the junction of the Canada de los Comanches with the Ojo Caliente river, and thence following the wagon road to the crossing of the Tres Piedras arroyo west of the house of Juan Estevan Rodriguez, deceased, at the town of Tres Piedras; then running west with said arroyo for a distance of one mile; thence north for a distance of one mile; thence east to the present dividing line of said counties; and thence to the southern boundary of the state of Colorado. Provided, that this will not affect any litigation now pending in said Counties of Rio Arriba and Taos. Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect from and after its passage. SECTION 12. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION C. B. No. 17; Approved OF MONEYS AND FUNDS BELONGING TO INSOLVENT ES- CONTENTS. Sec. I. Funds of insolvent estate to be divided pro rata among creditors, after payment of necessary expenses in settlement of estate. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. All moneys or funds belonging to the state of any deceased persons now or hereafter remaining in the hands of any administrator or administratrix, executor or executrix of any estate, which is being or hereafter may be administered in this territory, when the estate is or may be insolvent, after the payment of all the necessary expenses of settling such estates, whether such administration, or proceedings, be original or ancillary, shall be divided and paid pro rata to and among such of the creditors of such estate as have or may have proven up their claims and had them allowed in this territory as provided by the laws of this territory. Sec. 2. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 13. AN ACT TO REPEAL A CERTAIN ACT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REPEAL AN ACT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO DEFINE THE OFFENSE OF LIBEL AND AFFIX THE PUNISHMENT THEREFOR, PASSED OVER VETO JANUARY 30, 1889,' APPROVED FEBRUARY 8, 1893." C. B. No. 36; Approved February 22, 1905. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Chapter 14, Laws of 1903, repealing Chapter 2, Laws of 1889, defining and punishing libel, repealed. Chapter 2, Laws of 1889, revived. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That the act of the legislative assembly of this territory approved February 8th, 1893, entitled "An Act to repeal an act of the 28th legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, entitled 'An Act to define the offense of libel and affix the punishment therefor,' be and the same is hereby repealed, and said act of the said 28th legislative assembly entitled "An Act to define the offense of libel and affix the punishment therefor, passed over veto January 30th, 1889," be and the same is hereby revived. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 14. AN ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, OF CHAPTER 44, OF THE LAWS OF THE 33RD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY APPROVED MARCH 15, 1899," THE SAME BEING AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE STOCK RAISERS AND TO PREVENT THE SALE OF DRESSED MEATS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN IN THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. C. B. No. 27; Approved February 22, 1905. CONTENTS. Sec. I. Section 2, Chapter 44, Laws of 1899, relating to the record of brands, amended. |