Water Users' Association of New Mexico, and the moneys credited to the fund provided in Section 4 of this act shall be paid to said association from time to time as needed for the purposes mentioned in said Section 4, upon warrants drawn in the manner now provided by law for the disbursement of other county funds, to be issued upon requisition signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of said association and approved by the commissioners of the county upon which drawn. Sec. 6. Such officers of said association shall make in duplicate a quarterly verified statement of the expenditures of such moneys showing for what purposes expended. Each statement shall be approved by the board of directors of said association, and one copy thereof shall be filed with each of the boards of county commissioners of the counties mentioned in Section 4 of this act. Sec. 7. Any surplus in the fund created by the provision of Section 4 of this act remaining after the carrying out of the purposes mentioned in said section, shall be transferred to the credit of the current expense fund of the county in which such surplus may exist. Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. CHAPTER 58. AN ACT TO AMEND AN Act of the 36TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 69 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF THE 35TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, BEING "AN ACT TO CREATE THE COUNTY OF LEONARD WOOD; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. H. B. No. 169; Approved March 13, 1905. Sec. CONTENTS. 1. Word "Roosevelt" stricken out. Be it enacted by the Legislaitve Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section I. That the word "Roosevelt" be stricken out wherever the same appears in said act. CHAPTER 59. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR UNIFORMITY IN FILING OFFICIAL BONDS. C. B. No. 105; Approved March 14, 1905. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Bonds of territorial officials to be filed and kept in office of territorial secretary. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section I. Hereafter the bonds of all territorial officials, and of the members of all territorial boards and institutions, after having been recorded as now required by law, shall be filed and kept in the office of the secretary of the territory; and all territorial bonds now filed elsewhere shall be transferred to the office of the secretary. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER 60. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTIES AND FIXING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN COUNTY OFFICIALS THEREOF. A. C. B. No. 99; Law by Limitation, March 14; 1905. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Sec. 2. Classification of counties to be determined by amount of annual collections from territorial levy. Compensation of county commissioners. Sec. 3. Compensation of probate judges. Sec. 4. Compensation of probate clerks. Sec. 5. Compensation of school superintendents. Proviso. Sec. 6. Section 6, Chapter 27, Laws of 1901, fixing the compensation of school superintendents, repealed. Sec. 7. Sec. 8. Classification of counties to be determined by traveling auditor. Sec. 9. Salaries of Santa Fe county officials unaffected. Sec. 10. Sec. 11. Assessors allowed for services 4 per cent. upon moneys collected. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Chapter 1. Whenever any county of this territory shall remit to the territorial treasurer, thirty-five thousand dollars, or over, during any one year, the same being the proceeds of the collections from the territorial levy for the year in question, such county shall be deemed a county of class "A." Over twenty-seven thousand and under thirty-five thousand dollars. a county of class "B." Over twenty thousand and under twenty-seven thousand dollars, a county of class "C." Over fifteen thousand and under twenty thousand dollars, a county of class "D." And under fifteen thousand dollars a county of class "E." The collections herein given are based upon a levy of fifteen and one-half mills. Sec. 2. The county commissioners of the several counties of this territory shall receive the following compensation: In Counties of Class "A". In Counties of Class "B". In Counties of Class "C" In Counties of Class "D". In Counties of Class "E" $800.00 per annum; 500.00 per annum; 400.00 per annum; 300.00 per annum; 200.00 per annum; and five cents per mile for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in going to and from regular meetings of such board: Provided, That the meetings of said boards shall not exceed twelve in number in each year. Sec. 3. The probate judges of the several counties of this territory, shall receive the following compensation: Sec. 4. The probate clerks of the several counties of this territory shall receive the following compensation as ex-officio clerks of the boards of county commissioners, in addition to the fees now allowed by law to such probate clerks and exofficio county recorders, and no more: In Counties of Class "A". In Counties of Class "D". . $1,000.00 per annum ; 750.00 per annum: 600.00 per annum; 400.00 per annum; In Counties of Class "E". 400.00 per annum. Sec. 5. The county school superintendents of the several counties of this territory shall receive the following compensa tion: In Counties of Class "A" $1,500.00 per annum ; 1,000.00 per annum; 900.00 per annum. In Counties of Class "D". In Counties of Class "E" ... 600.00 per annum; 400.00 per annum. Sec. 6. Section 6 of Chapter 27 of the Laws of the 34th Legislative Assembly of this territory is hereby repealed, to take effect January 1, 1907. Sec. 7. The classification of the several counties of this territory shall be made each year by the territorial traveling auditor, and shall be ascertained and determined from the sums paid into the territorial treasurer by the collectors of the several counties of this territory, for the fiscal year ending on November 30th, and previous to the year for which services are to be rendered, and the territorial traveling auditor shall immediately after the passage of this act, and hereafter on or before December 31st, of each year, certify to each board of county commissioners the classification of their respective counties for the ensuing year, ascertained and determined in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. Sec. 8. Any member of any board of county commissioners of this territory, after the notice of classification of their respective counties has been certified to them by the territorial traveling auditor, who shall neglect to perform the duties imposed upon such board in Section 7 of this act shall be liable to summary removal by the governor of this territory. Sec. 9. This act shall in no manner affect or change the salaries of the county officials of the County of Santa Fe for the years 1905 and 1906. Sec. 10. The county assessors of the several counties of this territory shall be allowed for their services four per centum upon all moneys collected upon assessments upon taxable property made by them, and also upon all mercantile licenses assessed by them, and no more, under any circumstances, whatever, to be paid out of moneys collected on said assessment, and to be paid as other moneys are disbursed on warrants of the county commissioners. Sec. II. The county treasurers and ex-officio collectors of the several counties of this territory shall be allowed, and shall receive, for their services four per centum upon all moneys for taxes and licenses collected or received by them, within their respective counties. Sec. 12. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in full force on and after April 1, 1905, except Section 6 of this act. which shall take effect as provided for. CHAPTER 61. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF POLL TAX IN THE TERRITORY OF NEW MLXICO. H. B No. 92; Ap proved March 14, 1905. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Sec. 2. Sec. 3. Section 1549, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding poll tax, amended. Poll tax levy. Duties of clerk of school district in respect to poll tax. Taxes to be paid to county treasurer. Provisos. Section 1550, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding district clerk's duties in respect to poll tax, amended. Duty of district clerk to prepare lists OL persons liable to pay poll tax. Section 1551, Compiled Laws of 1897, requiring county assessor to make poll tax list, repealed. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section I. That Section 1549 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1549. That a poll tax of one dollar shall be levied upon all able bodied male persons of the age of twenty-one years or over, for school purposes. It shall be the duty of the clerks of the various school districts of the Territory of New Mexico to make out separate lists of all persons liable to pay a poll tax, resident in their respective districts and the said clerk shall receive three dollars, to be paid out of any funds in the hands of the directors of said school district for such service, and no other person shall receive a recompense for such service. It shall be the duty of the said school district clerk to collect said poll tax and said clerk shall receive ten per centum of all moneys collected from poll taxes. The school district clerks are hereby empowered to bring suit in the name of the school district for the collection of said poll tax, if not paid within thirty days after the first demand has been made for the payment of same from any person so delinquent. All poll taxes shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the respective school districts in which the same are collected, and the treasurer shall pay to the school district clerk his percentage of the gross amount collected: Provided, That no resident of any school district shall pay his poll tax to any other district than the one in which he resides: And, Provided, Further, That no poll tax shall be received by any district clerk from any resident of any other school district. No property |