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7 Wingfield's Defence, 9, which work also contains many petty details of prevalent complications.
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duties with commendable zeal and skill; and their annual messages are filled with expressions of patriotic and intelligent interest in the welfare of the territory.8
The first legislative assembly convened at Santa Fé on June 2, 1851. A large majority of the mem- bers of council and house were naturally native New Mexicans. I append a list of members of this and the later assemblies down to 1863.9 About twenty
8 The governor's messages are printed in the N. Mex. Journal of each ses- sion, and many, perhaps all, of them were also separately published in pamphlet form.
9 The names are to be found in the successive Laws and Journals; and a satisfactory list is also given in Ritch's Legis. Blue-Book.
Ist assembly, 1851. Council: president Ant. J. Martinez (2d sess. Juan F. Ortiz), sergt-at-arms Robt Cary, clerk Fern. Pino; members, Ist dist (Taos and Rio Arriba co.), Pablo Gallegos, Geo. Gold, Ant. J. Martinez, Vicente Martinez, Ant. Ortiz; 2d dist (Sta Fé and S. Miguel co.), José Fran. Leiva, Juan F. Ortiz, Hugh N. Smith; 3d dist (Bernalillo and Sta Ana co.), Tomás C. Vaca, José M. Gallegos; 4th dist (Valencia and Socorro co.), Florencio Castillo, Juan C. Chavez, Fran. A. Otero. House: speaker Theo. Wheaton, clerk Robt A. Johnson (2d sess. Thos D. Russell), sergt John M. Clifford; members, Taos co., Raimundo Córdova, Dionisio Gonzalez, Pascual Martinez, Miguel Mascarena, Theo. Wheaton; Rio Arriba, Gerónimo Jaramillo, José Ant. Manzanares, Diego Salazar, Celedonio Valdés, Ramon Vigil; Sta Ana, José A. Sandoval; Sta Fé, Cándido Valdés, Palmer J. Pilans, Merrill Ashurst, Robt T. Brent; S. Miguel, Hilario Gonzalez, M. Sena y Quintana, M. Sena y Romero; Bernalillo, Juan C. Armijo, Spruce M. Baird, José L. Perea; Va- lencia, Juan C. Vaca, Juan J. Sanchez, Wm C. Skinner; Socorro, Juan Tor- res, Esquipala (?) Vigil.
2d assembly, 1852-3. Council: pres. Juan F. Ortiz, clerk Tomás Ortiz, sergt Fran. Vaca; members, Ist dist, Pablo Gallegos, Geo. Gold, Ant. J. Martinez, Ant. Ortiz, Vicente Martinez; 2d dist, José F. Leiva, H. N. Smith, Juan Fel. Ortiz; 3d dist, Tomás C. Vaca, José M. Ortiz; 4th dist, Fran. Cas- tillo, Juan C. Chavez, Fran. A. Otero. House: speaker Wheaton, clerk Rus- sell, sergt Fran. Ortiz; Taos, Wheaton, P. Martinez, Fran. Gonzalez, José G. Gallegos, Bibiano Sisneros; Rio Arriba, G. Jaramillo, José L. Gallegos, José M. Chavez, C. Valdés, Fran. Martinez; Sta Fé, José E. Ortiz, C. Ortiz, Dona- ciano Vigil, Fern. Pino; S. Miguel, H. Gonzalez, Mig. Sena y R., Juan M. Varela; Sta Ana, Jesus Silva; Bernalillo, J. C. Armijo, Juan Perea, Murray F. Tuley; Valencia, Raf. Chavez, Mig. Otero; Socorro, José A. Vaca, Romu- aldo Vaca; Doña Ana, John C. Craddock.
3d assembly, 1853 4. Council: pres. Jas H. Quinn, clerk Elias T. Clark, sergt J. B. Edelen; members, Taos, J. H. Quinn, Geo. Gold, José M. Mar- tinez, V. Martinez; Rio Arriba, José A. Manzanares; Sta Fé, Tomás Ortiz; Sta Ana, Fran. Sandoval; S. Miguel, José Ulibarri, Bernalillo, Hen. Con- nelly; Valencia, Juan C. Vaca; Socorro, José A. Vaca, Ant. M. Vaca. House: speaker Wheaton, clerk D. V. Whiting, sergt García Necibio; members, Taos, Albino Chacon, P. Martinez, Inocencio Martinez, José M. Valdés, Wheaton, Rio Arriba, Diego Archuleta, Lafayette Head, José A. Roibal, Cel. Valdés, Ger. Jaramillo; Sta Fé, José Vaca y Delgado, Facundo Pino, Chas L. Spencer, Caleb Sherman; S. Miguel, Faustino Vaca, Juan N. Gutierrez, Juan M. Vaca; Sta Ana, J. Sandoval; Bernalillo, Man. Armijo, Serafin Ra- mirez, Morris (?) F. Tully (?); Valencia, Dámaso Chavez, José Jaramillo; So- corro, José Apodaca, Andrés Romero.
4th assembly, 1854-5. Council: pres. José A. Vaca y Pino, clerk Clark,
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family names include a very large majority of the membership for the whole period; and indeed, a few
sergt Aniceto Valdés; members, Taos, Quinn, Gold, J. M. Martinez, Vic. Martinez; Rio Arriba, Manzanares; Sta Fé, Anastasio Sandoval; S. Miguel, Ulibarri, Aut. Vaca y Sisneros; Sta Ana, Sandoval; Bernalillo, Connelly; Valencia, Vaca; Socorro, Vaca y P., Vaca. House: speaker Facundo Pino, clerk Jesus M. Sena y Vaca, sergt Sebastian Abria; members, Taos, Juan Bernadet, Guad. Lujan, Fel. Sanchez, Pas. Martinez, Santiago Valdés; Rio Arriba, Pablo Gallegos, Diego Archuleta, J. A. Roibal, Ger. Jaramillo, Fran. Martinez; Sta Fé, F. Pino, Cand. Ortiz, J. Vaca y D., Mig. E. Pino; S. Mi- guel, Man. Varela, Faust. Vaca, Juan Gutierrez; Sta Ana, Man. Vizcarra; Bernalillo, S. Ramirez, Sidney A. Hubbell, Narciso Santistévan; Valencia, Man. Sanchez, Ant. Chavez; Socorro, Rom. Vaca, Celso C. Medina.
5th assembly, 1855-6. Council: pres. Facundo Pino, clerk Clark, sergt Ant. J. Salazar; members, Taos, José A. Ortiz, Juan B. Valdés, Pas. Mar- tinez; Rio Arriba, J. A. Martinez, Pablo Gallegos; Sta Fé, F. Pino, Simon Delgado; S. Miguel, Man. D. Pino; Sta Ana, Fran. Sandoval; Bernalillo, Connelly; Valencia, José Salazar; Socorro, Anast. García; D. Aña, Domingo Cuberco. House: speaker Celedonio Valdés, clerk Whiting, sergt Fran. Sa- lazar; members, Taos, Juan A. Vaca, Julian Solis, José D. Giron, Domingo Mendez (or Montes); Rio Arriba, D. Archuleta, Jesus Trujillo, Man. Trujillo, Man. Valdés; Sta Fé, Man. Vaca y D., Vic. García, Cand. Ortiz, Anast. Sandoval; S. Miguel, Ant. Vaca y B., José Gonzalez, José G. Gallegos; Sta Ana, Jesus M. C. Vaca; Bernalillo, Hubbell, S. Ramirez, Juan Montoya; Valencia, Demesio Chavez, Juan Vigil; Socorro, Candelario García, Pedro Torres; D. Ana, Raf. Ruelas.
6th assembly, 1856-7. Council: pres. Pino, clerk Clark, sergt José Ta- foya; members, Taos, Ant. J. Ortiz, Pas. Martinez, L. Head; Rio Arriba, J. A. Manzanares, P. Gallegos; Sta Fé, F. Pino, S. Delgado; S. Miguel, M. D. Pino; Sta Ana, F. Sandoval; Bernalillo, Connelly; Valencia, Salazar; Socorro, García; D. Ana, Cubero. House: speaker José S. Ramirez, clerk Chas B. Magruder, sergt Fran. Sandoval; members, Taos, Santiago Vaca, Jesus Ve- lasquez, Man. Martinez, Juan A. Romero, José D. Duran; Rio Arriba, D. Archuleta, J. Trujillo, M. Trujillo, Man. Valdés, Jesus M. Vigil; Sta Fé, Sam. Ellison, Victor Garcia, Jas J. Webb, José Vaca y Delgado; S. Miguel, M. Sena y Romero, Juan M. Vaca, J. M. Gutierrez; Sta Ana, José Molera, Lorenzo Montaño; Bernalillo, Juan José Luero (?), José S. Ramirez; Valencia, José Pino, Juan C. Chavez; Socorro, Rom. Vaca, José A. Torres; D. Ana, Cesario Duran.
7th assembly, 1857-8. Council: pres. Donaciano Vigil, clerk C. P. Cleaver, sergt Seb. Gonzalez; members, Taos, Albino Chacon, L. Head, José B. Martinez; Rio Arriba, Ger. Jaramillo, Pedro Salazar; Sta Fé, Nasario Gonzalez; S. Miguel, Don. Vigil, Miguel Sena y R .; Sta Ana, J. M. C. Vaca; Bernalillo, Connelly; Valencia, Juan J. Sanchez; Socorro, Mariano Silva; D. Aña, C. Duran. House: speaker Merrill Ashurst, clerk R. H. Tompkins, sergt Max. Montoya; members, Taos, Sant. Valdés; R. Arriba, Jesus M. Herrera, Fran. A. Salazar, Gervasio Ortega; Sta Fé, Fran. Ortiz y Delgado, M. Ashurst; S. Miguel, Man. Pino; Bernalillo, Juan Perea, Juan C. Armijo; other counties.
8th assembly, 1858-9. Council: pres. L. Head, clerk Nic. Quintana, sergt Jesus Sandoval; members, Taos, J. B. Martinez, A. Chacon, Head; R. Arriba, Ger. Jaramillo, Pedro Salazar; Sta Fé, Nasario Gonzalez; S. Miguel, D. Vigil, M. Sena y R .; Sta Ana, J. M. C. Vaca; Bernalillo, Connelly; Va- lencia, J. J. Sanchez; Socorro, M. Silva; D. Ana, C. Duran. House; speaker José G. Gallegos, clerk J. M. Sena y B., sergt Lorenzo Martin; members, Taos, Felipe Sanchez, Mateo Romero, Pedro Valdés, Raf. Vigil, Pedro Marles (?); R. Arriba, Pedro Aragon, Ant. G. Córdova, Fran. E. Salazar, Mau. Jaramillo; Sta Fé, Bonifacio Romero, O. P. Hovey, J. H. Herrera, Juan
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wealthy and influential families in each county, in con- nection with the few American residents, natural-born politicians, controlled the election of representatives and all other matters of territorial government, with only the slightest interest or action on the part of the masses. Yet the legislators were as a rule intelligent and patriotic men, but rarely accused of corruption,
Benavides; S. Miguel, A. R. Aragon, J. G. Gallegos, Man. Herrera; Sta Ana, Nic. Lucero; Bernalillo, Mig. Gonzalez, José Lueras, Fran. Perea, Fran. Lopez, José Vigil; Socorro, Apodaca; D. Ana, Mig. Salazar.
9th assembly, 1859-60. Council: pres. J. G. Gallegos, clerk J. M. Sean y B., sergt Fel. Sandoval; members, Mora co., Fel. Romero; Taos, A. J. Ortiz, Sant. Valdés; R. Arriba, Ant. M. Pacheco, Pedro B. Gallegos; Sta Fé, M. Ashurst; S. Miguel, J. G. Gallegos, Fran. Lopez; Sta Ana, T. C. Vaca; Bernalillo, S. M. Baird; Valencia, Joaq. A. Bazan; Socorro, J. A. Torres; D. Aña, Ignacio Orrantia. House: speaker Levi Keithly and C. C. Medina, clerk Louis Felsenthal, sergt Clemente Ortiz; members, Mora, Agapito Vigil; Taos, Matias Medina, José V. García, Mig. Ortiz, N. Gallegos; R. Arriba, Man. S. Salazar, José M. Chavez, Vicente Trujillo, Agustin Sisneros, José A. Martinez; Sta Fé, F. E. Kavanaugh, Pablo Delgado, Ramion Sena y Rivera; S. Miguel, L. Keithly, Teod. Vaca, Ant. Tafoya; Sta Ana, Juan Torres; Bernalillo, Fern. Aragon, Mig. Ant. Cobato; Valencia, J. A. Chavez; Socorro, Caudel. García, C. C. Medina; D. Ana, -
10th assembly, 1860-1. Council: pres. J. G. Gallegos, clerk R. H. Tomp- kins, sergt J. M. Bazan; members, same as in '59-60, except S. A. Hubbell in Bernalillo. House: speaker J. M. Gallegos, clerk Facundo Pino, sergt Man. Gonzalez; members, Mora, José Mestas; Taos, Wheaton, Sabino, Mon- dragon, Fel. Sanchez, José A. Martinez; Rio Arriba, Juan A. Roibal, Ger. Jaramillo, Pablo Gallegos, Fran. Salazar, Man. Trujillo; Sta Fé, J. M. Galle- gos, Mig. E. Pino, Vic. Valdés; S. Miguel, L. Keithly, John Whitlock, Elen- terio Rael; Bernalillo, José A. García, Mig. A. Lobato, Vic. Chavez; Sta Ana, Hermenegildo Sanchez; Socorro, Rom. Vaca, Candel. García; Valencia, D. Ana and Arizona, -
11th assembly, 1861-2. Council: pres. F. Pino, clerk Sant. Vaca, sergt Andrés Salazar; members, Mora, Tomás Lucero; Taos, Pas. Martinez, Ant. J. Martinez; Rio Arriba, Fran. Salazar, Fran. A. Mestas; Sta Fé, F. Pino; S. Miguel, Prudencio Lopez, Ant. Vaca; Sta Ana and Bernalillo, Tom. C. Vaca, Diego A. Montoya; Valencia, Man. Sanchez y Castillo; Socorro, J. A. Torres; D. Ana and Arizona. House: speaker J. M. Gallegos, clerk Ant. Sena, sergt Ramon Ortega; members, Mora, Fel. Tafoya, J. M. Bernadet; Taos, J. D. Gallegos, Juan A. Zamora, Man. A. Sanchez, Estévan García; R. Arriba, Luciano Herrera, Pablo Valdés, Man. Jaramillo; Sta Fé, J. M. Galle- gos, Vicente García, O. P. Hovey; S. Miguel, Man. Gonzalez, Rómulo Lucero, Pascual Vaca, Faustino Vaca; Bernalillo, Pablo Perea, Pablo Vaca, José A. García; Sta Ana, Patricio Silva; Valencia, Perfecto C. Hidalgo, Juan Mon- toya; Socorro, Rom. Vaca, J. J. García; D. Ana and Ariz., ---
12th assembly, 1862-3. Council: pres. F. Pino, clerk Nic. Quintana, sergt Crescencio Torres; members, same as in '61-2, except Meliton Vigil for Sta Ana and Valencia. House: speaker J. M. Gallegos, clerk J. M. Sena, sergt Canuto Torres; members, Mora -; Taos, Sant. Valdés, Pedro Sanchez Man. Atencio, José Tafoya; R. Arriba, D. Archuleta, Diego Salazar, Ant. M. Vigil; Sta Fé, Fel. Delgado, J. M. Gallegos, Mig. E. Pino; S. Miguel, Valen- tine Vasquez, J. J. Herrera, M. G. Montoya, Jesus G --- y Vigil; Bernalillo and Sta Ana, John A. Hill, Wm H. Henrie; Valencia, Fran. A. Chavez, Cresc. Chavez; Socorro, Candel. García, Rom. Vaca.
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and probably superior in respect of honesty to repre- sentatives of later years. All proceedings were car- ried on in the Spanish language, the acts and journals being printed in that language and also in English translations. In session the members puffed their cigarettes and indulged iu other peculiarities of con- duct unknown to American assemblies; but the results will I think compare favorably in most respects with those of early legislative efforts in other territories.
In a note I give a résumé of legislative acts for the successive sessions.10 To a large part of these acts no
10 New Mexico, Laws of the Territory of -, passed by the first (et seq.) Legislative Assembly, etc. [Id., Leyes, etc.,-same title in Spanish], Sta Fé, 1852, et seq., 8vo. The Span. laws and Engl. translations are printed on alternate pages. The first vol. has 412 p., containing as a prefix the constit. of the U. S. and the organic act of 1850, Kearny code, etc .; and as an appendix the acts of 1847. Succeeding volumes to 1861-2 vary from 71 to 148 p. each. The Ist vol. contains both sessions of the Ist legislature. The early sessions are numbered from Ist to 5th, but when the numbering is again resumed in '71-2 that session is called the 20th instead of 21st, one of the two sessions of '51-2 being thus ignored. Mr Ritch in his Blue-Book has carried this num- bering back to the beginning, and I have found it most convenient to follow him, applying the numbers to the assembly rather than to the sessions as printed. The acts of the Ist sess. are also printed in U. S. Govt Doc., 321 cong. Ist sess., H. Mis. Doc. 4.
Ist assembly, 1851-2 (1st sess., June-July '51); acts declaring a bill of rights; making Sta Fé the capital; appropriating $20,000 for expenses of govt; providing that existing laws not repugnant to those of the U. S. and the organic act be still in force, except the registry of lands under Kearny code; for publication of laws in Engl. and Span. 500 copies; for a board of com. to compile the code; the legisl. to meet Ist Monday in Dec .; the gov. to appoint a translator at a salary of $2,000; approp. money for a territorial census; incorporating city of Sta Fé; incorp. order of Odd Fellows; organiz- ing the militia; regulating contracts between master and servant; defining judicial districts as follows: Ist dist, under chief justice, counties of Sta Fé, S. Miguel, and Sta Ana; 2d dist, Taos and Rio Arriba; 3d dist, Bernalillo, Valencia, Socorro, and Doña Ana; and an election law providing for election of delegate to congress and 13 councilmen, on Ist Monday in Sept. from '53 every two years, of 26 representatives yearly from '52, and of county officers yearly from '51; voters must be white men, and not connected with the army. Joint resolutions authorizing loan of $20,000 against U. S. approp .; asking for protection of wood and timber, salt marshes, etc., and perpetuation of Mex. mining law. Memorials asking for a road from Taos to Sta Fé, and for a geol. and min. survey of the territory.
Ist assembly, 1851-2 (2d sess., Dec .- Jan. '51-2); acts dividing N. Mex. into 9 counties (see Compiled Laws), providing that former bounds remain, except a change between Socorro and Doña Ana, changing seat of Valen- cia to Tomé, Rio Arriba to S. Pedro Chamita, and Sta Ana to Peña Blanca, and apportioning numb. of legisl. as follows: for council, Taos and Arriba 5 memb., Sta Fé and S. Miguel 3, Sta Ana and Bernalillo 2, Valencia, Socorro, and Doña Aña 3; house of rep., Taos 5, Rio Arriba 5, Sta Fé 4, S. Miguel 3, Sta Ana 1, Bernalillo 3, Valencia 2, Socorro 2, Doña Ana 1. Acts suspending and repealing incorp. of Sta Fé; establishing an annual fair of 8 days from
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justice can be done in such a résumé. Many of them at each session relate to the subdivision of counties
Aug. Sth at Las Vegas; repealing ad valorem tax of } of one per cent on merchandise (Kearny code) to all who pay the present license tax; making occupation and improvement on public land a transferable interest; provid- ing for public acequias and retention of the old regulations; regulating wills and inheritance; estab. justices' courts; making 6 per cent legal interest; providing for a mechanics' lien; and licensing gambling-houses at co. seats at $600. Joint resol. asking for 2 volunt. regiments and other aid against In- dians; for legalization of this sess. of the legisl .; for extension of sess. to 90 days; providing for spending the $20,000 approp. for public buildings; and protesting against any treaty with the Navajos not including a restoration Mex. captives and indemnity for past injuries.
2d assembly, 1852-3, acts amending the act on masters and servants; for- bidding sale of liquor to Ind., except Pueblos; enabling owners to obtain property recovered from Ind. by traders, paying not less than 10 per cent; changing seat of Doña Ana co. to Las Cruces; estab. an annual fair of 8 days from Feb. 2d, at Doña Ana; on robbery and its punishment; on punishment of drunkards, etc .; pimps to get 30 lashes in public, and ride on an ass on a feast day accomp. by the town-crier; for management of the ter. library, librarian to get $100 per year; authorizing erection of pub. buildings; and an act against vagrants. Joint resol. in favor of a regt of rangers, asking per- mission to use for ter. unexpended balance of U. S. approp .; complimenting deceased gov. Calhoun, and approp. $300 for a tablet; claiming the right to hunt buffalo, etc., on the plains adjoining N. Mex., lately interfered with by the mil. in behalf of the Ind. Memorials, asking that judges be men familiar with the Span. language; asking for a penitentiary to cost $50,000, for a yearly approp. for education, for roads to other states and ter., especially the Mo. line, for mail facilities, and for wells on the jornada.
3d assembly, 1853-4. Acts establishing annual fairs at Las Cruces, Al- burquerque, and Socorro; changing seat of Bernalillo co. from ranchos to town of Alburquerque, and seat of Socorro co. to town of Socorro; incorporat- ing Sta Fé Artesian Well Co., N. Mex. Mining Co., and order of Masons; and authorizing gov. to appoint a person to revise the laws. Memorials on roads, geological survey, artesian wells in the jornada, archives, Indians, Mex. land grants, public buildings, and Fort Atkinson. Resolutions on mail route from Independence to California, and bridges across the Rio Grande.
4th assembly, 1854-5. Acts estab. annual fairs at Mesilla, 8 days from March Ist, at Tome 12 d. from Sept. Ist, and at Sta Fé 8 d. from July 4th; changing seat of Rio Arriba co. from S. Pedro to Los Luceros; authorizing gov. to call out I,000 volunteers for Ind, service when expedient; attaching the Gadsden purchase to Doña Ana co .; providing for govt of territ. prison; and permitting probate judges to issue gambling licenses in and out of co. seats. Joint resol. to choose a territ. printer; to appoint a com. to correct and amend criminal law; thanking Lieut Sturgis for service in an Apache campaign; recom. Céran St Vrain as col of a vol. regiment; calling for the organiz. of more volunteers. Memorials for payment of post Ind. claims, for further protection, 1,000 stands of arms, active campaigns, etc. Memorials asking aid for schools.
5th assembly, 1855-6. Acts changing seat of Dona Ana co. to Mesilla; creating office of public recorder; abolishing office of territorial translator; organizing Atlantic & Pac. R. R. Co .; and establishing means of education. Memorials for pay of volunteers and militia, mails, bridges, roads, and Indian depredations. Resolutions for removal of Justice Brocchus, thanking the army and volunteers, asking for establishment of forts and on Indian depre- dations.
6th assembly, 1856-7. Acts changing seat of Socorro co. to Limitar; re pealing acts permitting annual fairs, and act providing means of education; restraining gambling, and closing stores on Sunday; on free negroes; incor.
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into precincts and other local matters which are here altogether omitted. Another large class, also omitted,
porating Alburquerque Academy, and N. Mex. Mining & R. R. Co. Memorials for mil, roads, $50,000 to complete public buildings, and for pay- ment of volunteers.
7th assembly, 1857-8. Acts authorizing election of a public printer; re- pealing act establishing a penitentiary; incorporating N. Mex. Min. Co. Resolutions on the Palacio and its grounds, Judge Brocchus, and school lands.
Sth assembly, 1858-9. Acts 'to provide for the protection of property in slaves; ' for arrest of runaway servants; to require justices of the peace to keep a record of all Ind. depredations; to create office of attorney-general, salary $1,500 and fees; that owners of unfenced orchards, etc., cannot claim damages in winter; assigning Justice W. F. Boone to 3d jud. district; authorizing publication of decisions of sup. court at U. S. expense (no reports were pub., I think, till 1881); to estab. a market in Sta Fé at county expense; to appoint a com. for revision of the laws. Joint resol. to print 1,000 copies of Gov. Rencher's mess., and the resol. of the legisl. on the Navajo war (not given).
9th assembly, 1859-60. Acts providing for education of children; author- izing any man to raise 200 or 250 volunteers and engage in Ind. campaigns; forbidding Ind. to leave animals within a league of any cultiv. field, under penalty of having to pay damages and $2 besides to recover the animal; to prohibit the pasturing of cattle, etc., in considerable numbers, within 3 1. of the settlements, creating Arizona co. from the Gadsden purchase, seat at Tu- bac; also creating co. of Mora, with seat at Sta Gertrudis de Mora; changing seat of Rio Arriba co. to Plaza del Alcalde, and that of S. Miguel to lower plaza of Las Vegas, qualifying those who formerly signed the declaration to remain Mex. citizens, but have since decided to become citizens of U. S. to serve on juries; forbidding sale of liquor to officers and soldiers; prohibiting the carrying of weapons, with strict rules for fandangos; providing that no man shall hold two offices of honor or profit; incorporating the N. Mex. R. R. Co., Henry Conuelly et al., the Rio Grande Co. to build a bridge near Mesilla, the Mesilla Min. Co., and the Historical Soc. of N. Mex. Joint resol. asking for a reestablishment of the overland mail route via Albur- querque; asking information as to whether the Navajos have complied with the conditions of the treaty of '59; urging the organiz. of volunteers, and an approp. by congress, also of a mil. post in the Navajo country, one on the Pecos, and others out on the plains.
10th assembly 1860-I. Acts requiring Ind. agents to make their distrib. of goods at least 10 miles from any settlement; extending act of '60 on dam- ages by animals of Ind. so as to include the Pueblos; prohibiting gambling, and apparently doing away with the license system; to investigate means of increasing water supply of Sta Fé; amending election law in details; to in- corporate Pious Fraternity of the Co. of Taos, Mining Co. of the North, N. Mex. Wool Manuf. Co., S. Miguel Feather Manuf. Co., S. Miguel Wool Manuf. Co., Abiquiú, Pagosa, & Baker City Road Co., Sta Fé Fire Co., Montezuma Copper Min. Co., Rio Arriba Bridge Co., and Rio del Norte Bridge Co .; to change seat of Arizona co. from Tubac to Tucson; to create co. of S. Juan in extreme N. w., seat at Baker City. Joint resol. calling for reports on Ind. depredations. Proclam. of gov., Feb. 6, '61, apportioning the representatives which the legisl. had failed to do, as follows: council, Taos, S. Miguel, and Rio Arriba 2 memb. each; Mora, Sta Fé, Sta Ana, Bernalillo, Valencia, and Socorro, 1 each; Doña Ana and Arizona, 1 together; repres. Taos and S. Miguel, 4 each; Rio Arriba and Sta Fé, 3 each; Mora, Bernalillo, Valencia, Socorro, and Doña Ana, 2 each; Sta Ana and Arizona, 1 each.
11th assembly 1861-2. Acts authorizing the gov. to call into service the whole force of the territory to aid U. S. troops in repelling invasion (by Texan rebels; repealing act of '61 to create S. Juan co., and also adding the
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is that relating to court sessions and legal methods in civil and criminal practice. Of acts of still another class, that bearing on the agricultural, stock-raising, mining, and other industrial interests of the territory, an analysis would seem desirable from certain points of view, but is found to be absolutely impracticable within the space at my command. The general method observed in these matters was to continue the ancient usages and the Mexican laws in respect of irrigating ditches, herding, fencing, etc. The laws passed were as a rule special and local, such as seemed to be called for by the needs of the time and district. Though this plan led to the accumulation of a mass of special laws, complicated and even contradictory, which in later years had to be replaced by general legislation, yet it is probable that under the peculiar circumstances no system likely to be adopted would have led to bet- ter results. With the exception of the classes here referred to, all important acts of the legislature are mentioned in the note.
Among the acts thus mentioned in my résumé, there are many bearing upon a few special topics so clearly historical in their nature that they may properly re- ceive brief additional attention in my text, with fur- ther information in some cases from other sources. At the first session, the capital was fixed at Santa Fé, where it had always been, and has since remained without controversy. Congress had appropriated in 1850, for the erection of public buildings, $20,000, with which the foundations of a grand capitol were laid on a lot adjoining the old palacio. A new appro- priation of $50,000 was obtained in 1854, and with it the walls of the awkward and ill-planned structure
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