ment, and to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), one-half of which shall go to the person giving the information against the accused which leads to his conviction, and the other one-half shall go into the court fund of the county in which such person is tried. These penalties shall not apply to or affect any person voting such ballots, but only those guilty of preparing, printing, distributing and circulating the same, as provided in section 2 of this act, and all ballots must be counted and canvassed for the persons or questions voted upon therein. It being the true intent and meaning of this act, that the political party adopting an emblem or device for such party by its territorial committee shall have the exclusive right to use and enjoy the same, in every election throughout the territory in which said party shall participate as such, and vote for officers or upon questions to be determined by ballot. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force thirty days after its approval by the governor. CHAPTER 60. AN ACT EMPOWERING CITIES TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE. C. B. No. 83; Approved March 14, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. City councils may pass ordinances regulating collection of garbage. Sec. 3. Rules and regulations. City council to enforce. Sec. 4. Fees to be paid by householders for collection of garbage. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That whenever in the opinion of the city council of any city in the Territory of New Mexico the enforcing of a general system of garbage collection is necessary for the sanitary welfare of said city, said city council shall have power by ordinance to require every householder of said city to provide and maintain suitable receptacles, and to deposit therein all garbage and waste matter of every sort, and by ordinance to provide the kind, size and material of said receptacles. Sec. 2. The mayor of said city shall appoint some suitable person as garbage collector of said city and the city council of said city shall prescribe his duties and salary. Sec. 3. Said city council shall make and enforce all necessary rules and regulations for requiring the depositing of such waste or refuse matter in such receptacles and for the maintenance thereof, and from and after the passage of an ordinance prescribing such rules and regulations it shall be unlawful for any person to throw, leave or deposit any such waste or refuse matter in any place other than in such receptacles. Sec. 4. Said garbage collector shall have authority to receive and collect from every householder of such city a sum to be fixed by such city council not to exceed ten (10) cents per week, which when so collected shall be paid by him into the treasury of said city to the credit of a special fund to be called the garbage fund, and such garbage collector shall receive his salary from such fund and no other. Sec. 5. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 61. C. B. No. 91; Ap AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. proved March 14, 1903: CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Board of equalization. Additional members. Appointment. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Section 1. Hereafter the board of equalization shall be composed of seven members, and in addition to the members now authorized by law the governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the council, two persons, who shall be tax-payers of the territory, and serve as members at large of said board of equalization. Sec. 2. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the expenses of the board of equalization each year in lieu of the annual appropriation of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) heretofore made. Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith arė hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER 62. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2921 OF THE COMPILED LAWS OF 1897, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS. C. B. No. 81; Approved March 14, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Section 2921, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding limitation of action as to non-residents. Amended. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That section 2921 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2921. If, at any time after the incurring of an indebtedness or liability or the accrual of a cause of action against him or the entry of judgment against him in this territory, a debtor shall have been or shall be absent from or out of the territory or concealed within the territory, the time during which he may have been or may be out of or absent from the territory or may have concealed or may conceal himself within the territory shall not be included in computing any of the periods of limitation above provided.” Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER 63. AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DESECRATION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG. C. B. No. 41; Approved March 14, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Flag. Offering insult to or use of for advertising purposes, prohibited. Penalty. Sec. 2. Use of imprint of flag for advertising or commercial purposes, prohibited. Proviso. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. The use of the American flag in this territory is prohibited for any other than the purposes for which it was designed by the congress of the United States, and as an emblem of our common country, to be used and displayed only in a seemly and decorous manner in public or private places. And any person who shall by word or act offer any insult to the stars or stripes, or who shall use the same for advertising purposes by painting, printing, stamping or otherwise placing thereon or affixing thereto any name or object not connected with the patriotic history of the nation or the territory shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction by any justice of the peace or district court shall be fined any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) and by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one. hundred days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 2. The use of any cut, engraving, or print of such flag as an advertisement of any vocation or business or upon any particular article to be sold is also prohibited under the same penalty as provided in section 1 of this act: Provided, that this act shall not be construed to prevent the use of an imprint of the flag as an emblem or device upon ballots to be voted at any election. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its approval. CHAPTER 64. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. C. B. No. 64; Approved March 14, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Section 1701, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding registration for voting. Amended. Sec. 2. Section 1706, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding registered persons only being entitled to vote. Amended. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That section 1701 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, is hereby amended, by adding thereto the following words: "Unless he shall tender to the judges of election an affidavit, signed and sworn to by himself, and by two qualified voters of the precinct in which he offers to vote, showing him to be a qualified voter of such precinct at such election; but his vote may be challenged and he may be examined by such judges touching his qualifications as a voter, notwithstanding such affidavit, and in the event that such judges should determine that he is not a qualified voter at such election, they shall reject his vote, and enter his name, and the names of the persons he offers to vote for, in the manner provided in section 1668 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, for entering rejected votes." Sec. 2. That section 1706 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words: "Provided, that it shall be lawful for any qualified voter, whose name has been omitted from the registration list, to vote upon presenting to the election judges his affidavit supported by the affidavit of two voters, as provided in section 1701 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by this act." Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 65. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE ADMISSION OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR CORPORATIONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. A. C. B. No. 52; Approved March 14, 1903. Sec. 1. CONTENTS. Section 445, Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding the admission of foreign corporations and limitation of powers. Amended. Sec. 2. Section 446. Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding liability of foreign corporations on contracts and penalty. Amended. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That section 445 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 be amended to read as follows: "Every company or corporation incorporated under the laws of any foreign state or kingdom, or of any state or territory of the United States, beyond the limits of this territory, and now or hereafter doing business in this territory, shall file in the office of the secretary of this territory a copy of its charter of incorporation, or of its articles of incorporation, together with the law or laws under which it is incorporated, each duly certified and authenticated by the proper authority of such foreign state, kingdom or territory. Such company shall, also, before it is authorized or permitted to do business in this territory, make and file with the secretary of the territory a certificate signed by the president and secretary of such company, duly acknowledged, designating the principal place where the business of such company shall be carried on in this territory, and an authorized agent or agents residing at such principal place of business upon whom process may be served. A copy of such charter or articles of incorporation and certificate of place of business and agent, duly certified by the secretary of this territory, shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county in which the principal place of business of such corporation shall be. the same powers and shall be duties as corporations of a like Such corporations shall have subject to all the liabilities and character organized under the |