Mexico. Said trustees and their successors in office shall constitute a body corporate, under the name and style of "The Trustees of the New Mexico Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb,” “The Trustees of the New Mexico Reform School," "The Trustees of the New Mexico Institute for the Blind" and "The Trustees of the Miners' Hospital of New Mexico," respectively, with the right as such of suing and being sued, of contracting and being contracted with, of making and using a common seal and altering the same at pleasure, and of causing all things to be done necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. A majority of such board of trustees of any of the above institutions shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. Said trustees shall be respectively appointed by the governor of the Territory of New Mexico, within thirty days after he shall be notified by the secretary of the territory that the deeds for each of the above named institutions have been filed in his office; and it shall be the duty of each of said boards of trustees to meet and organize by electing its officers at the county seat of the county wherein the said institutions are located, within thirty days after their appointment, which officers shall be elected in the same manner and possess the same qualifications as the officers of the University of New Mexico now possess; and the secretary and treasurer respectively of each of such institutions located as aforesaid, shall each give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars, ($10,000) to the Territory of New Mexico, with two or more sufficient sureties resident of this territory, or by duly authorized surety company, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, and that they will faithfully account for and pay over to the person or persons entitled thereto, at the time and in the manner provided by law, or pursuant to contract, all moneys which shall come into their hands as such officers, which bond shall be approved by the judge of the district court within whose district the said institution is located, and after approval shall be filed and recorded in the office of the territorial secretary. The governor of the territory shall be ex-officio a member of each of the boards of trustees, but shall not have the right to vote or be eligible to office. Sec. 7. The boards of trustees of each of said institutions shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to pass and enforce by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of such institutions, for the proper carrying out of their several objects, not in conflict with the laws of the Territory of New Mexico, or any act of congress, and to provide all proper and necessary books, apparatus, instruments, medicines, clothing, food and supplies, and other materials or things nec essary for the proper conduct of the several institutions hereinbefore named and the care, support and protection of the inmates thereof when necessary; also to employ all teachers, physicians, wardens or superintendents and employes, and to prescribe the duties and compensation of each, and they shall have full power to remove or discharge any officer or employe appointed or selected by them in any of such institutions, when in their judgment the interest of such institution shall require. Sec. 8. The institute for the blind herein established and created is intended and meant for the proper instruction of the blind youth of the territory, and all such persons resident in the territory between the ages of five and twenty-one years shall be entitled, upon application to the board of trustees, to free care and support and instruction at such institution; except in cases where such pupil or the parents or guardian thereof is possessed of property or means sufficient to enable him to pay the reasonable costs and charges incurred by his attendance at such institution, in which case he shall pay therefor. Sec. 9. The miners' hospital hereby established and created is intended and meant to be for the free treatment and care of resident miners of the Territory of New Mexico, who may become sick or injured in the line of their occupation; and all lodging and medical care shall be free of charge, as shall all other expenses incurred by the patient, except in cases where such patient is possessed of property and means sufficient to enable him to pay the actual costs and charges incurred by his attendance at such hospital, in which case the board of trustees may make provision for his being charged and paying such expenses incurred. Sec. 10. The reform school hereby created and established is intended and meant for the confinement, instruction and reformation of juvenile offenders against the laws of the Territory of New Mexico, and of any persons of idle, vicious or vagrant habits of both sexes in the Territory of New Mexico, under the age of eighteen years, who may be convicted of any offense less than a felony punishable by impris onment in the penitentiary for the term of life, and it shall be the duty of the court upon such conviction, when it is shown to the court that the person convicted is under the age of eighteen years, to order the sentence to be executed by confinement in such reform school instead of in the penitentiary, after such school shall be fully equipped and prepared to receive, confine and care for such offenders, which time shall be designated by proclamation of the governor of the Territory of New Mexico; and thirty days after such proclamation is issued and published it shall be the duty of all courts in the Territory of New Mexico to incarcerate offenders as aforesaid in the reform school instead of the penitentiary in passing sentence upon such offenders; and upon complaint under oath being made to any judge of the district court that any person of either sex under the age of eighteen years is of idle, vicious and vagrant habits, it shall be the duty of such court to investigate and pass upon the complaint so made as in cases of misdemeanors during the terms of the district court as other criminal cases are tried before it, and all the laws and provisions in regard to such trials for misdemeanors are hereby made applicable to such complaints, and in case said court shall find the complaint to be sustained by the evidence it shall find the defendant guilty and sentence him to such reform school for any period not exceeding one year; such proceedings before said court to take effect at the same time after proclamation by the governor as hereinbefore provided for other sentences in the district court. Sec. 11. All persons sentenced to such reform school shall be compelled to perform such useful labor and submit to such rules and regulations in and about the said school and grounds as the board of trustees may prescribe, and the superintendent or warden shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to see that all rules and regulations of the said board are properly enforced, and infringements thereof shall be properly punished. Sec. 12. Within sixty days after the passage of this act the governor shall appoint a committee for each of the institutions above named, each of said committees to consist of three competent and disinterested persons, not more than two of whom shall live in any county wherein any of the above institutions are located by this act; and it shall be the duty of these commissioners to proceed to the localities named in this act for the establishment of the several institutions and their examination of the several sites which may be presented for the acceptance of the territory for the purposes named and their designation, adoption and selection or rejection of such lands be final, and unless the title for the land so selected shall be conveyed in the manner herein before provided within. six months after the adoption of this act, then no portion of the moneys received from donations under the act of congress or by this act shall be available for the purposes of the institution so failing. The commissioners hereby named shall make a report in writing of their doings together with a description of the land selected, to the governor of the territory, together with a statement of costs and expenses incurred by them in making such selections for each institution separately, and in addition to their actual costs and disbursements each commissioner shall be allowed the sum of six dollars per day for each day actually and necessarily occupied, in carrying out the provisions of this section, not to exceed ten days for any institution; which amount, including costs and disbursements, is hereby declared to be a necessary and proper charge against the funds provided herein for the creation and maintenance of each of said institutions, and shall be paid out of any such funds that may come into the hands of the territorial treasurer for that fund, upon a bill therefor sworn to by each of such commissioners and approved by the governor of the territory. Sec. 13. That the boards of trustees first appointed for the several institutions provided for in this act shall be empowered to contract for the erection, and shall erect all buildings necessary for the maintenance of the above named institutions, and shall be empowered to provide for the furnishing of the same and the improving of the grounds thereof: Provided, that the said boards of trustees in contracting for the erection or in erecting any of said buildings for the above named institutions shall advertise for bids for the erection of the same specifying in said advertisements the character of building to be erected in the place where the plans and specifications of said buildings may be found and let all bids for the erection of said buildings to the lowest and best bidder therefor; and provided further, that in furnishing said buildings or improving the grounds thereof said boards shall call for bids and let the same to the lowest and best bidders therefor upon any items the cost of which is more than one hundred dollars. Sec. 14. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER 3. AN ACT TO REPEAL AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE C. B. No. 20; Approved CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Chapter 64, Laws of 1901, regarding inspection and testing of coal oil. Repealed. Sec. 2. All Acts, regarding inspection and testing of coal oil, Repealed. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That chapter 64 of the acts of the 34th Legisla tive Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, being "An Act to provide for the inspection of coal oil in the Territory of New Mexico," approved March 20th, 1901, be and the same is hereby repealed in all its parts and provisions, except as to its repealing clause. Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts other than said act, if any, providing for coal oil, gasoline or crude oil inspection in the Territory of New Mexico, or for the appointment of an oil or gasoline inspector, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in full force from and after thirty days from its passage. CHAPTER 4. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER OF GRANT COUNTY TO PAY OVER TO THE TREASURER OF THE COUNTY OF LUNA CERTAIN SCHOOL MONEYS. proved February 18, 1903. H. B. No. 30; Ap CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Payment of certain school moneys authorized. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. The treasurer of the County of Grant is hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the treasurer of the County of Luna such sums of money as were standing to the credit of the several school districts of that portion of Grant county now embraced within the boundaries of Luna county, at the date of the creation of said Luna county. Sec. 2. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 5. AN ACT RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN, SUITS TO PARTITION REAL ESTATE, ACTIONS TO QUIET TITLE, SALE OF REAL ESTATE OF INFANTS AND MARRIED WOMEN AND PERPETUATING TESTIMONY. C. S. for C. B. No. 30; Approved February 18, 1903. Sec. 1. CONTENTS. Sub-section 175 of Section 2685, Compiled Laws of 1897, Regarding Code of Sec. 2. Section 2052, Compiled Laws of 1897, Regarding Sale of Infants' Property, Amended. |