LAWS OF NEW MEXICO. TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 1891. CHAPTER I. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLACING OF SHELVES AND PIGEON HOLES IN THE VAULT OF THE COUNCIL, AND ALSO THE VAULT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND FOR OTHER PUR POSES. C. B. 43; Approved January 16, 1891. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: First. That the chief clerk of the Council and the chief clerk of the House of Representatives be and are hereby authorized and directed to have suitable shelves and pigeon holes placed in their respective vaults, for the purpose of filing papers and storing stationery of the Council and the House of Representatives. Second. That the clerk of each house shall draw a voucher upon the Auditor of the Territory of New Mexico for the payment of the same, in a sum not to exceed thirty-five dollars for each vault so shelved and pigeon-holed. Third. That the Auditor of the Territory of New Mexico, shall, upon the presentation of the said vouchers properly signed by the clerks of the House and Council, draw his warrant for the sums named therein upon the Territorial Treasurer of New Mexico, who is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of the general funds of the Territory not otherwise appropriated. Fourth. That this act shall take effect and be in full force immediately after its passage. CHAPTER II. AN ACT REPEALING AN ACT OF THE 28TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY VIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF LIVE ANIMALS INTENDED FOR proved January 21, 1891. Н. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That an act entitled "An Act providing for the inspection of live animals intended for human food, and prohibiting the sale or use of the uncured meat of uninspected bovine cattle and hogs, and the sale of improper fresh meats,' which became a law by limitation Feb. 28, 1889, be and the same is hereby repealed, in all its parts and provisions. SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER III. AN ACT RELATING ΤΟ CONDEMNATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. uary 23, 1891. H. B. 17; Approved Jan Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That municipal corporations shall have the power and right of condemnation of private property for public use in the following cases, to-wit: For the laying out, opening and widening of streets and alleys and highways or approaches to streets; and for the construction, maintenance and operation of sewers, drains, water works and gas works, both within their corporate limits and for a distance of two miles outside of the same. SEC. 2. That proceedings to obtain such condemnation shall be in all respects as provided by an act entitled "An Act in relation to roads, streets and highways," being Chapter 121 of Acts of the Legislative Assembly of 1889, except that any such corporation may be the sole petitioner, and the commissioners shall be freeholders of the precinct or precincts in which the property sought to be condemned is situated; and they are to be selected, one by the petitioning corporation, one by the owner, one by the court; and upon proper payment by the said corporation of the damages assessed, the court shall order and direct that the property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be set apart to the use of the petitioning corpora tion. SEC. 3. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, ard this act shall go into effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER IV. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR GUIDE BOARDS UPON PUBLIC ROADS. H. B. 11; Approved January 28, 1891. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. Every road supervisor in the several counties in this Territory shall erect and put up at the forks of every public road and every crossing of county roads within his precinct a guide or finger board containing an inscription in legible letters directing the way and specifying the distance to the next town or public place situated on each road respectively: Provided, That not more than fifty dollars be spent for this purpose in each county; and any person who shall destroy, deface or remove any such guide or finger board shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. SEC. 2. The cost of making and putting up such guide or finger boards shall be paid by the county in the same manner as other charges against the county are paid. SEC. 3. All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the county treasurer for the benefit of the public roads and highways in such county. SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER V. AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 107 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1889 RELATING TO FENCES IN SPECIAL CASES. C. B. 77; Approved January 31, 1891. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. Chapter 107 of the Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico of the twenty-eighth session, entitled, "An Act to compel persons, companies, or corporations cultivating or irrigating lands by means of water raised or pumped from wells, and in other ways, to inclose the same with a fence, and for other purposes," is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER VI. AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 1140, TITLE 12, OF THE COMPILED LAWS OF 1884 OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. C. B. 50; Approved January 31, 1891. Be it enacted by the Legislative Aseembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That section 1140, title 12, of the Compiled Laws |