any and all funds, records and properties of the said Stallion Registration Board to the New Mexico Sire Registration Board, and the New Mexico Stallion Board is hereby abolished.

SEC. 27. Chapter 65 of the Session Laws of 1915 and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 28. That it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety of the inhabitants of the State of New Mexico that the provisions of this act shall become effective at the earliest possible time, and therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

CHAPTER 107.

AN ACT DECLARING A STATE PUBLIC HIGHWAY, A CERTAIN PUBLIC ROAD LEADING FROM THE TOWN OF SAN JOSE, SAN MIGUEL, EL PUEBLO, LA FRAGUA, SENA AND VILLA NUEVA, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN MIGUEL, AND FROM THERE TO THE TOWN OF ANTON-CHICO, IN THE COUNTY OF GUADALUPE.

H. B. No. 132 (as amended); Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That a certain Public Road, commencing in the town of San Jose and thence to San Miguel; thence through the town of El Pueblo; thence through the town of La-Fragua; thence through the town of Sena; thence, to the town of VillaNueva, and from there following either side of the Pecos River, as the State Engineer may deem proper until it shall connect with the State Road in the Town of Anton-Chico, in the County of Guadalupe; and the same is hereby declared and designated to be a Public Highway, of the State of New Mexico, these being the Postal Route running through said towns.

CHAPTER 108.

AN ACT TO DECLARE THE ROAD FROM SANTA FE VIA VEGA BLANCA, KENNEDY AND GALISTEO TO MORIARTY A STATE HIGHWAY.

H. B. No. 194 (as amended); Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That certain public road commencing at Santa Fe, thence southerly to Vega Blanca, thence to Kennedy, thence

to Galisteo, and thence to Moriarty, in the counties of Santa Fe and Torrance, is hereby designated and declared to be a state highway.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.

CHAPTER 109.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3486 AND 3487 OF THE 1915 CODIFICATION OF THE LAWS OF NEW MEXICO RELATIVE TO RIGHTS OF WAY.

H. B. No. 207 (as amended); Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That Section 3481 of the 1915 Codification of the laws of New Mexico, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3481. That any mine or oil well owner or mine or oil well owners, mill owner or mill owners, or any mining, oil well drilling or milling corporation for the purpose of transporting or conveying coal, oil, ores or minerals to a mill, crusher, washer, tipple or reduction works of any sort for the reduction, washing, crushing, loading for shipment, or milling of such coal, oil, ores or minerals, or for the purpose of transporting or conveying coal, oil, ores, minerals, metals, waters, tailings or refuse to or from any mill, washer, crusher, tipple or reduction works, shall have a right of way for a road, pipe line, tramway, railway, ditch or flume across the lands of other persons by condemnation and payment of damages.

SEC. 2. That Section 3482 of the 1915 Codification of the laws of New Mexico, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3482. In order to acquire said right of way, the applicant or applicants shall give ten days notice in writing, to be served by a sheriff or constable to each person owning or having any claim upon the lands to be crossed by the road, pipe line, tramway, railway, ditch or flume, that the applicant will file, befort the Judge of the District Court of said County wherein the land lies, an application to condemn a right of way over such person's lands.

SEC. 3. That Section 3483 of the 1915 Codification of the laws of New Mexico, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

SEC 3483. The application shall set out the full name or title of the applicant or applicants and describe the location of the mine or mines, or oil well, mill or mills, he, it or they are operating or intend to operate, and a description as near as possible of the lands to be crossed by said road, pipe line, tramway, railway, ditch or flume, and said application shall be accompaanied by a plat showing the location and position of said mine or mines, or oil well, mill or mills, and the lands over which said road, tramway, pipe line, railway, ditch or flume shall run, and the course and width of the ground necessary to be con. demned and the facts showing the necessity for such road, pipe line, tramway, railway, ditch or flume. And for the purpose of making and preparing the plat aforesaid, such mine or well owner or mine or well owners, mill owner or owners, or his, its or their agents, shall have the right to go upon the lands of any other persons and make all necessary surveys, measurements and investigations.

SEC. 4. That Section 3484 of the 1915 Codification of the laws of New Mexico, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3484. Upon the presentation of said application to the Judge of said Court, he shall at once order and make the appointment of three commissioners to assess the damages; the commissioners shall be householders of the county wherein the property is situate, and shall make oath upon their appointment before any official authorized to acknowledge deeds in the State, that each of them is worth the sum of $2,500.00 over and above all just debts, liabilities and exemptions by law, and said commissioners shall not be of the neighborhood of the mine or mill to be worked or operated.

SEC. 5. That Section 3486 of the 1915 Codification of the laws of New Mexico, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3486. The said commissioners shall view the ground and determine the amount of damages due to each owner or claimant or claimants, and assess said damages and report the same in writing to the said Judge of said District Court; that the said Court shall at once examine said report and hear any objections made thereto in writing sustained by evidence to be submitted at such hearing, or by written affidavits; notice of filing said affidavits must be given to the opposite party with copies of the affidavits ten days before the date of filing the same. Whereupon the Judge of the Court, shall, in his discretion, either confirm, modify or reject the report of said commissioners. If said report of said commissioners be confirmed or modified by the Judge, and all costs and damages paid by

applicants the Judge shall issue an order, attested by the Clerk of his Court, commanding the sheriff of said County to put the applicant in possession of said right of way as shown in said plat, for executing which, said sheriff shall be allowed $5.00 and his mileage.

SEC. 6. That Section 3487 of the 1915 Codification of the laws of New Mexico, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3487. In grading for said road, pipe line, tramway, railway, ditch or flume, if any ore is found, the applicant shall carefully throw it aside in a separate pile or piles and not mix it with other dirt or debris.

CHAPTER 110.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 15, CHAPTER 89, OF THE ACTS OF THE THIRD LEGISLATURE OF NEW MEXICO, 1917, BEING AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

H. B. No. 228 (as amended); Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That Section 15, Chapter 89 of the Acts of the Third Legislature of the State of New Mexico, 1917, being entitled "An Act Relating to Elections," be, and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 15. MARKING BALLOTS. On receipt of his ballot, the elector shall forthwith, and without leaving the polling place, retire alone to one of the booths or compartments provided for such purpose, and prepare his ballot. If he wishes to vote a straight party ticket, he shall make a cross in the circle beneath the name of such party and his vote shall be considered as having been cast for every candidate named in the ticket of such party upon such ballot. If the voter does not desire to vote a straight party ticket and desires to vote for any particular candidate of any other political party, the ticket of which appears upon the ballot, he may do so by making a cross in the square opposite the name of any such candidate, or by writing the name of the person for whom he desires to vote and whose name is not printed upon the ballot, in the blank space provided therefor, and making a cross in the square to the right thereof; and in such case such vote shall be considered as having been cast for every candidate of the political party in the circle below the designating name of which he shall have made his cross, except those whom he has otherwise designated as herein provided.

Each elector may prepare his ballot by omitting the cross in the circle under the designating party name and making a cross in the square opposite the name of every candidate or person for whom he desires to vote.

When two or more candidates of the same party are grouped in the ticket on the ballot for the same office (as two or more representatives) a cross in the square opposite the name of one such candidate shall not be considered a vote for all of the candidates in any such group; but if the voter wishes to vote for one or more candidates for that office of another party or parties, he shall make a cross in the square opposite the name of each candidate of his own party for whom he wishes to vote for that office, and also make a cross in the square opposite the name of each candidate of any other party or parties for whom he wishes to vote for that office. Provided, that should the voter mark a cross in the circle at the head of his ticket, and then should mark a cross in the square opposite the name of any candidate of said group of any other party or parties, and should fail to mark a cross in the square at the right of the name of all candidates in such group for whom he desires to vote, then in that event the ballot shall be considered as a straight party vote as to all the candidates in said group.

Upon ballots designed for voting upon any proposed constitutional amendment or other question, the elector shall make a cross in the square after the question for or against the proposed amendment or other proposition, as the case may be.

Before leaving the booth or compartment, the elector shall fold his ballot in such manner that the number shall appear on the outside thereof, without displaying the marks on the face thereof, and he shall keep it folded until he has voted. The elector shall thereupon deliver the folded ballot to a judge of election, who shall, in an audible tone of voice, announce the name of the elector and the number of the ballot. The clerks of election shall thereupon write opposite the name of such elector in the poll books or registration list, the number of such ballot, and the word "voted," and one of such clerks shall call back, in an audible tone of voice, the name of the elector and the number of the ballot. The judge of election shall thereupon detach the slip at the upper right-hand corner of the ballot containing the number thereof, and shall immediately deposit the ballot, uncpened, in the ballot box, and the slip so detached shall be immediately destroyed.

Any judge of election who shall fail or refuse to immediately destroy the slip so mentioned shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, to which may be added imprisonment 'n the county jail for a period not exceeding six months.