CHAPTER 113. AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 5 OF CHAP- VILLAGES IN THIS TERRITORY." H. B. No. 179: Approved CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Section 5, chapter 84, Laws of 1901. regarding duties of officers to prosecute violations. Amended. Sec. 2. Section 2, chapter 9, Laws of 1903, regarding mayors of cities and other offcers. Amended. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 84 of the Session Laws of 1901, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following, to-wit: "And it is hereby made the duty of the district attorney of the county wherein any of the specified violations are committed to investigate as to any violations of this act and to at once file an information before the judge of the district court of such county or any justice of the peace in such county against any and all persons committing any of the offenses herein specified and to prosecute diligently all persons so offending. And any district attorney failing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this act shall be summarily removed by the governor who shall appoint his successor.” Sec. 2. That section 2 of an act entitled "An Act in relation to mayors and other officers," being Council Substitute for Council Bill No. 44, approved February 28, 1903, be and the same is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section as follows: "Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply or in any way affect the City of Socorro, New Mexico." Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 114. AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN, PRESCRIBING FEES TO BE PAID FOR FILING THEIR ARTICLES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. H. B. No. 170; Approved March 19, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Corporations to file certificate of incorporation. Fees per classified list. Sec. 3. Application of fees collected by secretary of territory. Section 1. Every corporation, joint-stock company or association incorporated or consolidated by or under any general or special law of this territory, or by or under any general or special law of any foreign state or kingdom, or of any state or territory of the United States beyond the limits of this territory, shall, before doing business in this territory, file in the office of the secretary of this territory the certificate of incorporation, articles of association or charter as required by law and at the time of such filing shall pay to the secretary of the territory the following fees: For railroad or other corporations formed for pecuniary profit, ten cents for each and every thousand dollars of capitalization, and a like fee upon each subsequent increase of capital, but in no case less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00); For filing any certificate of amendment to articles of incorporation other than one increasing capital stock, or any translated copy of articles or amendments, ten dollars ($10.00); For filing any certificate of business and agent, when required by law, five dollars ($5.00); For corporations organized for benevolent, charitable, educational, religious and scientific purposes, having no capital stock, one dollar ($1.00); For filing any certificate of amendment to such articles of incorporation, one dollar ($1.00); For filing any certificate, instrument or document other than those specified above, one dollar ($1.00); Sec. 2. Every corporation, domestic or foreign, shall file with the recorder of deeds of the county in which its principal place of business in this territory is located, a copy of its articles of incorporation, of every amendment thereto and likewise any certificate designating agent and place of business in this territory, certified from the office of the secretary of the territory; and it shall be a misdemeanor for any recorder to file or record in his office any incorporation papers or copies thereof not previously certified by the secretary of the territory. Sec. 3. Whenever the fees collected under the provisions of this act shall be in excess of the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each separate filing, such excess shall be held by the secretary of the territory for the use of the territory, and shall be paid over to the territorial treasurer at the end of each quarter, beginning June 30, 1903. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force and effect * from and after April 1, 1903. CHAPTER 115. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO TRUST COMPANIES." C. B. No. 131; Approved March 19, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Section 17, chapter 52, Laws of 1903, regarding term of office of boards of directors of trust companies. Amended. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. Section 17 of an act entitled "An Act relating to trust companies," approved on the 12th day of March, A. D., 1903, be and the same is hereby amended by the enactment of the following: The directors of such corporation shall be elected for one year, unless the number thereof exceeds five, and in that case the articles of incorporation may divide them into classes as now provided by said section 17 of said act. But if the articles of incorporation do not so provide, all directors shall be elected for one year. Sec. 2. This act shall be in force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 116. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SPRINKLING OF STREETS IN CITIES AND ASSESSING THE EXPENSE THEREOF AGAINST THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING UPON SAID STREETS. C. B. No. 92; Approved March 19, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. City councils may assess cost of sprinkling streets against abutting property. Sec. 2. Amount assessed to be a lien on property. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That whenever the city council of any city in the Territory of New Mexico shall determine that the streets within its limits, or certain streets, or parts of streets, shall be watered in whole or in part at the expense of the owners of property abutting on such streets or parts thereof, such city council shall estimate and determine the expense of watering such streets or portions of streets, and the proportion of such expense to be borne by such owners of abutting property, and the rate to be assessed against each lineal foot of frontage of such abutting property, and thereupon shall proceed to assess, and shall assess, against each lot or parcel of land so abutting upon such street or portion thereof its proportionate share of such expense according to its frontage. Sec. 2. That the amount so assessed against each of such lots and parcels of land so abutting upon such street or part thereof, shall constitute and be a lien upon the same, and such amount shall be collected and such lien enforced in the same manner and by the same proceeding as provided by law for the enforcement of liens issued for other classes of street improvement. Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 117. AN ACT TO PREVENT INDECENT EXPOSURE. Approved March 19, 1903. CONTENTS. C. B. No. 135; Sec. 1. Indecent exposure of person. Penalty. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: Section 1. That any person who shall hereafter indecently expose his person in or upon the streets or other public places in any unincorporated village, town or city in this territory shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court trying the same. Sec. 2. passage. This act shall be in effect from and after its CHAPTER 118. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION, ARRANGEMENT AND DISPLAY OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION OR ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR OF 1904, AND TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR. H. B. No. 192; Approved March 19, 1903. CONTENTS. Sec. 1. Territorial Board of Louisiana Purchase Exposition Managers of New Mexico created. Appointment. Sec. 2. Organization. Rules and regulations. Vacancies. Sec. 3. Compensation of members of board. Proviso. Sec. 7. Sec. 8. Appropriation. Tax levy to be made by auditor. Treasurer authorized to make loans. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Section 1. That for the purpose of exhibiting the resources, products and general development of the Territory of New Mexico at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition or St. Louis World's Fair to take place within or near the City of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri in 1904, a commission is hereby created to be called the Territorial Board of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Managers of New Mexico to be organized and continue its duties as hereinafter provided, said commission to consist of seven members residents of said Territory of New Mexico. The members of said territorial board shall be appointed by the governor of New Mexico within sixty days after the passage of this act. Sec. 2. Said members shall meet within thirty days after |