or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the hands of the territorial treasurer, not needed for the payment of the interest on the bonded debt, for the purpose of printing the rules of the supreme and district courts of the Territory of New Mexico. Sec. 2. The territorial auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the territorial treasury in payment of all bills presented to him for the printing of the rules of the supreme and district courts, duly approved by the clerk of the supreme court, not to exceed the amount mentioned in section 1 of this act. The printing provided for herein will be let to the lowest responsible bidder.

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

CHAPTER 46.

AN ACT GROUPING THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE TERRITORY INTO DISTRICTS FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY PURPOSES AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT ATTOR

NEYS THEREFOR. A. C. B. No. 84; Approved March 12, 1903.

CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Creation and establishment of district attorney's districts. Appointment of district attorney. Term of office.

Sec. 2. District attorneys. Salary. Duties. Qualification.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

Section 1. For district attorney purposes in the Territory of New Mexico, the following districts are created and established, viz:

The Counties of Santa Fe, Taos, Rio Arriba, and San Juan shall constitute the first district attorney's district. The Counties of San Miguel, Mora, Guadalupe and Quay shall constitute the second district attorney's district. The Counties of Colfax and Union shall constitute the third district attorney's district. The Counties of Bernalillo, Valencia and McKinley shall constitute the fourth district attorney's district. The County of Socorro alone shall constitute the fifth district attorney's district. The Counties of Luna, Doña Ana, Otero, and Lincoln shall constitute the sixth district attorney's district. The Counties of Grant and Sierra shall constitute the seventh district attorney's district. The Counties of

Chaves, Eddy and Roosevelt shall constitute the eighth district attorney's district. There shall be a district attorney, learned in the law, nominated and by and with the consent of the legislative council appointed by the governor for each of the above named district attorney's districts, by its proper number, each of whom shall be a resident in some one of the counties of the district for which he is so appointed. They shall each hold office for the period of two years from the date of appointment, and until a successor is appointed and qualified, and no person shall be appointed as district attorney, who shall not have been a resident of this territory.

Sec. 2. The district attorneys provided for in this act shall receive from the territory the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) each, and from the several counties in their respective districts the same salary and compensation now provided by law for such officers, and all fees and emoluments now allowed to such district attorneys, and the duties, obligations and responsibilities of such officers and their method. of qualification shall be the same as now provided by law for district attorneys.

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this law shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 47.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAS VEGAS GRANT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. C. B. No. 101; Approved March 12, 1903.

CONTENTS.

Sec.

Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.

Board of trustees.

Sec. 4.

Sec. 5.

1. District court of San Miguel county to manage and control.

Board of trustees to be appointed by district court.

Officers.

District court to excercise same control as courts of equity exercise ove receivers.

Members of board of trustees to give bond.

Sec. 7.

Board of trustees to deliver deeds to persons having good title.

Sec. 8.

Sec. 9.

Sec. 10.

Board of trustees. Designation. To make rules and regulations.
Board of trustees to have power to lease, sell or mortgage land.
All acts of district court confirmed and ratified.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New

Mexico:

Section 1.

That the district court of San Miguel county, in the Territory of New Mexico, is hereby vested with jurisdiction to manage, control and administer that land claim

known as "The Las Vegas Land Grant," confirmed by the act of congress on the 21st day of June, A. D. 1860, to the town of Las Vegas.

Sec. 2. That said district court shall in the exercise of the jurisdiction hereby conferred upon it, appoint a board of trustees to consist of not less than three nor more than seven persons from among residents upon the land embraced within the exterior boundaries of said Las Vegas Land Grant.

Sec. 3. That said board of trustees, when appointed as hereby provided, shall organize by selecting one of their number as chairman of said board of trustees who shall preside over the meetings of said board, and another, of said board, as secretary, whose duties it shall be to keep and preserve the records and doings of said board of trustees. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all business coming before said board.

Sec. 4. That the said district court of San Miguel county shall exercise the same control over the said board of trustees, and over the acts and doings of said board of trustees, that courts of equity exercise over receivers appointed by them and over the acts and doings of their receivers.

Sec. 5. That any and all persons appointed by said court as trustee under the provisions of this act, shall give a bond to the Territory of New Mexico conditioned as receiver's

bonds are.

Sec. 6. Said trustees shall be paid such reasonable compensation as the said district court shall order or direct.

Sec. 7. This act shall not interfere with or prejudice any vested rights in and to any of the lands embraced within the boundaries of said Las Vegas Grant, or preclude a judicial examination or adjustment thereof, and it is hereby made the duty of said board of trustees to make, execute and deliver deeds of conveyance to any and all persons who hold a title to any such lands, which became or was perfect or entitled them to the possession thereof at the time of the acquisition of New Mexico, under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, or at any other time subsequent thereto.

Sec. 8. That said board of trustees shall be known and designated as the "Board of Trustees of the Town of Las Vegas," and under that name shall contract and transact all business coming before said board, and said district court is hereby authorized to make and promulgate rules and regulations under and pursuant to which said board of trustees shall conduct and transact all business pertaining to the management, control and administration of said land grant.

Sec. 9. Such board of trustees shall have the power, under the direction of said court, to lease, sell or mortgage any

part or parts of said tract of land, for such price and upon such terms or conditions as may by said court and said board be deemed advisable and use the proceeds thereof for such purposes as said board and court may deem to be for the best. interests of the community for the benefit of which said grant was made.

Sec. 10. That any and all appointments of trustees heretofore made by the district court of San Miguel county for the management of said Las Vegas Grant, and all acts and things done and performed by said district court of San Miguel county in assuming jurisdiction in managing, controlling and administering said Las Vegas Grant, is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Sec. 11. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 48.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF GAME AND FISH WARDEN OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF GAME AND GAME FISH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. C. B. No. 66; Approved March 12, 1903.

Sec.

1. Game and fish warden.

Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.

CONTENTS.

Appointment by governor. Term of office.
To take oath. To give bond.

Game and fish warden.
Salary.
Deputies. Appointment. Compensation. Duties of warden and deputies.
Penalties. Proviso.

Sec. 4. Trout or game food fish. Manner of taking. When lawful to catch. Penalties.

Sec. 5.

Sec. 6.

Unlawful to take trout or game food fish less than six inches in length.
Penalties.

Unlawful to buy, sell or transport game or game fish caught or killed in the
territory. Penalties.

Unlawful to deposit sawdust in streams or lakes.

Unlawful to use any drug

Sec. 7.

Sec. 9.

Copies of game law to be mailed postmasters of the territory. Postmasters to post copy.

Sec. 10. Unlawful to catch in one day more than fifteen pounds of speckled trout or twenty-five pounds of bass. Penalty.

Sec. 11.

Sec. 12.
Sec. 13.

Sec. 14.

Sec. 15.

Unlawful for restaurants or hotels to offer to patrons game fish or game killed in New Mexico. Game fish or game imported by restaurants or hotels can be sold only on permit from warden or deputy. Penalty. Proviso. "Game fish" defined.

This act to apply to Indians. Secretary to send certified copies to Indian agents in territory.

Streams may be appropriated for propagating fish. Notices to be posted
and published. Penalty for fishing within enclosure.

Unlawful to kill elk, antelope or mountain sheep for period of two years.
Penalty.

Sec. 16.

Sec. 17.

Sec. 18.

Unlawful to kill deer except in months of November and December. Proviso.

Word Game" defined.

Penalty for violation of provisions of section 16. Proviso. Sec. 19. Chapter 51, Laws of 1899, regarding protection of game and fish, Repealed.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

Section 1. Within thirty days after the passage of this act, there shall be appointed by the governor of the territory of New Mexico, an officer to be known as the game and fish warden of the Territory of New Mexico, whose term of office shall be two years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, and whose duties shall be as prescribed by this

act.

Sec. 2. Such game and fish warden shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, qualify by taking the oath now required by law to be taken by officers of the Territory of New Mexico, and by filing with the secretary of the territory, after approval by the governor, a good and sufficient bond with two or more sureties, in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), conditioned for the faithful performance and discharge of his duties; and shall receive as full compensation for his services the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per annum to be paid monthly out of the territorial treasury in the same manner as salaries of other territorial officers are paid.

Sec. 3. Such game and fish warden shall have the power to appoint deputies in each county in this territory, and to remove the same from office, who shall be residents of the county for which they are appointed, and who shall be specially charged with the duty of enforcing the fish and game laws of the Territory of New Mexico in their respective counties, and such deputies shall receive in full compensation for their services, one-half of all fines imposed upon prosecutions procured or instituted by them, and convictions secured thereunder, for violations of the game and fish laws of this territory, and each deputy so appointed shall qualify by filing with the game and fish warden of the Territory of New Mexico, an oath of office in the form now prescribed by law for territorial officers. It shall be the duty of the game and fish warden of the Territory of New Mexico and of each and every deputy within his county, rigidly and strictly to care for and enforce the provisions of this and all other laws of the Territory of New Mexico for the protection of game and fish of whatsoever kind or description, and to institute or cause the institution of prosecutions for any and all violations