Supervisors shall give notice. Shall report names of persons not com plying with law. Jurisdiction. such person who wishes to be a teacher of any district, touching his competency, as such teacher. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of the various school districts to cause to be posted notice in both English and Spanish, at three different public places in their school district, giving day and date when school will commence, and at what place. Any supervisor who shall fail or refuse to comply with section two of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than fifteen days. SEC. 3. At the end of each annual school term, the supervisors shall examine the teacher's record, and ascertain from such records the names of all persons who have failed to comply with section one of this act, and said records, when sworn to by the teacher, shall be sufficient evidence to bring about a conviction under section three of this act. Any supervisors who shall fail or refuse to enforce section three of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than fifteen days. SEC. 4. The nearest justice of the peace shall have jurisdiction over cases arising under the provisions of this act, and all fines that may be collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the county treasury, for the benefit of the public school fund. SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 24, 1887.. CHAPTER LXX. SEAL TERRITORY. AN ACT adopting and establishing the coat of arms and great seal of the territory. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of SECTION 1. The coat of arms of the territory of New Design. Mexico shall be the Mexican eagle, grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons. The date MDCCCL under the eagles; and under that, on a scroll, the motto: Crescit Eundo. That the great seal of the territory have the coat of arms thereon, being the same seal now used by the secretary of the territory, and that the same be adopted and established as the official seal and coat of arms of the territory of New Mex ico. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 1, 1887. CHAPTER LXXI SUPREME COURT. Clerk shall have calendar printed. What calendar shall show. AN ACT relative to practice in the supreme court. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. The clerk of the supreme court shall, not less than five, nor more than ten days before the first day of each term of said court, make, and cause to be printed, a calendar of the cases pending in said court, and such cases shall be heard in the order in which they appear in said calendar, as far as practicable, the expense of printing such calendar to be paid by the territory, upon an order of said court allowing and approving the same. SEC. 2. Said calendar shall show the day upon which each case is set for hearing, and shall also show in a separate list the cases set for each day of the term, and said clerk is hereby authorized and directed to set for hearing on some particular day each case pending in said court, unless otherwise directed by counsel for both of the opposing parties; and in setting all such cases, he shall, so far as practicable, group together the cases from any particular district or county, in the manner best calculated to serve the convenience of the parties and their counsel, regardless of the order in which such cases have been docketed. SEC. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. Approved February 24, 1887. CHAPTER LXXII. SUPREME COURT. AN ACT to authorize judges of the supreme court to make rules regulating the practice in the supreme and district courts of the territory. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. The chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of the territory of New Mexico, wien assembled at the seat of government, are hereby empowered to make and prescribe rules regulating the practice in the supreme and district courts of the territory, but such rules shall not conflict with any of the laws of the United States or of the territory of New Mexico. Shall make rules. effect. SEC. 2. Such rules shall not hereafter go into effect when to take until the expiration of thirty days from the date of their adoption, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the supreme court to cause them to be published in some newspaper of general circulation, published at the seat of government, or a printed copy thereof to be mailed to each practicing attorney of record in each of the district courts in the territory, whose postoffice address can be ascertained. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of said clerk to cause the rules now in force to be printed, at the expense of the territory, and a copy thereof to be mailed to each attorney of record in each district in the territory. SEC. 4. This act shall go into effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. Approved February 24, 1887. Duty of clerk. CHAPTER LXXIII. TAXATION. AN ACT amending Section 2838 of the Compiled Laws of New County Commis sioners consti equalization. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That section 2838 of the compiled laws of tate a board of New Mexico be and the same is hereby amended so as to read, as follows, to-wit: Section 2838. "The county commissioners of each county shall constitute a board of equalization for the revision, correction and completion of the assessment rolls. Such board shall hold two regular meetings for this purpose, in each year, at the court-house, commencing on the first Monday of June and July. It shall, at its first meeting, have power to supply omissions in the assessment roll, and, for the purpose of equalizing the same, may increase, diminish or otherwise alter and correct any assessment or valuation, except where such valuation is fixed by law. In case any material changes are made by the board, in the assessment of any person, company or corporation, the clerk shall immediately notify such person, company or corporation, by mail or otherwise, of the fact, and nature of the change. At either of said meetings, said board shall hear appeals and complaints of those dissatisfied with the assessment by the assessor, and shall decide the same as in their judgment, is proper and right. Any person, company or corporation, dissatisfied with the decision of said board, may appeal therefrom to the territorial board of equalization, as constituted by and under section 2841 of the compiled laws of New Mexico, by filing a written notice of appeal, in the office of the clerk of said county board of equalization, within five days after the rendering of the decision of said board, which said notice of appeal shall state, in plain and concise language, the grounds upon which said appeal is made. The said clerk shall, within |
