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PACE EIGHT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1913.
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN.
attesti'd by two witnesses. On this elections was $.:!(;.04.
OFFICIAL.
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SHOWS GREAT
WASTE
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ill, $:!S.lW.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF THE j Ana Montano, Bchool district No.
TAXPAYERS' MONEY TO BE AC-f
ITercnlano Garcia, school district
nniiMTFn rnn im thpff mm. no. is. ne.oo.
; up a number of cancelled warrants ' warrant Xo. 57H0. School District No. 4, $25.00.
! supposedly issued to school teachers, Sppcial deputy sheriffs at election J April 27, 1904, receipt No. 233, Joe
'and the person to whom the warrant time were employed Iu great numbers. Riakely, retail liquor license, School
had been given could not sign his ! according to the report, and the sum , District No. 1, $400.00.
iname and indorsed it with his mark, 'total paid for their services in six Tflt.,i ill9-, on- less 4 Der cent com-
i tnision. $41.00; net amount not ac
counted for, $0Sl.O0.
Tlie stubs of the licenses issued by
Recapitulation of Claims Against
County Assessors,
J. F. Esquibel, erroneous charges
for malting poll tax IistB, $387.50.
J. S. Esquibel, erroneous charges
for making poll tax lists, $590.
Francisco S. Chavez, erroueous
charges for making poll tax lists,
subject the report gives the following. For the first quarter of 1007, there
data: appears to have been two district
0w, ,o..h.,...- , attorneys for San Xfiguel county, ac- . i,,e su'us 0 ' 1SB".eu l'll7.50.
icord ng to warrants lHSueci. " - - npuuciu CIIUIICUUH waier
Warrant No. :!701. issued April 1.i,,,r " "" '" es tor nuining poll tax lists, f i!)u.
!by Mark:
Hereulano Garcia, school district No. '
us, $10.00.
1007, to S. B. Davis, Jr., for $150.00,
liceuves, vvliicli
rather peculiar
inasmuch as the proceeds of the same
have not been turned in.
nOCn TUMICAMn flMIAD? rilfl '"B 11 ' 'licenses, and stubs from January ;ju.
Until InUUoHItU UULLAnO UUL rants ostensibly given to persons forj1q..0 , T s inryi 20t licenses,
IN DELINQUENT TAXES.
MANY IRREGULARITIES
; taking the school census in the var- -Mng missing, an accurate check on
lions school districts and a number of ilicenses during these periods could not
; these are endorsed by mark also. jbp maae aiti10ugh diligent search was
! Thousands of dollars was also Rpent .., fnr thpm wi.hont avail, the only
with The l.as Vegas Optic and El Tn- reHK011 gIvfin wa8 "that they could not
AND LAW VIOLATIONS !were ordered at an exhorbitant price,
i,o the report states, and many of
; which would have been furnished free
A total of $:,500.fii; of the tax pay- j,y tne state.
r: money of San Miguel county is : r(,por( says also: "I desire to
unaccounted for, according (o the re-'ci your attention to a list of war
pert of Traveling Auditor Howell Earn- rnnta w,icli have been enshed by the
est, which was filed with the governor .various county officials as noted and
fbit week. This amount Is divided indorsed by them, in nearly every in
among a number of county officials stanco tie warrants being endorsed
ranging back as far as 1901, and the by signing the name of the payee 'by
various officers and ex-offtcers of that J ; giving the name of the county
couuty who are responsible for the official endorsing. a,U being In the
various amounts are given in a table j same handwriting." The amount paid
in connection with this article.
It does not seem from the report
that this $43,000 shortage disappeared
in actual cash, in fact only one short-
on these warrants amounts to $73:tS.55.
The report also shows among other
minor matters that when J. S. Esquibel
was assessor of San Miguel county.
for salary, district attorney, first quar-i
ter: and on same date warrant No.;
3702 was issued to .Tose CJ. Alarcon. I Recapitulation of Claims
for $150.00, for district attorney, first; Eugenio Romero, Treasurer.
quarter. j (atili account, checked short July
Stubs of license books from Janu-21, 1012, $804.62.
ary 4, 3901, to May IS, V.nn, ti ) j commissions on liquor anu gaiuu-
llng licenses, $l,lol.7i.
9U2. to June 28, 1903, 201 licenses. Penalties on delinquent taxes (dou
ble amount), $12,105.98.
Warrants paid to payee or assignee
owing taxes. $3,407.04.
Total $17,400.41.
Less net credit resulting from cler
ical errors and omissions $34.50.
Net amount for which accounting
should be made, $17,434.91.
Recapitulation of Claims Against
Cleofes Romero, Sheriff.
Liquor and gambling licenses re
reipts, $984.00.
Excess amounts received for attend
ance on probate court, $38.
Double and overpayments for board
of prisoners, $241.12.
Excessive charge for board o!
prisoners, $10,605.50.
Total amount for which accounting
should be made, $11,868.62.
Recapitulation of Claims Against
Secundino Romero, Sheriff.
Total amount for which accounting
should be made, $1,3G5.
M. F. Des Marias, overpayment of
Against j office expenses, $324.37.
age of $804 is reported, but the report land a candidate to succeed himself,
does show a very evident disregard he served as a special officer during
for the proper use of the tax payers'
money, or else very inefficient officials
in some of the offices. One fact is
particularly worthy of mention, and
that is that the traveling auditor dug
the election and was paid for it by
county warrant No. 431. Cleofes Ro
mero, while sheriff, and a candidate
to Bucceed himself, acted as a judge
of election and was paid for it by
be found."
Warrant No. til 16, dated August 2.
1909, issued to Isidoro Archuleta, for
$13.75, for "one day driving team."
Claims against Lorenzo Delgado,
county clerk. Exhibit J., forged. school
warrants. School district 40, dated
November 27, 1909, no number;
amount, $13.50; payable to Antonio
Pacheco. '
School district 40, dated November
27, 1909; no number; amount, $47.70;
payable to Manuel Salazar.
School district 40, dated January 13,
1910; No. 39; amount, $48.00; payable
lo Juan Roybal.
Total, $109.20.
The above warrants are all signed.
Hestor Encinias, chairman; Cosme j Excess amount received for at
Esquibel. clerk, and approved by M. j tendanc e on probate court, $236.
Dps Marias, county superintendent. Excessive charges for board of prla-
Claim is made that these warrants joners, $1,079.50.
are forgeries, and the laBt endorser on I Total amount for which accounting
all of them being "L. Delgado," claim should be made, $1,315.50.
Is therefore made against him for re-1 Recapitulation of Claims Against
31,
RECAPITULATION OF AMOUNTS FOR WHICH ACCOUNTING SHOULD
BE M ADE.
Eugenio Romero, treasurer and collecior, Jan. 1901 to July
1912
Cleofes Romero, Sheriff, Jan. 1901 to May 1910
Secundino Romero, Sheriff, May 1910 to Jan. 1912
Roman Callegos, Sheriff, Jan. 1912, to August 1913
Lorenzo Delgado, Clerk, Jan. 1909 to August 1913
A. A. Sena, Clerk, 1903-4 and 1907-8
Daniel C. de Baca, Deputy Clerk
Eduardo Callegos. Deputy Clerk
Gregorio Varella, Clerk, 1901-2
J. F. Esquibel, Assessor, 1899-1900
J. S. Esquibel, Assessor, 1901-2-3-4
Francisco S. Chavez, Assessor, 1903
Epitaclo Quintano, Assessor, 1905-6 '.
M. F. Des Marias Supt. of Schools. 1909-10-11-12
Jose Felix Esquibel, Ramon Gallegqs, A. T. Rogers, Sr., County
Commissioners, 1903-4 ,.
Ilenigno Martinez, Ramon Gallegos; R. C. Rankin, County Com.
1905-6 ,
Kenigno Martinez, Atanacio Roybal, R. C. Rankin, J. S. Clark, Coun
ty Commissioners, 1907-8 ,
Benigno Martinez, Ramon Gallegoa, ,T. S, Clark, County Commis
sioners, 1909-10-11
Fidel Ortiz, Antonio Gallegos, .Ino. H. York. County Commission
ers 1912 to August 1
Jose Felix Esquibel, Ramon Gallegos, A. T. Rogers, Sr., County
Commissioners, 1901-2-3-4
.$17,434.91
. 11,868.62
. 1,315.50
140.25
897.45
58.00
28.00
28.00
130.00
387.50
590.00
197.50
190.00
324.37 j
43.50
465.25
334.30
covery.
I A Rfiilpmpnt wns made hv the den-
uty treasurer, to the effect that school
district No. 40 claimed that there was
more money on hand than the books
of the county treasurer showed, an
examination was made which resulted
in school district No. 40 repudiating
the above mentioned warrants, claim-
Ramon Gallegos, Sheriff,
Excess amount received for attend
ance on probate court, $46.
Excessive charge for board of pris
oners, $94.25.
Total $140.25.
Recapitulation of Claims Against
. Lorenzo Delgado, Clerk.
Forged warrants, last, endorses be
ing that they werefforged. As far as j lug u Delgado. $109.20.
I have been able to learn nothing has i Overcharge for recording births and
been done to recover or to ascertain deaths, $66.25.
who the guilty party is, in the ratan
tiem the school district has been out
the use of the money.
Cleofes Romero, sheriff. Receipts
774.36
158.15
Excessive amount received for in
terpreting for probate court $722.
Total amount for which accounting
should be made. $897.45.
Issued but money not turned over to I Recapitulation of Claims Against
county treasurer. j Other Clerks and Deputies.
July 2. 1902, receipts No.' 134, Ca.- i A. A. Sena .excessive amount re-
tarino Romero, gaming license, School jceived for Interpreting for probate
District No. 4. $200.00. jcourt.fi $58. ;
July 2, 1902, receipt No. 13o, Trinl-1 Darnel C. de Raca, excessive
8,135.00
Grand total amount for which accounting should be made .$43,500.66
dad Romero, Jr., retail liquor license,
School District No. 28, $100.00.
August 16, 1902, receipt No. 137, I'd
ward H. Jackson, gaming dicense,
School District No. 2, $200.00.
November 21, 1902, receipt No. 150,
Juan Montana, retail liquor license,
School District No. 79, $100.00.
November 24, 1902, receipt No. 152,
amount for Interpreting for probate
court, $28.
Eduardo Gallegos, excessive amount
received for interpreting for probate
court, $28.
Gregorio Varella, overpayments for
filing and preserving newspapers,
I $130.
Total amount for which accounting
Silva & Silva, slot machins license, (should be made, $244.
Recapitulation of Claims Against
County Commissioners. '
Jose Felix Esquibel, Ramon Galle
gos, A. T. Rogers, Sr., 1903, 1904, paid
El Independiente for book which state
furnishes free, $25.
Paid the Optic Pub. Co., for book
which state furnishes free, $18.50.
Total amount tor which accounting
should be made, $43.50.
Beuigno Martinez, Riainon Gallegos,
R. C. Rankin, 1905-1006, payment to
special jail guards employed without
authority of district court, $392.25.
Paid El Independiente and New Mexi
can for books which state furnishes
free, $73. Total $465.25.
Benigno Martinez, Atanacio Roybal,
It. C. Rankin and' .7. S. Clark, 1907,
1908, paid El Independiente for book
which state furnishes free, $25. Paid
New Mexican for book which state
furnishes free, $20 Payments to spe
cial jail guards employed without au
thority of district court, $289.30. To
tal, $334.30.
Benigno Martinez, Ramon Gallegos,
Jno. S. Clark, 1909-1910-1911. Paid the
Optic Pub. Co., for books which state
furnishes free, $109.
Duplicate payments jail guards, ex
cess of legal amount, $18.75.
Payments to special jail guards em
ployed without authority of district
court, $218.61.
Payments of overcharges to road su
pervisors, $428.
Total amount for which accounting
should be male, $774.36.
Fidel Ortiz, Antonio A. Gallegos,
Jno. H. York, 1912 to July 81, 1912.
Paid Optic Pub. Co. for book which
state furnishes free, $40. Payments to
special jail guards employed without
authority of district court, $50.65.
Payments of overcharges to road su
pervisors, $67.50. Total $158.15.
In addition to the above are the
transfers of money from one fund to
another without authority of law, for
which commissioners should be held
responsible for its replacement in the
proper funds. The total amount of il
legal transfers for which accounting
should be made is $8,135. j
Cash Account July 31, 1912. i
Balance on hand $67,261.49. ' '
Disposition of Funds.
San Miguel Nat. Bank (verified, see
exhibit A-l) $53,026.96.
First National bank (verified, see
exhibit A-2), $10,000,
Hanover National bank (verified,
see exhibit A-3) $1,644.52.
Tax receipts, verified see exhibit
A-4) $608.31.
Coors Lumber Co. (check $583.41.
National Suit Co. (check) $5.
S. B. Davis, Jr., (check and cash)
$421.50. Deputy instructed to carry as
cash, but not deposit.
Incidental cash items, $32.94.
Currency and silver $134.23.
Total $66,456.87.
Cash short July 31st ,1912, $804.62.
County warrants for large sums
were paid certain person for services
rendered, when the persons to whom
the warrants were issued owed the
county for taxes. The report contends
that these taxes should have been de
ducted from the amount of the war
rants. For instance, the Las Vegas
Optic, so the report says, is delinquent
in taxes for 1909, 1910 and 1911, in
the amount of $440.57. During these
years the Optic received hundreds of
dollars on county warrants. Charles
A. Spiess, Jesus Ma. Romero, Romero
Mercantile company, Miguel Romero,
Robert M. L. Ross, Eugenio Romero,
Secundino Romero, El Independente,
L. W. llfeld, Fidel Ortiz, A. A. Gallegos
and Anastacio Roybal are also given
by the report as delinquent in various
amounts which should have been de
ducted before they were paid by Ihe
county.
Delinquent Taxes.
The tax rolls showed on August i,
1912, the following amount of delin
quent taxes for each year:
Taxes Del.
$20,279.78
23,200.98
37,302.75
42,240.51
33,208.96
20.919.07
19.S5S.80
....27,163.38
28.9S8.50
26,143.82
32,093.83
48,273.96
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MILLINER
Year:
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1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
- 1907
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1909
1910
101.1
A total of $359,674.34, which is in ad
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amounting to $16,545.40, during this
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San Miguel Protests.
Disannroval of the actions of the
board of equalization and determina
tion to resist its attempts to increase
the property valuations in San Miguel
county were expressed at a meeting
of the tax payers last night in the
Commercial club rooms, says the Las
Vegas Optic. The meeting unani
mously voted that a committee of six
men be appointed to represent the
taxpayers and, if necessary, enjoin
the assessor from spreading the in
creased valuation upon the tax rolls.
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the Commercial club appointed the
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William Springer, Harry W. Kelly, Dr.
J. M. Cunningham, Hallett Raynolds,
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