Territory of New Mexico ex rel. Ma. Sandoval v. Albright

Citations

• 12 N.M. 293
• 78 P. 204

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS.</p> <p>Laws 1903, p. 38, c. 27, section 3, was a portion of an act dividing Bernalillo county so as to create the new county of Sandoval, and provided that on or before April 1, 1903, the county commissioners of the present county of Bernalillo should give notice of an election to be held on April 14, 1903, in the county as it would be constituted after division, to elect certain officers, including a county assessor, and that the officers so elected should be actual bona fide residents of Bernalillo county, as constituted after its division pursuant to the act. Section 16 (page 43) provided that the act should take effect on and after, April 14, 1903, at which date the officers elected at the special election should assume their respective duties. Laws 1903, p. 80, c. 49, amended the act quoted by appointing two persons county commissioners for Bernalillo county after division, and providing that they should appoint an assessor not later than April 10, 1903. Held, that an assessor appointed pursuant to this amendment on March 23, 1903, which was before the act dividing Bernalillo county went into effect, was not entitled to the office.</p>