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NEW MEXICO. 



edition of the " Compendium " were about to be 

 published. One thousand copies each of " The 

 True Christian Religion " and the " Apocalypse 

 Eevealed " had been printed by the trustees of 

 the lungerich fund for free distribution to the 

 clergy. The income of the Theological School 

 had been $3,778, and its endowment fund 

 amounted to $31,370. Six students had at- 

 tended the school. To meet the case of faith- 

 ful students, who are prevented from com- 

 pleting the full course, the president of the 

 school recommended that a formal certificate 

 relating the amount of work actually accom- 

 plished, be prepared and presented to such per- 

 sons. The whole amount of the New Church 

 Building fund was $1,221, of which $971 were 

 at the disposal of the trustees. No loans had 

 been made during the year. The invested funds 

 of the Rice legacy, which is employed for the 

 circulation of New Church literature, amounted 

 to $8,086, and those of the Rotch legacy to 

 $33,786. Arrangements had been made in 

 connection with the administration of the last 

 fund for the revision and retranslation of the 

 " Arcana Ccelestia." The Board of Home and 

 Foreign Missions had received $4,157, and had 

 expended $2,900. Its labors had been carried 

 on in Nebraska, Canada, New Brunswick, and 

 Nova Scotia, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, 

 Florida, Texas, and the eastern shore of Mary- 

 land. Of foreign missions, reports were re- 

 ceived from Italy (where a considerable list of 

 books and tracts had been translated into 

 Italian) ; Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and 

 France. The Committee on the Publication of 

 Swedenborg's Manuscripts reported progress 

 in the printing of the " Quatuor Doctrinse" and 

 the "Apocalypse Revealed," and in the publi- 

 cation of the "Concordance" to the theologi- 

 cal writings of Swedenborg. The Sabbath- 

 School Association had prepared graded lessons 

 from the books of Genesis and John, and from 

 two of the works of Swedenborg. The Con- 

 vention invited the General Conference of Great 

 Britain, and the various American associations, 

 to co-operate in completing the work of photo- 

 lithographing the manuscripts of Swedenborg, 

 and authorized the collection of funds and 

 the beginning of the work when a sufficient 

 amount should be in hand. The establish- 

 ment of centers in different parts of the 

 country, whence missionaries of the New 

 Church doctrines should be sent out to the 

 people, was commended. An amendment to 

 the constitution of the convention was pro- 

 posed and referred, providing for a local or 

 temporary ministry, with limited authority, 

 who should not be regarded as general minis- 

 ters of the Church. 



NEW MEXICO. Territorial GoTernmcirt. The 

 following were the Territorial officers during 

 the year: Governor, Edmund G. Ross; Secre- 

 tary, George W. Lane; Treasurer, Antonio 

 Ortiz y Salazar; Auditor, Trinidad Alarid ; 

 Attorney - General, William Breeden ; Com- 

 missioner of Immigration, Henry C. Burnett; 



Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court, Elisha 

 Van Long; Associate Justices, William H. 

 Brinker and William F. Henderson. In ac- 

 cordance with an act of Congress providing for 

 a fourth justice of the Supreme Court, Presi- 

 dent Cleveland in February appointed Judge 

 Reuben A. Reeves, of Texas, to that position. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature, which 

 met on Dec. 27, 188G, continued in session un- 

 til the last of February, 1887. A law requir- 

 ing the attendance of children at a public or 

 private school for three months of each year, 

 was passed at this session, but in such a slip- 

 shod form as to be practically worthless. An- 

 other act establishes a Territorial school for 

 the deaf and dumb, and provides for the sup- 

 port of indigent pupils at such school at the 

 expense of the Territory. The Sunday laws 

 and the gaming laws were made more strin- 

 gent. The action taken with regard to Terri- 

 torial finances is discussed below. Other acts 

 of the session were as follow : 



To punish cruelty to animals. 



Making railroads liable for damages in killing 

 stock. 



Creating a sanitary board of the Territory, and pro- 

 viding for the appointment of a Territorial* veterinary 

 surgeon to prevent the importation and spread of 

 Texas fever and other cattle-diseases. 



To provide for the incorporation of building and 

 loan associations. 



To authorize the formation of companies for the 

 purpose of constructing irrigating and other canals, 

 and tor the colonization and improvement of lands. 



Creating the county of San Juan. 



Making it felony to attack railroad trains with the 

 purpose of committing robbery or other felony, and 

 punishing such attacks with death. 



Giving persons injured by an intoxicated person a 

 right of action against the one who sold or gave him 

 liquor, after such person has been warned not to sell 

 or give to the person intoxicated. 



Providing a penalty for cruel treatment of a wife 

 and for abandonment of her and her family. 



To punish bribeiy and intimidation of witnesses. 



To provide additional punishment for crimes against 

 women and children. 



To punish the keeping of " opium joints."' 



To prohibit the unlawful carrying and use of deadly 

 weapons. 



Revising the laws of descent and of apportionment 

 of estates. 



Reqnirinpr all smelting companies to pay the ex- 

 penses, during sickness, of any employe" who has beens 

 rendered unable to work by reason of lead-poisoning. 



Increasing the list of property exempt from levy and 

 sale under execution. 



Providing a salary for justices of the Supreme Court 

 in addition to that paid. ay_ the National Government. 



Providing that Territorial or county warrants shall 

 be registered by the several treasurers and shall be 

 paid in the order of registry when funds are at hand. 



Providing that parties claiming rights in a disputed 

 mine may bring or defend ejectment in the district 

 court of the county where the mine lies during the 

 time the claim is being contested before tlie United 

 States Land Office. 



Giving all parties to an action regarding title or pos- 

 session of a mining claims; the right to enter, inspect, 

 and survey the premise*. 



Authorizing tne Penitentiary authorities to lease or 

 purchase suitable eoal-miines, and to employ the con- 

 victs therein, and appropriating $25,000 for such lease 

 or purchase, the above sum to be obtained by the issue 

 of 5-per-cent. bonds. 



