0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 51 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MANNY M. ARAGON | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| DECLARING THE YEAR 1998 AS THE YEAR OF THE CUARTOCENTENARIO. | 0012| | 0013| WHEREAS, the first Hispanic settlement in New Mexico was | 0014| established in 1598 under Spain and by permission of King | 0015| Felipe II; and | 0016| WHEREAS, the first Hispanic settlement took place at San | 0017| Juan de los Caballeros at San Juan Pueblo under Governor and | 0018| Captain General don Juan de Onate; and | 0019| WHEREAS, many New Mexicans today trace their ancestry | 0020| from that Spanish colony; and | 0021| WHEREAS, at least as late as 1607, a party led by Captain | 0022| Juan Martinez de Montoya founded la Villa de Santa Fe, which | 0023| became the permanent capital of New Mexico in 1610; and | 0024| WHEREAS, for four hundred years the people of New Mexico | 0025| have survived together, Hispanics and pueblo Indians living | - 1 - 0001| side by side in what is the oldest coexistence in the United | 0002| States; and | 0003| WHEREAS, New Mexico has become a unique part of the | 0004| United States for the last one hundred fifty years and the | 0005| same historical attitude of accommodation has prevailed; | 0006| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0007| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it declare the year 1998 as the year | 0008| of the cuartocentenario and authorize the office of cultural | 0009| affairs to coordinate and lead in statewide commemorative | 0010| activities. | 0011|  |