Any person who has taken or may hereafter take possession of any lands being a part of the public domain of the United States, either for agriculture or stock-raising, may make out a notice setting forth that he has taken possession of such land, giving a description of the same according to legal subdivisions, if […]
When the damages claimed shall not exceed one hundred dollars [($100)], judgment shall be rendered against the party as in a civil action the same as in other civil actions, but should they exceed one hundred dollars [($100)], then and in this case the party aggrieved shall apply in the district court for his justification […]
It shall not be legal for any person or persons, company or corporation, to construct and maintain inclosures [enclosures] upon land considered and held as public land in this state, nor to apply the same to private use, which may result in prejudice to the citizens thereto, unless the same be made and sustained in […]
Any person who shall, contrary to the provisions of the preceding section [19-3-11 NMSA 1978], be found occupying, or trying to deprive others of the free use and pasturing upon the public land, under the pretext of a deed, upon conviction thereof before any court having jurisdiction in the matter, shall be fined in a […]
Any person, company or corporation that may appropriate and stock a range upon the public domain of the United States, or otherwise, with cattle shall be deemed to be in possession thereof: provided, that such person, company or corporation shall lawfully possess or occupy, or be the lawful owner or possessor of sufficient living, permanent […]
Whenever any person, company or corporation turns loose on any range in this state, already occupied or in the possession of another or others by virtue of their having complied with the provisions of the preceding section [19-3-13 NMSA 1978], he or they must be the owner or owners of, or must be lawfully entitled […]
Any person, company or corporation violating the provisions of the preceding section [19-3-14 NMSA 1978] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment in the county jail of the county wherein the offense was committed, for a period not to exceed six months, or by a fine of not less than one hundred […]
Each day’s violation of the provisions of the first two sections [19-3-13, 19-3-14 NMSA 1978] of this chapter shall be and constitute a separate cause of action against any person, company or corporation violating the same. History: Laws 1889, ch. 61, § 4; C.L. 1897, § 130; Code 1915, § 4631; C.S. 1929, § 111-104; […]
The original notice when recorded, the record thereof provided for in the previous section [19-3-1 NMSA 1978], and a duly certified copy of said record shall be received in evidence with the same effect as deeds of conveyances, their records and copies thereof are now received under the laws of this state, in the trial […]
The owner of what is known as a valid claim or improvement under the laws of this state, on public lands of the United States, shall be deemed in possession of a transferable interest therein, and any sale of such improvement shall be considered a sufficient consideration to support a promise: provided, that no such […]
Timber or other articles of value on the lands of the United States, reduced to possession by any person, shall be deemed the property of such person against all persons except the United States, or some person claiming under them. History: Laws 1851-1852, p. 274; C.L. 1865, ch. 86 (2d), § 2; C.L. 1884, § […]
All public lands, proper for pasturing horned cattle, sheep and horses, of any class whatever, are reserved for such purpose, and declared common pastures. History: Laws 1861-1862, p. 274; C.L. 1865, ch. 86 (2d), § 4; C.L. 1884, § 2573; C.L. 1897, § 3747; Code 1915, § 4636; C.S. 1929, § 111-109; 1941 Comp., § […]
Said lands shall not be used by any person as private property, but shall be held as public property for the use of any person, and common to all. History: Laws 1861-1862, p. 274; C.L. 1865, ch. 86 (2d), § 5; C.L. 1884, § 2574; C.L. 1897, § 3748; Code 1915, § 4637; C.S. 1929, […]
All persons are prohibited from occupying any meadow situated upon the public lands, and known as public pasture ground, for the purpose of speculating with the hay thereon, to the great detriment of the entire community: provided, however, one hundred and sixty acres may be so occupied by enclosing the same with a secure fence, […]
Should any person, contrary to the provisions of the preceding section [19-3-7 NMSA 1978], take possession of and appropriate to himself any such meadow with the object of selling the hay thereof, or to impede or prevent animals from grazing thereupon, or kill or otherwise injure such animals, the same shall be liable to punishment […]
The justice of the peace [magistrate] before whom complaint shall have been made for a violation of the two foregoing sections [19-3-7, 19-3-8 NMSA 1978], shall immediately enter upon the due investigation of the same, as by law required in the case of other offenses, and shall transmit his proceedings to the proper court. History: […]
