It shall be the duty of any person who receives a patent from the government of the United States for a townsite in the state of New Mexico, to at once file such patent for record with the county clerk of the county wherein such townsite is situated. History: Laws 1909, ch. 50, § 1; […]
Each and every person or association or company of persons claiming to be an occupant or occupants, or to have possession, or to be entitled to the occupancy or possession of such lands, or to any lot, block, share or parcel thereof, shall, within sixty days after the first publication of such notice, in person, […]
Within ten days after the time, as prescribed in the preceding section [19-4-10 NMSA 1978], the corporate authorities, or, if there be no corporate authorities, the probate judge holding the land in trust, shall give ten days’ notice of the time and place wherein a public meeting of the inhabitants of such town will be […]
The board of trustees, when elected, shall hold the office for the period of one year, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified under the laws of this state. History: Laws 1882, ch. 70, § 6; C.L. 1884, § 2780; C.L. 1897, § 3983; Code 1915, § 5524; C.S. 1929, § 144-112; […]
The board of trustees of any such town shall appoint, by order, resolution or ordinance, a board of appraisers, to consist of three freeholders of any such town, who shall have no interest in such unclaimed or unconveyed lots, or parcels of land, or the improvements thereon. Each of said appraisers shall take an oath […]
Said appraisers shall appraise all lots or parcels of land, unclaimed or not, conveyed by virtue of any law, in such town, at their just and full cash value, and file their written appraisement, as aforesaid. Said appraisement shall contain a description of each lot or parcel of land so appraised, and a statement of […]
The mayor, or president, or probate judge, as the case may be, shall, upon the filing of such appraisement, give notice, signed in his official capacity, of the time and place of sale of said lots and parcels of land, by advertisement, published once a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in […]
Such lots or parcels of land shall be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash and shall be offered for sale singly unless a greater price can be obtained by selling several lots or parcels of land together, in which case several lots or parcels of land can be sold together, after […]
If the title to any such land shall be vested in any probate judge, such probate judge shall convey to any such town, the land used or laid out by the town authorities, or otherwise, as streets, lanes, avenues, parks, commons and public grounds, within such time as provided in this chapter, for making conveyances […]
In all cases, when subsequent to the time provided by law for persons to claim lots on such townsites, and prior to the taking effect of this law, any person may have entered thereon and improved any lots belonging to such town, such person, after the report of such board of appraisers, and prior to […]
The corporate authorities of any town or board of trustees, may set apart and reserve any of said lots or blocks, not to exceed four blocks in all, nor situated in more than eight different blocks in any one town, for the public use of said town, for a town park, or other purposes, for […]
Any person or persons failing to file for record the patent they have received for a townsite in the state of New Mexico, shall, upon conviction, before any court of competent jurisdiction, be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than one year, and be fined in a sum of not […]
The proceeds received from the sale shall be disposed of as follows: A. first, to pay the expenses of the sale; B. second, to discharge any outstanding claims incurred in entering the townsite of the town; and C. third, the surplus, if any, shall be retained by the town trustees to be used for making […]
In case there shall be adverse claimants to such lands, or to any part, parcel or share thereof, either party may bring a suit against the adverse claimant or claimants, in the district court of the judicial district, or in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the lands shall be situated, […]
Upon the trial of any such action, either party may give in evidence the statement mentioned in Section 19-4-10 NMSA 1978, deposited by the other, or by the person under whom he, or she, claims, with the corporate authorities or probate judge. And the person, or persons, who shall have first acquired the right to […]
In case suits shall not be brought for the purpose of settling or determining any controversy to any such lands by either of the adverse claimants, within sixty days after the expiration of the time for filing the statement, as provided in Section 19-4-10 NMSA 1978, it shall be the duty of the probate judge […]
Whenever complaint shall be filed in any such action, summons shall be issued against the proper parties, and served upon the person or persons named therein, as in other cases provided by law, or upon the agent or attorney of such person or persons who shall have filed their statements as required by Section 19-4-10 […]
Appeals and writs of error shall be allowed and may be taken and prosecuted from the judgments or decrees, or any order of the courts in proceedings under this chapter, to the supreme court, as in other cases. History: Laws 1882, ch. 70, § 19; C.L. 1884, § 2793; C.L. 1897, § 3997; Code 1915, […]
Within ninety days from the first publication of the notice mentioned in Section 19-4-9 NMSA 1978, the corporate authorities or probate judge holding the title to the lands described in such notice, shall make a true, full and complete statement in writing, containing a true account of all moneys paid by him or them, expended […]
Before said corporate authorities, through commissioners hereinafter provided in this chapter, or probate judge, shall be required to execute and deliver any deed of conveyance to any person or persons claiming to be entitled to said lands and deed, such person or persons shall pay to him or them, through said commissioners, the sum of […]
