Section 73-6-28 – [Commissioners; accounts; records; vouchers.]
The commissioners shall keep an accurate record of all moneys collected on account of the work under their charge, and of all payments made by them, and shall take vouchers for such payments and shall keep full, accurate and true minutes of all their proceedings. History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 22; Code 1915, § […]
Section 73-6-29 – [Commissioners; annual report.]
On the first Tuesday of September of each year they shall file in the office of the clerk of the court having jurisdiction in the matter an itemized statement of all their receipts and disbursements and leave said report in such office for examination by parties interested at all times. History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, […]
Section 73-6-30 – [Commissioners; compensation; expenses.]
They shall receive for their services such compensation as the court or presiding judge thereof may determine. They shall also receive their actual reasonable expenses. History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 24; Code 1915, § 1900; C.S. 1929, § 40-130; 1941 Comp., § 77-1830; 1953 Comp., § 75-19-30. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material […]
Section 73-6-31 – [Commissioners; court to control; contempt.]
They shall at all times be under the control and direction of the court or presiding judge, and shall obey its or his directions; failure [failing] so to do they shall forfeit their compensation and be dealt with summarily as for contempt. History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 25; Code 1915, § 1901; C.S. 1929, […]
Section 73-6-32 – [Commissioners; bonds; liability.]
Suit may also be brought upon their bonds, in the name of the state and the amount recovered shall be applied to the construction of the work or to the party injured, as justice may require. History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 26; Code 1915, § 1902; C.S. 1929, § 40-132; 1941 Comp., § 77-1832; […]
Section 73-6-17 – [Finding sufficient number of signers; certificate; calling election for drainage commissioners.]
But if it shall appear that the petition has been so signed, the court or judge shall so find, and shall certify such fact to the board of county commissioners of the county or counties in which such district is situated, and said commissioners shall call an election for the election of commissioners of the […]
Section 73-6-33 – [Commissioners; organization; examination of lands; report.]
Within ten days after said commissioner [commissioners] shall be elected and qualified they shall meet and organize by electing one of their number president and one secretary, and as soon as may be thereafter, they shall personally examine the lands in said district and make a preliminary report to the court, which report shall state: […]
Section 73-6-18 – [Qualifications of voters; application of general election laws.]
At such election and at all elections held under the provisions of this act [73-6-17 to 73-6-25, 73-6-33 NMSA 1978], all resident freeholders who are the owners of land within the proposed drainage district, or other evidences of title to such lands, who are qualified electors under the general election laws of the state, shall […]
Section 73-6-34 – [Commissioners to report.]
If said proposed work as in the petition described, is not best suited to carry out the purposes of the petition the commissioners shall consider and base their report upon some other plan best suited to carry out those purposes and propose to the court the plan by them recommended. History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, […]
Section 73-6-19 – [Elected by plurality vote.]
At all elections held under the provisions of this act [73-6-17 to 73-6-25, 73-6-33 NMSA 1978], the commissioners or persons receiving the highest number of votes cast by the qualified electors of the district shall be declared to be elected. History: Laws 1919, ch. 156, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 40-119; 1941 Comp., § 77-1819; […]