Section 73-6-22 – [Determining and declaring result of election.]
On the second Monday next succeeding the first election provided for by this act [73-6-17 to 73-6-25, 73-6-33 NMSA 1978], the board of county commissioners shall meet and proceed to canvass the votes cast at such election and declare the result as by this act provided. History: Laws 1919, ch. 156, § 6; C.S. 1929, […]
Section 73-6-23 – [Election precincts; polling places; election judges and clerks.]
For the purposes of the first election hereinbefore provided for, if, in the judgment of the board of county commissioners, it is necessary so to do, said board may establish election precincts and polling places in addition to the number of voting precincts provided by law, and define the boundaries thereof, and such precincts may […]
Section 73-6-24 – [Time for holding second and subsequent elections; commissioners holding over.]
Regular elections of any such district shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of December of each second calendar year following the first election hereinbefore provided for, and the commissioners so elected at each of said elections shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and have qualified in accordance […]
Section 73-6-25 – [Commissioners; oath; bond; quorum; concurrence of majority.]
Before entering upon their duties, such commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Mexico, to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners and to render a true account of their duties to the district court within whose […]
Section 73-6-26 – [Appointments to fill expired terms; time; notice.]
Appointments to fill expired terms in the office of drainage commissioners shall be made by the presiding judge of the district court of the county having jurisdiction of the drainage district at the courthouse therein, during the first ten days of September, or as soon thereafter as possible, on a day fixed by the court […]
Section 73-6-27 – [Commissioners; vacancies.]
Vacancies in the board may be filled by such judge at any time, the commissioners appointed to hold [office] for the residue of the unexpired term. The removal of any commissioner from the county or counties in which lands of such district are situated shall render his office vacant. History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § […]
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 73-6-14 – [Petition; deed made to defeat.]
Any deed made for the purpose of establishing or defeating the prayer of said petition, and not made in good faith and for a valuable consideration shall be taken and held to be a fraud, and the grantee therein shall not be considered as the owner of the land described therein. History: Laws 1912, ch. […]
Section 73-6-15 – [Petition; purchasers after notice of petition.]
All purchasers of land within any drainage district or proposed drainage district after notice of such petition or any other notice provided by this article, shall have been given, or after such petition as hereinbefore referred to has been filed, shall be deemed to have purchased the same with notice thereof and shall be bound […]