All clerks who shall fail in the discharge of the duties required in the two foregoing sections [34-7-17, 34-7-18 NMSA 1978] shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction before the district court shall be fined at the discretion of the court, in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars [($25.00)], nor more than one hundred dollars [($100)].
History: Laws 1860-1861, p. 80; C.L. 1865, ch. 39, § 24; C.L. 1884, § 419; C.L. 1897, § 757; Code 1915, § 1449; C.S. 1929, § 34-434; 1941 Comp., § 16-427; 1953 Comp., § 16-4-27.
ANNOTATIONS
Compiler’s notes. — The 1915 Code compilers substituted “the two foregoing sections” for “the foregoing sections.” The latter presumably referred to the Comp. Laws 1865, ch. 39, §§ 20 to 23.