2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 3 - Ditches or Acequias; Special Provisions Governing Certain Counties
Section 73-3-8 - [Mayordomo; failing to perform duties; malfeasance.]
If any mayordomo of any community ditch or acequia, after having undertaken to serve as such, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties of his office, or conduct himself with impropriety or injustice in his office as mayordomo or take any bribe in money, property or otherwise as inducement to act improperly, he shall, upon conviction before any justice of the peace [magistrate court] within the county where such offense is committed, be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court or jury trying the case.
History: Laws 1903, ch. 32, § 8; Code 1915, § 5794; C.S. 1929, § 151-511; 1941 Comp., § 77-1507; 1953 Comp., § 75-15-7.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Section 35-1-38 NMSA 1978 abolished the office of justice of the peace, transferred the jurisdiction, powers and duties of said justices to the magistrate court and provided that all statutory references to "justice of the peace" shall be construed to refer to the magistrate court.
Cross references. — For counties to which this section does not apply, see 73-3-11 NMSA 1978.
