Misuse of Indigent Fund; Misdemeanor. Sec. 3. Any member or members of any Board of County Commissioners, or of the council or other governing board of any incorporated city, town or village, who shall expend any portion of the fund hereby provided for and created, for any purpose other than that herein specified, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months or both. Emergency; Act Effective Upon Passage and Approval. Sec. 4. That it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety of the inhabitants of the State of New Mexico that the provisions of this Act shall become effective at the earliest possible time and therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 9. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF SALARY AND CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE STATE MINE INSPECTOR. S. B. No. 60; Approved March 6, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of Eightyeight Dollars and Fifty-five Cents ($88.55) for the payment of actual and necessary expenses of the State Mine Inspector from September 23, 1912, when he took the oath of office, to October 3, 1912, when he gave his official bond, during which time he was acting as State Mine Inspector and performing the duties of that office, an itemized statement of such expenses having been filed in the office of the State Auditor, and also for the payment of his salary from September 25, 1912, to October 3, 1912; and the State Auditor is authorized to draw his warrant in favor of saiú State Mine Inspector for said sum of money. CHAPTER 10. AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIO GRANDE. Amend. S. B. No. 19; Approved March 6, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. That the following amount is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the moneys in the hands of the State Treasurer to the credit of the "Rio Grande Income Fund" and the "Improve ment of the Rio Grande Permanent Fund" for the permanent improvement of the Rio Grande: The sum of Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-four Dollars and Thirty-three Cents ($4,734.33). Money to be Used for Present and Proposed Works. Sec. 2. The money so appropriated or such portion thereof as may be necessary shall be used to aid in the completion of the several protective works at present under construction and proposed by the State Engineer. State Engineer to Supervise Works-Expenditure of Fund. Sec. 3. Such work of public improvement shall be done and performed as determined upon by the State Engineer, and under his supervision, and shall in his opinion be for the improvement of the Rio Grande or the increasing of the surface flow therein, under the provision of the Act of Congress approved June 1, 1898, in reference thereto. The monies hereby appropriated shall be expended pro rata in the counties of Rio Arriba, Taos, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia, Sierra, Socorro, and Dona Ana, according to the necessities existing or which may arise, and shall be paid upon the order of the State Engineer, by warrants drawn by the State Auditor on the State Treasurer. Repeal Clause. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, but this shall not be con strued as repealing the provisions of Chapter 57 of the Laws of 1905. Emergency; Act Effective Upon Passage and Approval. Sec. 5. That it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety of the inhabitants of the State of New Mexico that the provisions of this act shall become effective at the earliest possible time, and therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 11. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FURTHER CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCENIC HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE CITIES OF SANTA FE AND LAS VEGAS. H. B. No. 65; Approved March 6, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. From that portion of the proceeds derived from the sale of State Highway Bonds of which the County of Santa Fe is or may be or become entitled, by law, the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to expend the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the further .construction of the Scenic Highway established by the provisions of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 1903, and of Chapter 7 of the Laws of 1905, from the point to which said scenic highway has been constructed in the mountains Northeast of the City of Santa Fe to a point on the Pecos River. Repeal Clause. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 12. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PORTION OF EL CAMINO REAL BETWEEN THE CITIES OF SANTA FE AND AL BUQUERQUE. H. B. No. 56; Approved March 6, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. From that portion of the proceeds derived from the sale of the State Highway Bonds to which the County of Santa Fe is or may be or become entitled by law, the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to expend the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, or such portion thereof as may be necessary for the location and construction of that portion of El Camino Real between the cities of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, which is or may be located within the limits of the County of Santa Fe. Repeal Clause. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 13. AN ACT TO VALIDATE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF DEEDS, MORTGAGES, LEASE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING AFFECTING TITLES TO REAL ESTATE, HERETOFORE TAKEN BEFORE UNITED STATES COURT COMMISSIONERS AND UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS. Amended H. B. No. 44; Approved March 7, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: to Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, etc., Previous Acknowledgments Validated. Section 1. That acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, leases, and other instruments of writing referring to, or in any manner affecting titles to real estate in this State, which have heretofore been executed in good faith and acknowledge [d] before United States Court Commissioners and United States Commissioners as well as de facto United States Court Commissioners and de facto United States Commissioners, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the extent that they would have been valid and effective if taken before notaries public. CHAPTER 14. AN ACT INCREASING THE JURISDICTION OF THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. H. Sub. S. B. No. 46 and H. B. No. 37; Approved March 7, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Jurisdiction of Justices of Peace Increased. Section 1. Justices of the Peace shall have jurisdiction in all civil actions, as now provided by law, in which the debt or sum claimed shall not be in excess of Two Hundred Dollars exclusive of interest. Repeal Clause. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.. CHAPTER 15. AN ACT PROHIBITING MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS AGENT TO PERMIT SAME. Amended H. B. No. 110; Approved Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. Minors under the age of eighteen years are hereby prohibited from attending, frequenting or loitering in or about any pool room in New Mexico. Duties of Proprietors; Violation, Fine, Imprisonment. Sec. 2. The owners or proprietors of any pool room in the State of New Mexico, who shall permit minors under the age of eighteen years to attend, frequent or loiter in or about the pool room shall, upon conviction, before any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars together with the costs of the prosecution, and provided further, upon a second conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding Thirty Days, together with the costs of prosecution. Emergency; Act Effective Upon Passage and Approval. Sec. 3. This Act is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall therefore take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, provided that it be passed by a two-thirds vote of each House, but if passed by less than a two-thirds vote of each House, it shall take effect ninety days after the adjournment of the Legislature. |