members of any educational board voting for the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to punishment accordingly. CHAPTER 71. AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICINES USED IN DIPPING SHEEP AND PROBHITING [PROHIBITING] THE USE OF MEDICINES FOR SUCH PURPOSE WHICH DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT. Amend. S. B. No. 72; Approved Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1 That hereafter, whenever it may be required by law or by the regulations of any Board or other authority constituted by law that sheep shall be dipped either for the cure or prevention of scabies, the requirements of said law or said regulations shall permit the use in such dipping of any and all dips now or hereafter permitted to be used or approved under the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture governing the inspection, disinfection, certification, treatment, handling, and method and manner of delivery and shipment of live stock, which is the subject of interstate commerce, being order number 143 of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, and the various amendments thereto that have been or here after may be made. Provided, that any such dips or medicines shall be approved by the Sheep Sanitary Board. CHAPTER 72. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BIENNIEL [BIENNIAL] ELECTION OF OFFICERS IN INCORPORATED TOWNS AND VILLAGES. S. Sub. for S. B. No. 146; Approved March 15, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. Hereafter in incorporated towns and villages the term of office of all elective officers thereof shall be two years. | Election, April, 1914. Present Officers Hold Until 1914. Sec. 2. All elective officers in such municipalities, now in office, shall remain in office until their successors shall have been elected and qualified at the election to be held on the first Tuesday of April, 1914, and no election for such officers shall be held in any such municipality until said date. Manner of Holding and Date of Elections. Sec. 3. The elective officers, provided by law to be elected in such municipalities, shall be elected by the qualified electors thereof, on the first Tuesday of April, 1914, and every two years thereafter, in the manner provided by law. 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 73. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3616 OF THE COMPILED LAWS OF 1897, RELATING TO THE POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INSANE ASYLUM WITH REFERENCE TO CONTRACTS FOR SUP PLIES. Amend. S. B. No. 80; Approved March 15, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Powers of Directors of Insane Asylum; Accounts; Rules for Patients; Supplies, Purchase of. Section 1. That Section 3616 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 3616. The said board of the asylum shall have the discretionary powers, in case of absolute necessity, to remove patients. to the nearest possible safe and appropriate place; to cause the accounts of the asylum to be so kept and reported as to show the quality, quantity, cost and vender of every article purchased; to examine and audit the expenditure for employes and all other expenses incident to the conduct of the asylum and care and maintenance of the patients therein; to make regulations and fix the terms upon which insane patients who are not indigent or who are not residents of the state shall be permitted to enter or be cared for in said asylum, and all receipts from such source must be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the insane asylum fund. Said board shall require the medical superintendent or manager to submit estimates of the amount of provisions, fuel, clothing and other supplies required for the period of not more than six months from the time said report is received, and said board shall then proceed to advertise in some newspaper published in said state for the period of four consecutive weeks, calling for bids to supply the same, or so much thereof as they may deem necessary or have money to pay for, and shall let the contract for furnishing the same to the lowest responsible bidder; Provided, Said board shall have the right to reject any and all bids, and no more than the regular market price shall be paid for any supplies for said asylum. And said board shall have the right to require satisfactory security of all contractors for supplies for the faithful performance of their contracts. Nothing in this act shall prevent said board from purchasing contigent supplies at the lowest market price, prior to any regular meeting or in case of emergency." Repeal Clause. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 74. AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE HOLDING OF A SCHOOL FOR THE FULL PERIOD OF FIVE MONTHS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE REGULAR ANNUAL INCOME IS IN SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSE. Amend. S. B. No. 182; Approved March 15, 1913. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: Section 1. Any balance remaining in the reserve fund created for the purpose of enabling school districts to hold school for a term of five months, at the end of the school year shall be set aside by the treasurer of the State to the credit of the "School Building Fund” which is hereby created. Application to State for Funds for Five Months School; Endorsement; Approval. Sec. 2. Any school district already formed or which may hereafter be formed in which the regular annual income is insufficient for the maintaining of a school for a period of five months, may make application to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney General of the State on a form to be prepared by said Attorney General, for sufficient funds out of the fund herein created, to enable such district to build and construct a suitable school house or houses, or to complete or properly furnish such school house or school houses for the convenience and suitable education of the children therein of compulsory school age; such application shall describe the boundaries of such district, give the amount of taxable property therein, its indebtedness already issued and outstanding, the number of school children therein who can be accommodated by such school buildings and all other facts which may aid the State Superintendent and the Attorney General in determining the advisability of constructing, completing or furnishing such school building or school buildings; said application shall be signed by the school directors of the district and must, before presentation to the Superintendent of Public Instruction receive the endorsement of the Superintendent of Schools, which said endorsement must appear on said application; PROVIDED, however, should the County Superintendent of Schools arbitrarily refuse to approve any such application, the directors may present the same to the State Board of Education and said Board may after a hearing, if it finds the facts warrant, approve said application without the endorsement of the County Superintendent of Schools. Approval of Application by State Officers; Payment of Funds; School District Furnish Building Site and Labor. Sec. 3. If the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Attorney General of the State approve said application they shall endorse thereon their approval and certify the amount allowed to the auditor of the State who shall draw his warrant in favor of the Treasurer of the County in which said district is situate to be by him credited to said school district payable out of the fund herein created and the Treasurer of the State shall pay said warrant, upon presentation, out of such fund. Provided, that not to exceed ($300) Three Hundred Dollars shall be allowed for building or completing any school building nor more than Fifty Dollars for furnishing any school room and in every case the school district receiving aid shall furnish in labor or money at least one-third of the cost of the construction, completion, or furnishing of the school building or buildings. Provided, further, the site for said school building shall be provided by the school directors which district must first procure title in fee simple to said site. Notice of Funds; Building Plans, Submission, Changes, Approval; Building Contract. Sec. 4. As soon as the treasurer of the county has placed the amount to the credit of the proper. district, he shall notify the county superintendent of schools and the school directors of said district of the amount of money then on hand, subject to be withdrawn for the purposes named herein. The directors shall then prepare plans and specifications for building, completing or furnishing the school building or school buildings of the district and submit such plans and specifications to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and to the Attorney General of the State for their consideration and approval and said Superintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney General shall make such changes in said specifications as will, in their judgment, serve the best interests of the district. Upon the approval of the plans and specifications by said Superintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney General, it shall be the duty of the Board of School Directors acting in conjunction with the County Superintendent of Schools to call for sealed bids for the construction, completion or furnishing of said school building or buildings, allowing at least thirty days for filing bids with adequate notice of the date and place of opening. At the time and place specified, the county superintendent and the board of school directors shall open said bids and award the contract for building, completing, or furnishing said school house or school houses as, in their judgment, the best interests of the district may require. And it shall be the duty of said county superintendent and school directors to require a sufficient bond of the contractor for the full and faithful compliance with the terms of the contract. Warrants, Approval and Payment; Acounts; Expenditures Limited. Sec. 5. The Treasurer of the County shall honor and pay all warrants drawn by the board of school directors against the fund placed to the credit of its district; as herein provided, only when |