Women may hold any appointive office in the state of New Mexico.
History: Laws 1913, ch. 60, § 1; Code 1915, § 3953; C.S. 1929, § 96-104; 1941 Comp., § 10-104; 1953 Comp., § 5-1-4.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For eligibility of women to any public office, see N.M. Const., art. VII, § 2.
For women as public officers, see N.M. Const., art. XX, § 11.
Assistant commissioner of public lands. — Under this section and N.M. Const., art. XX, § 11, a woman may hold the appointive office of assistant commissioner of public lands. 1920 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 20-2752.
A woman can hold the office of school director. 1912 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 12-934.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Construction and application of provisions of Equal Pay Act of 1963 (29 U.S.C. § 206(d)) prohibiting wage discrimination on basis of sex, 7 A.L.R. Fed. 707.
Construction and application of provisions of Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act making sex discrimination in employment unlawful, 12 A.L.R. Fed. 15, 27 A.L.R. Fed. 274, 27 A.L.R. Fed. 537, 34 A.L.R. Fed. 648, 35 A.L.R. Fed. 15, 62 A.L.R. Fed. 33, 110 A.L.R. Fed. 28, 116 A.L.R. Fed. 1, 123 A.L.R. Fed. 1
What constitutes "establishment" for purposes of § 6(d)(1) of Equal Pay Act (29 USCS § 206(d)(1)), prohibiting wage discrimination within establishment based on sex, 124 A.L.R. Fed. 159.
What constitutes termination of employee due to pregnancy in violation of Pregnancy Discrimination Act amendment to Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USCS § 2000e(k)), 130 A.L.R. Fed. 473.
67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees § 20.