When any officer is suspended as provided in this act [chapter], the judge of said court shall appoint some qualified person to discharge the duties of such officer during the period of his suspension, which person shall take the oath and give the bond required of incumbents of such office, and in case the final judgment be for the removal of such accused officer before the expiration of his term, his successor shall be appointed in the manner provided by law for filling vacancies in such office.
History: Laws 1909, ch. 36, § 29; Code 1915, § 3982; Laws 1915, ch. 21, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 96-133; 1941 Comp., § 10-330; 1953 Comp., § 5-3-30.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler to conform to the substitutions of "this chapter" for "this act" made by the 1915 Code compilers throughout this article. The bracketed insertion is not a part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers replaced "chapter 36 of the Session Laws of 1909," compiled as 10-3-1, 10-4-1 to 10-4-29 NMSA 1978, with "this chapter," referring to Chapter 80 of the 1915 Code, §§ 3950 to 3985, compiled as 10-1-2 to 10-1-4, 10-3-1, 10-4-1 to 10-4-29 and 10-17-5 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 74 to 79, 108.