An annual eastern New Mexico state fair may be held in Chaves county, at which shall be exhibited livestock, poultry, vegetables, fruits, grains and other agricultural products, minerals, ores and other mining exhibits, machinery, farm implements and all other things which may be in the interest of advancing agricultural, horticultural, stock raising, mining, mechanical and other industrial pursuits of eastern New Mexico, and the state generally, and any county of the state may erect, maintain, furnish or donate exhibits consonant with the purposes and in furtherance of the interest of said fair.
History: Laws 1931, ch. 6, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 48-2122; 1953 Comp., § 45-20-22.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Leasing of state fair property. — The eastern New Mexico state fair would have the authority to lease the property owned by it to anyone and on such terms and conditions as it deems proper, provided that its articles of incorporation do not preclude this, and provided further that the terms of such lease provide a return reasonably in line with the value of the property leased and does not amount to a gift. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-256.