It shall be the duty of each of the district attorneys in this state to prosecute and defend for the state in all courts of the county or counties in their respective districts, all causes, criminal and civil, arising under the provisions of this chapter, in which the state may be a party or interested or concerned.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 81; Code 1915, § 2504; C.S. 1929, § 57-323; 1941 Comp., § 43-231; 1953 Comp., § 53-2-29.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The compilers of the 1915 Code substituted the words "this chapter" for the words "this act." For disposition of Chapter 47, 1915 Code, in NMSA 1978, see note to 17-2-11 NMSA 1978.