The commissioner of public lands shall be the third member along with the governor and attorney general of the commission created by Section 11 of the act of congress designated as the Enabling Act, approved June 20, 1910. The governor shall be chairman and said commissioner shall be secretary of said commission. The commission is authorized to employ one or more locating agents who shall be paid out of the maintenance fund provided by this chapter.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 77; Code 1915, § 5255; C.S. 1929, § 132-189; 1941 Comp., § 8-105; 1953 Comp., § 7-1-4.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The words "this chapter" evidently refers to chapter 102 of the 1915 Code, §§ 5178 to 5290, compiled herein as 19-1-1 to 19-1-6, 19-1-9 to 19-1-16, 19-1-21, 19-2-1, 19-5-3 to 19-5-10, 19-6-1 to 19-6-7, 19-7-1, 19-7-7, 19-7-8, 19-7-11, 19-7-13, 19-7-19 to 19-7-22, 19-7-25, 19-7-27 to 19-7-30, 19-7-34, 19-7-36, 19-7-50, 19-7-51, 19-7-52, 19-7-53, 19-7-57, 19-7-58, 19-7-64 to 19-7-67, 19-8-1 to 19-8-3, 19-8-10, 19-8-12, 19-8-13, 19-9-1 to 19-9-8 and 19-11-10 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For the state lands maintenance fund, see 19-1-11 NMSA 1978.