Any person or persons failing to file for record the patent they have received for a townsite in the state of New Mexico, shall, upon conviction, before any court of competent jurisdiction, be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than one year, and be fined in a sum of not less than five hundred dollars [($500)], together with the costs of the prosecution.
History: Laws 1909, ch. 50, § 2; Code 1915, § 5514; C.S. 1929, § 144-102; 1941 Comp., § 8-502; 1953 Comp., § 7-5-2.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.