The commissioner is given authority to exercise the police power of the state in preventing and extinguishing fires upon any state lands, including lands under lease or contract of sale, and for such purposes he may enter upon private lands and may employ such assistants as may be necessary. He may allow such assistants while in actual discharge of their duties, per diem, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding two and one-half dollars [($2.50)] and actual necessary transportation expenses, which shall be paid out of the state lands maintenance fund.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 66; Code 1915, § 5244; C.S. 1929, § 132-178; 1941 Comp., § 8-603; 1953 Comp., § 7-6-3.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For state lands maintenance fund, see 19-1-11 NMSA 1978.
For prevention of fire on timberlands, see 68-1-1 to 68-1-5 NMSA 1978.