The mayor is the chief executive officer and shall:
A. cause the ordinances and regulations of the municipality to be obeyed;
B. exercise, within the municipality, powers conferred upon sheriffs of counties to suppress disorders and keep the peace; and
C. perform other duties, compatible with his office, which the governing body may require.
History: 1953 Comp., § 14-10-4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.
ANNOTATIONSImmunity. — Because a mayor's duties are not principally those of a direct law enforcement nature, a mayor is immune from suit under the Tort Claims Act. Montes v. Gallegos, 812 F. Supp. 1165 (D.N.M. 1992).
Warrantless arrest. — If the conduct of the plaintiff at the time appeared reasonably to the mayor and police chief to amount to a disturbance of the peace, or to be otherwise unlawful in its nature, committed as it was in the presence of the mayor and chief of police, then they were authorized to arrest the plaintiff without a warrant. Cherry v. Williams, 1957-NMSC-086, 63 N.M. 244, 316 P.2d 880.
Dual office holding. — The duties imposed upon the mayor by this section are not incompatible with those of a district attorney, and both offices may be filled by the same person contemporaneously. State ex rel. Chapman v. Truder, 1930-NMSC-049, 35 N.M. 49, 289 P. 594.
Law reviews. — For article, "Prisoners Are People," see 10 Nat. Resources J. 869 (1970).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 56 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions § 281.
Prohibition as means of controlling action of mayor, 115 A.L.R. 14, 159 A.L.R. 627.
62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 370.