It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of any county in the state at their next meeting, after a petition as required in Section 67-5-5 NMSA 1978 is received, to appoint a board of commissioners of three freeholders of the county to view and mark out the road prayed for in the petition, and to fix a time for such view and to cause notices to be posted in three of the most public places, along the new proposed road, at least five days previous to the day fixed for the view thereof, giving parties in interest notice that at the time fixed by the board of county commissioners the viewers so appointed will meet at the point designated in the petition as the starting point of such road, to attend to their duties as viewers.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 7; Code 1915, § 2659; C.S. 1929, § 64-708; 1941 Comp., § 58-408; 1953 Comp., § 55-4-8.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For publication in lieu of posting, see 14-11-12 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 146.
39A C.J.S. Highways § 106.