All violations of the provisions of this article, declared to be misdemeanors, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor less than ten dollars ($10.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and any justice [magistrate] court of the county in which such misdemeanor has been committed shall have jurisdiction thereof.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, § 51; Code 1915, § 5710; C.S. 1929, § 151-163; 1941 Comp., § 77-706; 1953 Comp., § 75-7-6.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
The office of justice of the peace was abolished, and the jurisdiction, powers and duties thereof transferred to the magistrate courts. See 35-1-38 NMSA 1978.
Compiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers substituted the term "this article" for "this act." "This act" would refer to Laws 1907, ch. 49, compiled as 19-7-26, 72-1-1, 72-1-2, 72-1-5, 72-2-1 to 72-2-7, 72-2-9, 72-2-10, 72-3-1 to 72-3-5, 72-4-1, 72-4-13, 72-4-15, 72-4-17 to 72-4-19, 72-5-1, 72-5-3, 72-5-4, 72-5-6 to 72-5-24, 72-5-26 to 72-5-28, 72-5-33, 72-7-1 to 72-7-3, 72-8-1 to 72-8-6, 72-9-1 to 72-9-3 NMSA 1978. "This article" would refer to the same sections and, in addition, to 72-5-2, 72-5-29 to 72-5-31 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 313.