In the meeting of said ditch commissioners, a majority of the persons elected as such shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, to carry out the purposes of the preceding section [73-2-47 NMSA 1978]. They shall elect a chairman and secretary from among their number. The chairman and secretary thus elected shall hold their positions during their term of office as ditch commissioners, and it shall be the duty of the secretary to keep in a proper book all of the proceedings of the meeting and to furnish the respective superintendents with a certified copy of the rules and regulations adopted at said meeting for the apportionment and distribution of the water free of cost.
History: Laws 1903, ch. 15, § 2; Code 1915, § 5777; C.S. 1929, § 151-447; 1941 Comp., § 77-1444; 1953 Comp., § 75-14-45.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The "preceding section" referred to is § 5776 Code of 1915, now compiled as 73-2-47 NMSA 1978.