Appointments to fill expired terms in the office of drainage commissioners shall be made by the presiding judge of the district court of the county having jurisdiction of the drainage district at the courthouse therein, during the first ten days of September, or as soon thereafter as possible, on a day fixed by the court at least thirty days before such appointment is to be made and a written notice of the time fixed, mailed under direction of the court to each landowner of the district in each district in which such terms expire.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 20; Code 1915, § 1896; C.S. 1929, § 40-126; 1941 Comp., § 77-1826; 1953 Comp., § 75-19-26.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1919, ch. 156, provided for the election of drainage district commissioners and is presently compiled as 73-6-17 to 73-6-25 and 73-6-33 NMSA 1978. Section 73-6-24 NMSA 1978 provided for the regular election of commissioners. Laws 1919, ch. 156, § 11, repealed all provisions in conflict with that act.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 28 C.J.S. Drains § 14.