If the board of directors shall deem it not to be for the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, shall be excluded from the district, it shall order that the said petition be denied; but if such board shall deem it to be for the best interests of the district that such lands, or some portion thereof be excluded from the district, and if the secretary of the interior shall in writing give his assent as by this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] hereinbefore provided, then the board may order the lands mentioned in the petition or some portion thereof to be excluded from the district.
History: Laws 1917, ch. 22, § 49; C.S. 1929, § 40-249; 1941 Comp., § 77-2049; 1953 Comp., § 75-21-49.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The words "this act" refers to Laws 1917, ch. 22, §§ 1 to 60, now compiled as 73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For requirement that secretary of interior assent to change in boundaries of district, see 73-8-35 NMSA 1978.