The board may employ a competent attorney to give advice and counsel in regard to any matter connected with the duties of the board, to represent the board in any legal proceedings and to aid in the enforcement of the laws in relation to livestock. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to such attorney.
History: Laws 1937, ch. 205, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 49-210; 1953 Comp., § 47-2-10; Laws 1986, ch. 32, § 41; 1999, ch. 282, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For use of livestock fund, see 77-2-17 NMSA 1978.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted "special tax" at the end of the section heading, substituted "The board may" for "The New Mexico livestock board has authority to" at the beginning of the first sentence, and deleted the former last sentence, which related to a special tax levied upon all cattle, horses, mules and asses in every county of the state.
The 1986 amendment added the present catchline, substituted "The New Mexico livestock board has authority" for "The Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico shall have authority" in the first sentence, substituted "every county" for "the several counties" and "Section 77-2-15 NMSA 1978" for "Section 2 of this act", and made minor stylistic changes in the second sentence.