New Mexico § 16-6-13 - Additional powers of fair commission; definitions

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§ 16-6-13. Additional powers of fair commission; definitions

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act, shall have the following

meaning unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: A. the term “bonds” shall mean any bonds of the New Mexico state fair issued pursuant

to this act; B. the term “project” shall mean and include buildings, structures, improvements and

equipment of every kind, nature and description, which may be required by or convenient

for the purpose of the New Mexico state fair, including, without limiting the generality

of the foregoing, administration, exhibition, recreation, or parts thereof, or additions

thereto, heat, light, or systems, or parts thereof, or extensions thereto; greenhouses,

farm exhibition building, stock pens, stable, grounds or parts thereof; or additions

thereto; or any one, or more than one, or all of the foregoing, or any combination

thereof; or such other buildings, pens, stalls or improvements as the fair commission

shall by a majority of the members deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this

act and of Chapter 46, Laws of 1913 ( Sections 16-6-1 to 16-6-4 , 16-6-6 to 16-6-9 , 16-6-11 , 16-6-12 NMSA 1978 ), and all amendments thereof; C. the term “to acquire” shall include to purchase, to erect, to build, to construct,

to reconstruct, to repair, to replace, to extend, to better, to equip, to develop,

to improve and to embellish a project; D. the term “Recovery Act” 1 shall mean the act of the congress of the United States of America, approved June

16, 1933, entitled: “An act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster

fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works

and for other purposes,” and acts amendatory thereof and acts supplemental thereto,

and revisions thereof, and any further acts of the congress of the United States to

encourage public works or to reduce unemployment and providing for the making of loans

or grants or both; E. the term “federal agency” shall mean the United States of America, the president

of the United States of America, the federal emergency administrator of public works,

or such other agency or agencies as may have been designated or may be designated

or created to make loans or grants or both pursuant to the Recovery Act; F. the term “commission” shall mean the fair commission as appointed by the governor

under Chapter 46 of the Laws of 1913. 1

48 Stat. 195.

Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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