New Mexico § 19-1-5 - Land commission under Enabling Act; members; officers; locating agents
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 19-1-5 — Land commission under Enabling Act; members; officers; locating agents, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-1-5. Land commission under Enabling Act; members; officers; locating agents
The commissioner of public lands shall be the third member along with the governor
and attorney general of the commission created by Section 11 of the act of congress
designated as the Enabling Act, approved June 20, 1910. The governor shall be chairman and said commissioner shall be secretary of said
commission. The commission is authorized to employ one or more locating agents who shall be
paid out of the maintenance fund provided by this chapter.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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