New Mexico § 19-4-11 - Notice of meeting to elect trustees; qualifications; duties
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 19-4-11 — Notice of meeting to elect trustees; qualifications; duties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-4-11. Notice of meeting to elect trustees; qualifications; duties
Within ten days after the time, as prescribed in the preceding section, the corporate
authorities, or, if there be no corporate authorities, the probate judge holding the
land in trust, shall give ten days' notice of the time and place wherein a public
meeting of the inhabitants of such town will be held, at which public meeting a board
of five trustees shall be elected by a majority of the votes of the legally qualified
voters residing within said town, present at said meeting. Said board of five trustees shall consist of legally qualified voters, being owners
of real estate in said town: provided, further, that after said election has been
duly certified to by the chairman and secretary of the public meeting so held, they
are, and are hereby authorized to dispose of all said lots, blocks or parcels, of
said land, as described in the preceding section, as may seem best for the use of
the school funds of said inhabitants of such town, as hereinafter provided in this
chapter.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-4-11 ("Notice of meeting to elect trustees; qualifications; duties") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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