New Mexico § 34-2-13 - Supreme court law librarian; appointment; duties; bond; prohibitions; fines

§ 34-2-13. Supreme court law librarian; appointment; duties; bond; prohibitions; fines

A. The supreme court law library shall be under the care and custody of a librarian

who shall be appointed by the supreme court and shall hold office at its pleasure. B. The librarian shall have the custody and charge of all books, archives, maps, charts,

engravings and all other things properly belonging to the library or directed to be

deposited in the library. C. The librarian, before taking office, shall give bond to the state of New Mexico

in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), with sufficient surety or sureties, for

the faithful performance of the librarian's duties, for the preservation and safe

delivery of all property committed to the librarian's care to the librarian's successor

and for the faithful paying over of all funds coming into the librarian's hands as

librarian. The bond shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court and be filed

with the clerk of the supreme court. D. If the librarian permits or allows a person not authorized by rules promulgated

by the supreme court to remove a book or other property from the library, the librarian

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of ten dollars ($10.00)

for every book or other article so removed.