New Mexico § 49-6-13 - School district apportionment; improvement, repair and construction of school buildings; advertising for bids; contractor's bond

§ 49-6-13. School district apportionment; improvement, repair and construction of school buildings; advertising for bids; contractor's bond

It is the duty of the superintendent of schools of said San Miguel county, on or before

the tenth day of January of each year, to certify to said county treasurer the number

of children of school age residing in each of the school districts within the Las

Vegas grant, and said treasurer shall thereupon place to the credit of each of said

school districts the amount to which it may be entitled under said apportionment,

to be drawn out and expended as other moneys of said school district. If at any time said district court and said board of trustees shall deem it necessary,

expedient and proper, they may expend such sums of money as they may consider necessary

and proper, of the interest derived from said permanent fund and such parts, portions

and amounts of said permanent fund, or any other fund under the control of said board

of trustees in improving and repairing the public school buildings in the town of

Las Vegas, or in constructing such public school building or buildings within the

said town of Las Vegas, as in their judgment they may deem necessary and proper;

provided, however, that no improvements or repairs to the public school buildings

of the town of Las Vegas shall be made, nor shall any public school building or public

school buildings be constructed within the said town of Las Vegas, unless the board

of education of the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico, agree and consent thereto; and provided further, that before any improvements or repairs to the school buildings

in the town of Las Vegas are made, or any new building or buildings are constructed,

that the said board of trustees of the town of Las Vegas administering the Las Vegas

grant, if said expenditure exceeds the sum of three hundred dollars ($300), be required

to advertise the said work for at least twenty days in some newspaper published in

the English language within the said county of San Miguel before the letting of the

said work, and let the said work to the lowest responsible bidder, which bidder shall

be required to enter into a good and sufficient bond for double the amount of the

contract price, for the faithful performance of said contract for said work.