New Mexico § 67-4-2 - County commissioners succeed to powers and duties of county road superintendents

§ 67-4-2. County commissioners succeed to powers and duties of county road superintendents

Until the legislature shall otherwise provide the several boards of county commissioners

shall succeed to all the powers and duties of the county road superintendents, and

all public property in the possession of or under the control of said county road

superintendents shall, within fifteen days after the approval of this act [this section],

be turned over and delivered to the several boards of county commissioners, and said

county road superintendents shall within fifteen days after the approval of this act,

make a correct and detailed report to said boards of county commissioners of all pending

work, contracts and unpaid accounts or claims due on account of any unfinished work

or pending contract or contracts. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to invalidate or repudiate any obligations,

contracts or indebtedness lawfully made or created under the provisions of said Chapter

99 of the Session Laws of 1919, but any such contracts or obligations shall be fulfilled

and any such indebtedness shall be paid and the payment thereof shall be provided

for by the levy of taxes at the time and in the manner contemplated by the laws under

which such contracts or obligations were made and such indebtedness created.