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NM Stat § 67-6-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 6 - County Highways and Bridge Bonds|Section 67-6-3 - [Petition for bond issue; election call; ballots.]

Whenever there shall be filed with the board of county commissioners a petition signed by not less than ten per centum of the qualified electors in any county in the state who are taxpayers therein, asking for the issuance of bonds for the purposes above specified in an amount to be designated in such petition, subject to the limitations of Section 67-6-1 NMSA 1978, said county commissioners, within thirty days after the filing of such petition, shall call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the people of the county the proposition of the issuance of bonds in accordance with such petition, and shall fix a date not less than sixty nor more than ninety days thereafter upon which a vote shall be taken thereon. Such call shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county, once a week for four successive weeks, the last publication to be at least three days preceding the date fixed for said election. Ballots at said election shall have printed thereon the words "for the $. . . . . . . . bond issue for roads and bridges," inserting the amount of the proposed bond issue; and in a separate line under the same words "against the $. . . . . . bond issue for roads and bridges," inserting the amount of the proposed bond issue. Opposite said lines there shall be a square in which the voters may make or stamp a cross to indicate whether they vote for or against said bond issue, and those voting for said bond issue shall do so by placing a cross in the square opposite the words "for the $. . . . . . . . bond issue for roads and bridges," and those voting against said bond issue shall do so by placing a cross in the square opposite, "against the $. . . . . . . . bond issue for roads and bridges." History: Laws 1912, ch. 79, § 3; Code 1915, § 2685; C.S. 1929, § 64-903; 1941 Comp., § 58-503; 1953 Comp., § 55-5-3. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For legal newspapers, see 14-11-2 NMSA 1978. Placing road bond before voters. — A road bond question may be placed before the voters either by special election on petition of voters under this section or at a general election by a resolution of the board of county commissioners under N.M. Const., art. IX, § 10. State ex rel. Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs v. Jones, 1984-NMSC-087, 101 N.M. 660, 687 P.2d 95. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Securities and Obligations §§ 125 to 128.
NM Stat § 67-6-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 6 - County Highways and Bridge Bonds|Section 67-6-4 - [Election on bond issue; conduct; returns; limitation on frequency.]

The election herein provided for shall be held under the same substantial provisions, and the votes cast for or against such bond issue shall be counted, returned and canvassed and declared, in the same manner and subject to the same rules as votes cast for county officers, and if it appears that said proposed bond issue shall have received a majority of all the votes cast at such election as aforesaid, then the same shall have the effect of authorizing the board of county commissioners to proceed to the issuance of said bonds; but if a majority of the votes cast as aforesaid shall be against the proposed bond issue, then said bonds shall not be issued. Provided, however, that an election for the issuance of bond shall not be held in any county oftener than once in any calendar year. History: Laws 1912, ch. 79, § 4; Code 1915, § 2686; C.S. 1929, § 64-904; 1941 Comp., § 58-504; 1953 Comp., § 55-5-4. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Securities and Obligations §§ 131 to 179. 11 C.J.S. Bonds § 56.
NM Stat § 67-6-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 6 - County Highways and Bridge Bonds|Section 67-6-5 - [Taxation; general fund; interest fund.]

There shall be collected annually, in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes are collected, such a sum in addition to the ordinary revenue of the county as shall be required to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as herein provided; and it is hereby made the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of said revenue to do and perform each and every act which shall be necessary to collect such additional sum. Such sum when collected shall be covered into the general fund, and the treasurer of any county issuing bonds as provided herein, shall transfer from such general fund to the interest fund thereof such an amount of money as shall be required to pay the accrued interest on the bonds theretofore sold, until the interest on all of said bonds so sold shall have been paid or shall have become due in accordance with the provisions of this article. History: Laws 1912, ch. 79, § 5; Code 1915, § 2687; C.S. 1929, § 64-905; 1941 Comp., § 58-505; 1953 Comp., § 55-5-5. ANNOTATIONSMeaning of "this article". — See same catchline in notes to 67-6-1 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Securities and Obligations § 399.
NM Stat § 67-6-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 6 - County Highways and Bridge Bonds|Section 67-6-6 - [County highway sinking fund; payment of bond principal and interest.]

The treasurer of any county issuing bonds as aforesaid shall create a fund to be known and designated as the county highway sinking fund, and on the first day of July of each and every year in which a parcel of the bonds sold pursuant to the provisions of this article shall become due, shall transfer from said general fund to said county highway sinking fund such amount of money as may be required to pay the principal of the bonds so becoming due and payable in such years. As the same becomes due, the principal of all such bonds sold shall be paid from such county highway sinking fund, and as the same becomes due the interest on all bonds sold shall be paid from said interest fund. Both principal and interest shall be paid upon warrants drawn by the board of county commissioners upon the county treasurer, and the faith of the county issuing any such bonds shall be pledged for the payment of the principal of said bonds so sold and the interest accruing thereon. History: Laws 1912, ch. 79, § 6; Code 1915, § 2688; C.S. 1929, § 64-906; 1941 Comp., § 58-506; 1953 Comp., § 55-5-6. ANNOTATIONSMeaning of "this article". — The term "this article," inserted by the 1915 Code compilers, refers to Laws 1915, ch. 52, art. VI, §§ 2683 to 2689, the provisions of which are presently compiled as 67-6-1 to 67-6-7 NMSA 1978. Redemption of bond coupons. — County treasurer, upon presentation to him for payment of coupons detached from bonds issued by the county, should immediately redeem them without waiting until county commissioners issue warrants for payment thereof. 1916 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 16-1768. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Securities and Obligations § 12.
NM Stat § 67-6-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 6 - County Highways and Bridge Bonds|Section 67-6-7 - [Proceeds of bonds; payment into county road fund.]

Immediately after the sale of bonds, as in this article provided, the county treasurer shall pay into the county treasury and cause to be placed in the county road fund the total amount received for said bonds, and the moneys placed in the said county road fund pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be used exclusively for the construction and repair of roads and bridges within the limits of the county. History: Laws 1912, ch. 79, § 7; Code 1915, § 2689; C.S. 1929, § 64-907; 1941 Comp., § 58-507; 1953 Comp., § 55-5-7. ANNOTATIONSMeaning of "this article". — The term "this article," inserted by the 1915 Code compilers, refers to Laws 1915, ch. 52, art. VI, §§ 2683 to 2689, the provisions of which are presently compiled as 67-6-1 to 67-6-7 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 67-7-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-1 - [Obstructing roads; penalties.]

It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person or persons to in any manner obstruct any public road in this state, by putting therein or thereon any obstruction whatsoever, and all persons convicted of a violation of this section shall upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction be fined in any sum not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty days, and pay all the costs of prosecution, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court trying the cause. History: Laws 1903, ch. 58, § 2; Code 1915, § 2698; C.S. 1929, § 64-1307; 1941 Comp., § 58-602; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-2. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For construction of cattle guards where private fences cross school bus routes, see 22-16-8 NMSA 1978. For unlawful permitting of animals on highways, see 30-8-13 NMSA 1978. For placing of equipment by utilities upon highways, see 62-1-2 NMSA 1978. Belief road private not to be considered. — In prosecuting violations of this statutory offense, the intent or belief that the road was a private one is not to be considered by the courts. State v. Brown, 1963-NMSC-127, 72 N.M. 274, 383 P.2d 243. This section prohibits placing structures on highways for which prosecutions may be had through the district attorney, and the commission has full control in such matters. 1938 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 38-1946. Prosecution for obstruction with gate. — A person may be prosecuted under this section for obstructing a public road by means of a gate. 1916 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 16-1857. Gates are obstructions to roads. 1915 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 15-1704. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 273, 274. Right or duty of highway contractor as to barricading street or highway, 7 A.L.R. 1203, 104 A.L.R. 955. Closing or obstructing street temporarily to permit its use for purposes of sport or entertainment, 34 A.L.R. 270. Liability for injury due to condition of part of street occupied by street railway, 54 A.L.R. 1291. Public contractor's liability to property owner for obstructing street, 68 A.L.R. 1510. Attracting people in such numbers as to obstruct access to the neighboring premises, as nuisance, 2 A.L.R.2d 437. Duty of highway construction contractor to provide temporary way or detour around obstruction, 29 A.L.R.2d 876. Liability for injuries occasioned by falling of awning or the like, 34 A.L.R.2d 486. Liability of private landowner for vegetation obscuring view at highway or street intersection, 69 A.L.R.4th 1092. Measure and elements of damages for injury to bridge, 31 A.L.R.5th 171. 40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 231, 248.
NM Stat § 67-7-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-2 - [Obstructions and damage to highways and bridges prohibited.]

No person or persons shall erect any fence, house or other structure, or dig pits or holes in or upon any highway or place thereon any stone, timber, trees or any obstruction whatsoever; and no person or persons shall tear down, burn or otherwise damage any bridge of any highway, or cause waste water or the water from any ditch, road, drain or flume to flow in or upon any road or highway so as to damage the same. History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 36; Code 1915, § 2701; C.S. 1929, § 64-1310; 1941 Comp., § 58-603; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-3. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For criminal trespass, see 30-14-1 NMSA 1978. For criminal damage to property, see 30-15-1 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 273 to 281. 40 C.J.S. Highways § 221.
NM Stat § 67-7-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-3 - [Fords; obstructions and damage; penalties; toll bridges prohibited.]

When any public road heretofore laid out or traveled as such or hereafter to be laid out or traveled, crosses any creek or stream of water, and such stream during any part of the year is usually fordable where such road passes the same, the said ford and the banks of the stream adjacent thereto, and the roadway or tract usually traveled leading thereto, from such highway, shall be deemed and be taken to be part of such highway, and any person who shall obstruct such ford, or the road leading thereto, or shall dig down the banks of such ford, or who shall erect any dam, or any embankment or other obstruction in such stream, or wingdam or other obstruction on the banks of such stream, for the purposes of raising the water of such stream upon the said ford, so as to render the said ford impassable, or more difficult of passage than heretofore, or who shall maintain any such dam, wingdam, embankment or obstruction heretofore erected, after being by the county road board of district notified to remove or abate the same, shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in the following section [67-7-4 NMSA 1978] for obstructing the public highway, and no person or corporation upon any pretense or authority, shall be permitted to erect a toll bridge over any stream at or upon a public ford, or road crossing, or so near thereto, as by the abutments, embankments or piers of such bridge, to obstruct or render impassable the said ford, or roadway leading thereto. History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 22; Code 1915, § 2699; C.S. 1929, § 64-1308; 1941 Comp., § 58-604; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-4. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers substituted the words "penalties prescribed in the following section" for the words "same penalties hereinafter prescribed." Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 40 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 609. 40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 221, 229.
NM Stat § 67-7-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-4 - [Dams causing overflow or injuring bridges prohibited; damages; penalty.]

No person or persons, corporation or company, shall dam the waters of any stream so as to cause the same to overflow any road, or damage or weaken the abutments, walls or embankments of any bridge or any highway. Any person or persons, corporation or company, violating any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars [($50.00)] to the county as a penalty, and shall be liable to the county and to any person or persons, corporation or company for any damages resulting therefrom. History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 37; Code 1915, § 2700; C.S. 1929, § 64-1309; 1941 Comp., § 58-605; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-5. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler; it was not enacted by the legislature and is not a part of the law. Compiler's notes. — New Mexico Const., art. XII, § 4, provides that, "All fines and forfeitures collected under general laws . . . shall constitute the current school fund of the state." Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 280, 299, 362, 455. 40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 221, 229.
NM Stat § 67-7-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-5 - [Fines; penalties; forfeitures; action of debt to recover.]

All fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred under any provisions of Sections 67-7-3, 67-7-4 and 67-7-2 NMSA 1978, except as otherwise provided, shall be recoverable by an action of debt in the name of the people of the state of New Mexico in any court of competent jurisdiction. History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 40; Code 1915, § 2702; C.S. 1929, § 64-1311; 1941 Comp., § 58-606; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-6. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The specific statutory references in this section, which formerly referred to "Sections 2699, 2700 and 2701," were substituted by the 1915 Code compilers for "this act." The 1915 Code compilers omitted the words "and the county treasurer shall set the same apart to the district wherein the same accrued," at the end of the section. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 40 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 609. 40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 228, 229.
NM Stat § 67-7-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-6 - [Irrigation or drainage water overflowing highway; penalty.]

Any farmer, mayordomo of acequia or other person having charge of irrigation or drainage waters, who, through neglect, oversight, carelessness or design, shall allow irrigation or drainage waters to flow upon any public highway so as to hinder, delay or obstruct travel, or any person, who, through neglect, oversight, carelessness or design, shall allow water to flow from any reservoir, tank or watering trough upon any public highway, so as to hinder, delay or obstruct travel, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00). History: Laws 1917, ch. 100, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 64-1305; 1941 Comp., § 58-607; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-7. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For repairs required to prevent overflow, see 72-8-2 NMSA 1978. Failure to construct waterway under highway. — A landowner, who has conveyed a strip of land through her property to the highway commission (state transportation commission) for a road, without any conditions or reservations, and had at the time no ditches to convey water from one side of the road to the other, has no claim for damages against the contractor constructing the highway for not leaving a waterway under the roadbed. De Montoya v. Lee-Moor Contracting Co., 1932-NMSC-012, 36 N.M. 109, 9 P.2d 140. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 479. 40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 221, 229.
NM Stat § 67-7-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-7 - [Water overflowing highway; liability for damages.]

Any farmer, mayordomo of acequia or other person having charge of irrigation or drainage waters, who, through neglect, oversight, carelessness or design, shall allow irrigation or drainage waters to flow upon any public highway, so as to hinder, delay or obstruct travel, or any person who, through neglect, oversight, carelessness or design shall allow water to flow from any reservoir, tank or watering trough upon any public highway, so as to hinder, delay or obstruct travel, shall be liable to any person, corporation or copartnership for any delay, deterioration or damage to any field, beast of burden, freight or commodity caused by reason of such water flowing upon the public highway. History: Laws 1917, ch. 100, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 64-1306; 1941 Comp., § 58-608; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-8. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 312 to 320. Liability of state, municipality or public agency for vehicle accident occurring because of accumulation of water on street or highway, 61 A.L.R.2d 425. 40 C.J.S. Highways § 218.
NM Stat § 67-7-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-8 - [Irrigation ditches crossing roads; bridges.]

If any person or persons, or mayordomos of acequias, should have to make ditches across the roads to pass the water to their fields, gardens or mills, they shall construct a bridge sufficiently wide and strong for loaded wagons or carts to pass over, so that no obstruction will be placed in the way of the mail or any other passenger, nor any of those that may have to travel over said roads with their crops or other affairs of their houses. History: Laws 1860-1861, p. 82; C.L. 1865, ch. 96, § 8; C.L. 1884, § 1293; C.L. 1897, § 1860; Code 1915, § 2692; C.S. 1929, § 64-1303; 1941 Comp., § 58-609; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-9. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For mayordomos to construct bridge, see 73-2-43 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 479. 40 C.J.S. Highways § 221.
NM Stat § 67-7-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 67 - Highways|Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways|Section 67-7-9 - [Ditches; drains; flumes; bridges required; penalty.]

Any person or persons, corporation or company, owning or constructing any ditch, raise, drain, flume, in, upon or across any highway shall keep the highway open for safe and convenient travel, by constructing bridges over such ditch, raise, drain or flume, or by providing other safe and convenient way across or around the said ditch; and within five days after any ditch is constructed across, in or upon any highway, at any point thereof, so as to interfere with or obstruct such highway, the person or persons owning or constructing such ditch shall erect a good and substantial bridge across the same, which shall thereafter be maintained by the county. Any person or persons, corporation or company constructing any ditch, raise, drain, flume, in, upon or across any highway, and failing to keep the highway open for safe and convenient travel, shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars [($25.00)] to the county. And any person or persons, corporation or company, who shall fail to erect a good, substantial bridge across any ditch, raise, drain or flume within five days after the same is constructed in, upon or across any highway, shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars [($25.00)] to the county, together with the cost of constructing there a good and substantial bridge which the county road board shall at once proceed to build, and shall also be liable in damages to any person or persons damaged by such neglect. History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 38; Code 1915, § 2693; C.S. 1929, § 64-1304; 1941 Comp., § 58-610; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-10. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler; it was not enacted by the legislature and is not a part of the law. Compiler's notes. — New Mexico Const., art. XII, § 4, provides that, "All fines and forfeitures collected under general laws . . . shall constitute the current school fund of the state." This section may be superseded by 72-8-2 NMSA 1978 which permits the county commissioners to construct the bridge if not built by the owner of the ditch within three days, and provides for recovery of the cost of the bridge by civil action. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 479. 40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 221, 229.