Where a school section of the state or any part thereof has been used for cemeteries or cemetery purposes prior to January 6, 1912, that part of said section, not exceeding one hundred and sixty (160) acres may be set aside by the commissioner of public lands and forever reserved for such cemetery purposes and no sale thereof shall be made by the commissioner of public lands.
§ 19-7-23 NMSA 1978
[School section used for cemeteries; not to be sold.]
Laws 1913, ch. 30, § 1; Code 1915, § 561; C.S. 1929, § 20-102; 1941 Comp., § 8-824; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-24.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.