Any county commissioner who shall vote to approve any account, or order any money paid to any officer or individual, except as provided by law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars [($500)], and the money so illegally ordered to be paid shall be recovered in a suit brought in the name of the county on his official bond.
§ 4-38-29 NMSA 1978
[Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money.]
Laws 1897, ch. 60, § 15 [14]; C.L. 1897, § 867(14); Code 1915, § 1216; C.S. 1929, § 33-4230; 1941 Comp., § 15-3526; 1953 Comp., § 15-37-28.
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.