Each and every person, association and company of persons, who shall be entitled to any lots, pieces or parcels of land so held in trust by the authorities of any incorporated town, and respecting which there shall be no controversy, shall, within three months after the expiration of the time for filing statements, as provided in Section 19-4-10 NMSA 1978, pay to such corporate authorities the sum of money chargeable upon such piece or parcel of land, and the fees for executing a deed therefor. And in case of failure so to do, such person or persons shall be deemed to have relinquished all right, title, interest or estate thereto, and such corporate authorities shall thereafter be, and deemed to be, seized of the title thereto in fee simple, absolute, free and discharged of such trust, and no conveyance, other than the receipt of the United States land office or patent of the lands including the same shall be necessary to perfect their title thereto, and also all persons, company or association of persons, who, by the determination and judgment of the court, shall be adjudged to have the rightful title to such lands, shall within three months of such adjudication and judgment, pay to such corporate authorities the sum of money chargeable to such lands, together with the fees for executing a deed to the same; and in case of failure so to do, such person, company or association, shall be deemed to have relinquished all right, title, interest or estate, in said lands, and such corporate authorities shall be, and deemed to be, seized and possessed of the title thereto to their own use in fee simple, absolute and no further conveyance shall be necessary to perfect their absolute title thereto.
History: Laws 1882, ch. 70, § 28; C.L. 1884, § 2803; C.L. 1897, § 4006; Code 1915, § 5547; C.S. 1929, § 144-135; 1941 Comp., § 8-535; 1953 Comp., § 7-5-35.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Section 19-4-1 - [Patents of townsites to be recorded.]
Section 19-4-2 - [Failure to record townsite patent; penalty.]
Section 19-4-3 - [Prosecutions for failure to record; duty of district attorneys.]
Section 19-4-5 - [Notice of suit; intervention.]
Section 19-4-6 - [Vacating all or part of townsite.]
Section 19-4-7 - [Disposal of lots after entry.]
Section 19-4-8 - [Conveyances to persons entitled to possession or occupancy.]
Section 19-4-9 - [Notice of entry; posting and publication.]
Section 19-4-10 - [Claim for lots; time limit; unclaimed lots revert to town.]
Section 19-4-11 - [Notice of meeting to elect trustees; qualifications; duties.]
Section 19-4-12 - [Term of office of trustees.]
Section 19-4-13 - [Board of appraisers; appointment; oath; refusal to act; new board.]
Section 19-4-14 - [Appraisement; contents; valuations.]
Section 19-4-15 - [Notice of sale; publication; contents.]
Section 19-4-16 - [Conduct of sales.]
Section 19-4-17 - [Conveyance of streets, parks and commons by probate judge.]
Section 19-4-18 - [Purchase at private sale by person in possession.]
Section 19-4-19 - [Reservation for park or public purpose.]
Section 19-4-20 - Disposition of proceeds.
Section 19-4-21 - [Adverse claims; litigation.]
Section 19-4-22 - [Paramount right to lands.]
Section 19-4-23 - [Notice to file suit; service; publication; relinquishment on failure to obey.]
Section 19-4-24 - [Service of process; publication.]
Section 19-4-26 - [Reports of expenses.]
Section 19-4-27 - [Conveyances; payment of costs.]
Section 19-4-28 - [Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; powers; office hours; bond.]
Section 19-4-29 - [Recording of order appointing commissioner.]
Section 19-4-30 - [Conveyance by probate judge; land for town benefit.]
Section 19-4-31 - [Conveyances; time for execution.]
Section 19-4-32 - [Probate judge; claim for lands in individual right.]
Section 19-4-33 - [Streets, alleys, parks and public grounds.]
Section 19-4-34 - [Claimant failing to pay costs and fees.]
Section 19-4-35 - [Trustees; organization; officers; quorum.]
Section 19-4-36 - [Probate judges declared county judges for purpose of trust.]
Section 19-4-37 - [Taxation of costs.]
Section 19-4-38 - [Unsold lots; petition; appraisers.]
Section 19-4-39 - [Appraisement; report; compensation.]
Section 19-4-40 - [Preference right of possessor to purchase.]
Section 19-4-41 - [Commissioner; sale; notice by publication; deeds; fees.]