The county clerks of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized and required to subscribe for such, one copy each of newspapers as are printed and published in their respective counties.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 49, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 768; Code 1915, § 1241; C.S. 1929, § 33-4307; 1941 Comp., § 15-3708; 1953 Comp., § 15-39-8.
Section imposes duty to subscribe to newspapers upon the county clerk only when such newspaper or newspapers are printed and published in the county. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-192.
Microfilming. — Newspapers maintained by county clerks may be microfilmed, so long as the microfilm is accessible to the public. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-16.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Section 4-40-2 - County clerk; bond.
Section 4-40-3 - [Duties; ex-officio clerk of board of county commissioners.]
Section 4-40-4 - [Duties as clerk of county commissioners.]
Section 4-40-5 - County clerk; duty regarding accounts.
Section 4-40-6 - [Duties as to orders for money.]
Section 4-40-7 - [Newspaper subscriptions.]
Section 4-40-8 - To keep file of newspapers.
Section 4-40-9 - [Newspapers; payment of expenses.]
Section 4-40-10 - [Newspapers; abstraction, mutilation or destruction; penalty.]