If a vacancy shall occur in any such board of trustees the remaining members of such board shall fill such vacancy by appointment, to be made at any regular meeting of such board, and the person or persons so appointed shall hold office until there be a general election for members of such board and until the election and qualification of their successor or successors.
History: Laws 1917, ch. 3, § 5; C.S. 1929, § 29-205; 1941 Comp., § 9-205; 1953 Comp., § 8-2-5.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Appointee's tenure in office. — Under Laws 1891, ch. 86, § 24 (now repealed), where vacancy in office of trustee of community land grant was filled by appointment, the appointee was entitled to hold office until qualification of a successor elected at regular election held on day authorized by statute. 1912 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 12-944.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Corporations for Management of Community Land Grants
Section 49-2-1 - [Powers granted to certain community land grant corporations.]
Section 49-2-2 - Corporate powers enumerated.
Section 49-2-3 - Board of trustees; corporate powers; election.
Section 49-2-5 - [Vacancies in board; filling.]
Section 49-2-6 - [Majority of board constitutes quorum; acts binding.]
Section 49-2-7 - [Regular meetings of board; sale of community lands; handling of moneys.]
Section 49-2-8 - [Special meetings; business to be transacted; calling.]
Section 49-2-9 - [Selection of officers; rules; duties of secretary.]
Section 49-2-10 - [Resolutions for disposition of common lands; effective date; binding effect.]
Section 49-2-11 - [Protests against disposition of common lands; election.]
Section 49-2-12 - [Compensation of trustees.]
Section 49-2-13 - [Lands held in private ownership.]
Section 49-2-14 - [Lands improperly claimed in private ownership; ejectment.]
Section 49-2-15 - [Trespass on common lands or waters; jurisdiction of courts; injunction.]
Section 49-2-16 - [Conveyances; effect.]
Section 49-2-17 - Definition of terms; right to vote or hold office.