The president of said board shall be the chief executive officer, shall preside at all meetings thereof, except that when he is absent the board may appoint a president pro tem, sign all instruments required to be executed by said board; he shall also direct the affairs generally of the said school of mines [New Mexico institute of mining and technology], shall nominate and, by and with the advice of said board of regents, appoint all professors, instructors, tutors and other employes [employees] necessary to the proper conduct of said school of mines [institute], and in like manner shall determine the amount of their respective salaries.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 138, § 31; C.L. 1897, § 3596; Code 1915, § 5142; C.S. 1929, § 130-1104; 1941 Comp., § 55-2604; 1953 Comp., § 73-27-6.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11, as repealed and reenacted November 8, 1960, changed the name of the New Mexico school of mines to the New Mexico institute of mining and technology. See 21-11-2 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 15A Am. Jur. 2d Colleges and Universities § 5.
14A C.J.S. Colleges and Universities §§ 14, 15, 19, 25.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 11 - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Section 21-11-1 - Object; curriculum.
Section 21-11-3 - [New diplomas for qualified graduates.]
Section 21-11-4 - [Operations vested in board of regents; corporate powers; quorum.]
Section 21-11-5 - [Officers of board of regents; bond of secretary-treasurer.]
Section 21-11-6 - [Powers and duties of president of board of regents; president pro tem.]
Section 21-11-7 - [Duties of secretary-treasurer of board of regents.]
Section 21-11-8 - Powers and duties of board of regents.
Section 21-11-8.2 - Geophysical research center.
Section 21-11-8.3 - Energetic materials research and testing center established; function of center.
Section 21-11-8.4 - National cave and karst research institute created; purpose.
Section 21-11-8.6 - Technology research collaborative created; purpose.
Section 21-11-9 - [Departmental faculties.]
Section 21-11-10 - [Conferring degrees; granting diplomas.]
Section 21-11-11 - [Removal of officers, faculty members and employees.]
Section 21-11-12 - [Charges for assays and other services; disposition of amounts collected.]
Section 21-11-13 - [Designated the state's school of mines.]
Section 21-11-14 - [Preparatory department to be maintained.]
Section 21-11-15 - [Authority to borrow money; purposes.]
Section 21-11-16 - [Authority to issue and retire building and improvement bonds.]
Section 21-11-17 - Form and conditions of bonds.
Section 21-11-18 - [Sale of bonds; publication of notice; bids.]
Section 21-11-19 - [Permanent improvement and interest and retirement funds.]
Section 21-11-20 - [Interest and retirement fund established.]
Section 21-11-21 - [Pledge of income to retirement of bonds and payment of interest.]
Section 21-11-22 - [Forwarding of funds for payment of bonds and interest coupons.]
Section 21-11-23 - [Use of funds restricted to designated purposes.]
Section 21-11-25 - [Bonds designated serially.]