Every board of county commissioners shall have a seal, or scroll until a seal can be procured, and may alter the same at pleasure. Their sessions shall be public with open doors, and all persons conducting themselves in an orderly manner may attend their meetings, and they may establish rules and regulations to govern the transaction of their business.
History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 16; C.L. 1884, § 347; C.L. 1897, § 666; Code 1915, § 1198; C.S. 1929, § 33-4212; 1941 Comp., § 15-3511; 1953 Comp., § 15-37-11.
Cross references. — For duty of sheriff to attend meetings of board of county commissioners, see 4-41-16 NMSA 1978.
For meetings of policy-making bodies, see 10-15-1 to 10-15-4 NMSA 1978.
Approval and signature of minutes of special meeting. — If a special meeting is held and the minutes of the proceedings are read later at the regular meeting, the commissioners who concurred in the special meeting may approve and sign them if the proper procedures are followed, as motion to approve, second, etc. 1959 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 59-204.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 38 - Board of County Commissioners
Section 4-38-1 - [Exercise of county powers.]
Section 4-38-2 - Members; quorum.
Section 4-38-3 - Residence in districts; period for districting; election at large.
Section 4-38-6 - Election; term.
Section 4-38-7 - [Holding office until successor is qualified.]
Section 4-38-11 - [Chairman; powers and duties.]
Section 4-38-12 - [Seal; sessions to be public; rules and regulations.]
Section 4-38-13 - [Powers; property belonging to county.]
Section 4-38-13.1 - County equipment and property; permitted uses.
Section 4-38-13.2 - Legislative findings; community value.
Section 4-38-14 - [County appropriation for state fair authorized.]
Section 4-38-15 - [Agent of county having charge of county exhibit at state fair; appointment.]
Section 4-38-16 - [Accounts; county buildings; taxation.]
Section 4-38-17 - Tax levy for county general purposes; allocation.
Section 4-38-17.1 - Tax levies authorization; procedures; health purposes.
Section 4-38-18 - [Management in general.]
Section 4-38-24 - Powers over highways.
Section 4-38-26 - [Streets in unincorporated county seats.]
Section 4-38-27 - [Receipts and expenditures; publication of report.]
Section 4-38-28 - [Payments without authority; liability of commissioners.]
Section 4-38-29 - [Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money.]
Section 4-38-30 - [Neglect of duty; penalty.]
Section 4-38-31 - [Establishment of airports.]
Section 4-38-32 - Eminent domain power for acquiring airports.
Section 4-38-33 - [Eminent domain power over land contiguous and adjacent to airport.]
Section 4-38-34 - [Joint county-municipal operation of airports.]
Section 4-38-35 - [Federal aid for airports; gifts.]
Section 4-38-36 - [Power to issue bonds for airports.]
Section 4-38-37 - [Procedure for issuing bonds for airports.]
Section 4-38-38 - Creation of county advisory boards.
Section 4-38-39 - Duties of board.
Section 4-38-40 - Executive committee.