A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the land grant-merced and its inhabitants shall be bound by the acts of the board done pursuant to the provisions of Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978 and the land grant-merced bylaws.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 42, § 10; Code 1915, § 808; C.S. 1929, § 29-110; 1941 Comp., § 9-110; 1953 Comp., § 8-1-10; 2004, ch. 124, § 11.
The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, amended this section to replace "town, colony or community aforesaid" with "land grant-merced" and to make other clarifying amendments.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 49-1-1 - Management of Spanish and Mexican grants.
Section 49-1-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 49-1-3 - Board of trustees; management of grant; powers.
Section 49-1-4 - Board of trustees; qualifications.
Section 49-1-5.1 - Provisional ballots; requirements for use; procedures.
Section 49-1-7 - Election; votes required; canvassing votes.
Section 49-1-8 - Organization of board; bonds; vacancies.
Section 49-1-11 - Sale or mortgage of common lands; restrictions.
Section 49-1-11.1 - Rights of lessees and purchasers; rights to use of common lands.
Section 49-1-11.2 - Adverse possession.
Section 49-1-12 - Meetings to be public; annual report.
Section 49-1-14 - Salaries of trustees; records; expenditures.
Section 49-1-15 - Removal from land grant-merced; delinquency; forfeiture.
Section 49-1-16 - Trespass on common lands or waters; injunctions.
Section 49-1-17 - Process; how served on board.
Section 49-1-18 - Construction.
Section 49-1-19 - Failure of trustee to perform duties; penalty.
Section 49-1-20 - [Sevilleta de La Joya grant; provisions applicable.]
Section 49-1-21 - [Anton Chico grant; rights of lessees and purchasers.]
Section 49-1-23 - Community land grant registry established; reporting requirements.