It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of any county in the state at their next meeting, after a petition as required in Section 67-5-5 NMSA 1978 is received, to appoint a board of commissioners of three freeholders of the county to view and mark out the road prayed for in the petition, and to fix a time for such view and to cause notices to be posted in three of the most public places, along the new proposed road, at least five days previous to the day fixed for the view thereof, giving parties in interest notice that at the time fixed by the board of county commissioners the viewers so appointed will meet at the point designated in the petition as the starting point of such road, to attend to their duties as viewers.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 7; Code 1915, § 2659; C.S. 1929, § 64-708; 1941 Comp., § 58-408; 1953 Comp., § 55-4-8.
Cross references. — For publication in lieu of posting, see 14-11-12 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 146.
39A C.J.S. Highways § 106.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Vacation, Alteration and Establishment of County Roads and Bridges
Section 67-5-1 - [County bridges, township and section lines are parts of public highways; width.]
Section 67-5-2 - [Width of public highways.]
Section 67-5-4 - [Discontinuance; procedure; viewers; county-line roads.]
Section 67-5-5 - [Alteration or establishment; petition; contents.]
Section 67-5-6 - Establish rights-of-way.
Section 67-5-7 - [Petitioners' deposit or bond covering viewing expense.]
Section 67-5-8 - [Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining.]
Section 67-5-10 - [Warrants to viewers; contents.]
Section 67-5-11 - [Service of warrants; return; refusal of viewer to serve; forfeiture.]
Section 67-5-12 - Laying out road; assessment for damages; survey.
Section 67-5-13 - [Replacing road viewers.]
Section 67-5-14 - [Report of viewers; contents; compensation.]
Section 67-5-15 - [Consideration of viewer's report by county commissioners; additional data.]
Section 67-5-16 - [Approval of road opening; recording viewers' report.]
Section 67-5-17 - [Notice of road opening; prerequisites; posting.]
Section 67-5-18 - [Damages exceeding benefits; persons under disability.]
Section 67-5-19 - [Determination of damages on appeal to district court.]
Section 67-5-20 - [Establishment on petition of all owners.]
Section 67-5-21 - [Private roads; procedure for establishment.]