Where any public road in this state passes over the public lands it shall be lawful for the board of county commissioners to permit the sides of such road to be fenced whenever a majority of the legal voters of the precinct through which said public road passes so desire: provided, however, that said fencing shall not be at the expense of the county in which the road is located.
History: Laws 1903, ch. 58, § 3; Code 1915, § 2629; C.S. 1929, § 64-104; 1941 Comp., § 58-703; 1953 Comp., § 55-7-3.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 530.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 8 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 67-8-1 - [Danger signals or lights for roads or bridges under construction.]
Section 67-8-2 - [Failure to install warnings; penalty.]
Section 67-8-3 - [Fencing of roads on public lands; cost.]
Section 67-8-4 - [Direction signboards at road intersections; duty of county commissioners.]
Section 67-8-5 - [Replacement of direction signs.]
Section 67-8-6 - [Payment of direction sign expenses.]
Section 67-8-7 - [Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty.]
Section 67-8-8 - [Advertising signs adjoining public highways; definitions.]
Section 67-8-10 - [Restrictions on placing signs upon or over highway rights-of-way.]
Section 67-8-11 - Signs placed in violation of act declared public nuisances.
Section 67-8-12 - [Officers charged with enforcement of act.]
Section 67-8-13 - Wiring adjoining highway structures; permit required; application.
Section 67-8-14 - [Violation of wiring requirements; penalty.]
Section 67-8-15 - Declaration of policy.
Section 67-8-16 - Definitions.
Section 67-8-17 - Relocation of utility facilities authorized.
Section 67-8-18 - State pays certain relocation costs.
Section 67-8-19 - Procedure; appeal.
Section 67-8-20 - Nonapplicability of act.
Section 67-8-22 - Remaining in rest areas and similar facilities; penalty.
Section 67-8-23 - Additional cooperative agreements funding.