It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county in this state to cause to be placed conspicuously and permanently at the forks of all public and main-traveled roads in their respective counties, and at all such roads crossing or leading away from such public and main-traveled road, metal index boards attached to metal posts; such metal index boards shall have printed thereon in letters of sufficient size to be easily read by travelers, with directions plainly marked thereon designating the most noted places to which each of such roads leads.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 30, § 1; Code 1915, § 2703; C.S. 1929, § 64-1501; 1941 Comp., § 58-704; 1953 Comp., § 55-7-4.
It is duty of the county commissioners to provide and place signboards on public highways, which are to be paid for out of the county road fund on order of the county road board. 1912 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 12-945.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 195, 207.
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.