The justice of the peace [magistrate court] shall make a record of the fact that the arbitrators or assessors were appointed and shall swear them to act faithfully and impartially, as such arbitrators and to report to the said justice of the peace [magistrate] the amount by them assessed in order that the same may be turned over to the justice of the peace [magistrate] and by him turned over to the owner or owners of the land over which said ditch passes, and the said amount shall be paid in cash.
History: Laws 1899, ch. 61, § 3; Code 1915, § 5800; C.S. 1929, § 151-603; 1941 Comp., § 77-1703; 1953 Comp., § 75-16-3.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Section 35-1-38 NMSA 1978 abolished the office of justice of the peace, transferred the jurisdiction, powers and duties of said justices to the magistrate court and provided that all statutory references to "justice of the peace" shall be construed to refer to the magistrate court.