If any justice of the peace [magistrate] shall be guilty of a violation of Section 29-1-4 NMSA 1978, on conviction thereof before the district court, he shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars [($25.00)] nor more than fifty dollars [($50.00)].
History: Laws 1861-1862, p. 14; C.L. 1865, ch. 61, § 51; C.L. 1884, § 835; C.L. 1897, § 1229; Code 1915, § 3063; C.S. 1929, § 75-132; 1941 Comp., § 40-106; 1953 Comp., § 39-1-6.
Compiler's notes. — The compilers of the 1915 code deleted a proviso at the end of this section which provided that all fines collected under this act shall go to the county treasury of the county in which the violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of the attorney general to prosecute all charges made under the provisions of this act, in the district court of the respective county. For disposition of fines and penalties, see N.M. Const., art. XII, § 4.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. The office of justice of the peace was abolished, and the jurisdiction, powers and duties were transferred to the magistrate court. See 35-1-38 NMSA 1978.
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