A. All members of the newly elected board of trustees shall meet no later than seven days after the votes are canvassed and organize themselves by the election of a president, secretary and treasurer. The treasurer shall perform such duties as may be required by the board and shall furnish to the board a good and sufficient surety bond in a sum as set forth in this section, to be conditioned as are the bonds of other public officials handling public money. It is the duty of the treasurer to deposit all the money coming to the treasurer in a bank or credit union organized and doing business in New Mexico.

B. In the event of the death or resignation of the treasurer, the board shall fill the vacancy by appointing one of the members of the board as treasurer, who shall, before entering into the performance of duties as treasurer, execute and furnish to the board a good and sufficient surety bond, similar to the bond entered into by the predecessor treasurer.

C. The amount of the bond required of the treasurer and the treasurer's successor shall at all times be for a sum of at least double the amount received by and deposited in the bank or credit union by the treasurer.

D. In the event that the board of trustees delegates any other of its members to collect money due the land grant-merced, that person shall be bonded in the same manner as is provided in this section for the bonding of the treasurer.

E. Those authorized to collect money shall give receipts for the money collected, which receipts shall be in the form prescribed by the board of trustees in the bylaws as an official receipt.

History: Laws 1907, ch. 42, § 8; Code 1915, § 806; Laws 1921, ch. 146, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 29-108; Laws 1933, ch. 164, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 9-108; 1953 Comp., § 8-1-8; 2004, ch. 124, § 9; 2015, ch. 40, § 1.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, authorized land grant-merced funds to be deposited in a credit union; in Subsection A, after "money coming", deleted "into his hands as" and added "to the", and after "bank", added "or credit union"; in Subsection B, after "performance of", deleted "his" and added "the", and after "predecessor", added "treasurer"; in Subsection C, after "and", deleted "his" and added "the treasurer's", and after "bank", added "or credit union"; and in Subsection D, after "event", added "that".

The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, designated the first three sentences of the former section as Subsection A, amended Subsection A to change the first meeting date of the newly elected board from the first Monday following the canvassing to no later than seven days following the canvassing date, designated each of the other sentences of the section as Subsections B, C, D and E and made minor changes to each of the subsections.