That said board of trustees shall be known and designated as the "Board of Trustees of the Town of Las Vegas," and under that name shall contract and transact all business coming before said board, and said district court is hereby authorized to make and promulgate rules and regulations under and pursuant to which said board of trustees shall conduct and transact all business pertaining to the management, control and administration of said land grant.
History: Laws 1903, ch. 47, § 8; Code 1915, § 849; C.S. 1929, § 29-608; 1941 Comp., § 9-608; 1953 Comp., § 8-6-8.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Section 49-6-2 NMSA 1978 gives the board the same name as was established by this section and made it the name in which said board should sue and be sued. That section was derived from Laws 1909, ch. 103.
Service by publication permitted. — Although the confirmee is an unincorporated town, service by publication may be made upon it. Priest v. Board of Trustees, 1911-NMSC-072, 16 N.M. 692, 120 P. 894, aff'd, 232 U.S. 604, 34 S. Ct. 443, 58 L. Ed. 751 (1914).
Jurisdiction not acquired. — In suit to quiet title against trustees of the grant, where they could be definitely located and served with process, but were not joined by name, the court did not acquire jurisdiction. Priest v. Board of Trustees, 1911-NMSC-072, 16 N.M. 692, 120 P. 894, aff'd, 232 U.S. 604, 34 S. Ct. 443, 58 L. Ed. 751 (1914).
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