[Patents of townsites to be recorded.]

It shall be the duty of any person who receives a patent from the government of the United States for a townsite in the state of New Mexico, to at once file such patent for record with the county clerk of the county wherein such townsite is situated. History: Laws 1909, ch. 50, § 1; Code 1915, § 5513; C.S. 1929, § 144-101; 1941 Comp., § 8-501; 1953 Comp., § 7-5-1.