[Penalty for violation by sheriff, constable or deputy;

NMSA 1978, § 29-1-5 — under Article 1.

NMSA 1978, § 29-1-5

surety's liability.] If any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, or any deputy shall be found guilty of delay, negligence or neglect in compliance with the provisions of the preceding section [29-1-4 NMSA 1978], on complaint being made before any justice of the peace [magistrate] in the county, he shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars [($50.00)], nor more than one hundred dollars [($100)], which shall be collected of them or their securities. History: Laws 1861-1862, p. 14; C.L. 1865, ch. 61, § 50; C.L. 1884, § 834; C.L. 1897, § 1228; Code 1915, § 3062; C.S. 1929, § 75-131; 1941 Comp., § 40-105; 1953 Comp., § 39-1-5.