[Penalty for violation by magistrate.]

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.