[Incurrence of unauthorized debt prohibited.]

The board of directors or other officers of the district shall have no power to incur any debt or liability whatever in excess of the express provisions of this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978], and any debt or liability so incurred shall be void. History: Laws 1917, ch. 22, § 34; C.S. 1929, § 40-234; 1941 Comp., § 77-2034; 1953 Comp., § 75-21-34.