Chapter 49, Chapter 49

The city council of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to enact and pass all ordinances, rules and regulations necessary to enable said city, with the aid of its cotrustee, to carry out and fully perform all the duties and powers herein by this act granted to said city.…

It is hereby made the duty of the mayor and city clerk to ascertain the amount of indebtedness outstanding on account of attorney's fees for services rendered in behalf of securing title to the land grant of such city and certify such indebtedness to the city treasurer, who shall…

This article is intended to apply to the grant of land heretofore made and confirmed to the city of Socorro and Candelario Garcia, trustee, and to none other. History: Laws 1893, ch. 77, § 11; Code 1915, § 877; C.S. 1929, § 29-1012; 1941 Comp., § 9-912; 1953 Comp., § 8-9-12.

court.] Any person, company or corporation who shall, by themselves or by or through their grantors, have been in the actual continuous and undisputed possession of any portion of any of said lands within the limits of said grant for a period of ten years next immediately precedi…

execution of deed.] Any person, company or corporation desiring a deed or deeds from said city or trustees to any portion of said lands as aforesaid, shall make application to said city council in writing therefor by filing his or its application with the city clerk of said city,…

application.] When application shall be made, as herein provided, for a deed to any portion of the lands within the limits of such grant, the clerk of said city is hereby required, within ten (10) days after the receipt of such application, to publish a notice of the same in a ne…

The individual, company or corporation filing said protest shall be required to follow the same with a proper proceeding in law or in equity, instituted in the proper district court of said county in which said city is located, against the said party or parties applying for said …

possession.] If no protest should be filed with the city clerk against the granting of said deed to any applicant, within the time and manner as above provided, or if the said protest should be filed and the party whose duty it is fails or neglects to institute his proceeding in …

Out of the fifteen dollars ($15.00) which shall be paid by any applicant for a deed as hereinbefore provided, to the city clerk, the said city clerk shall receive on [one] dollar ($1.00) for his services. The attorney, or attorneys, to which such application is referred shall rec…

As to all of said lands within the limits of said grant which are not owned in severalty by individuals, companies or corporations and which are in and by said decree of said court of private land claims decreed to belong to said city and cotrustee, in trust, for the benefit of t…

All proceeds realized on the sale of said lands so made as aforesaid shall be appropriated to pay off the bonded indebtedness of the city of Socorro or for public improvements within the limits of said grant as may be determined by the city council of said city. History: Laws 189…

This act [49-11-1 to 49-11-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Land Grant Support Act". History: Laws 2009, ch. 94, § 1.

As used in the Land Grant Support Act: A. "council" means the land grant council; and B. "land grant" means a patented community land grant-merced organized and operating as a political subdivision of the state. History: Laws 2009, ch. 94, § 2.

A. The "land grant council" is created and is administratively attached to the department of finance and administration. The general purposes of the council are to establish a land grant support program to provide advice and assistance to land grants and to serve as a liaison bet…

duties. A. The council, through its staff or contract agents, may apply for and accept any public or private grants, gifts or donations for the benefit of the land grant support program, the council or land grants in general or particular. B. The council, through its staff or con…

The council shall report to the governor and the legislature by December 1 of each year on the state of land grants in New Mexico and the activities of the council for that year. History: Laws 2009, ch. 94, § 5.

A. The "land grant-merced assistance fund" is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the department of finance and administration. The fund consists of gifts, grants, donations, appropriations to the fund and distributions to the fund made pursuant to the Tax …