by or on behalf of the state or the state tax commission from any decision or action of the county assessor, board of county commissioners, or county board of equalization, in assessing or fixing the valuation of the property of any taxpayer, notice of such appeal shall be given by the county clerk to such owner or agent by mailing the same to the address stated in such schedule within five days from the taking of such appeal. In case the valuation of the property of any tax payer shall be increased by the state tax commission, notice thereof shall likewise be given by the assessor to such owner or agent within ten days after the receipt by the assessor of a certified copy of the order of the state tax commission making such increase. SEC. 4. With a view of having all lands in the state assessed at the actual value thereof, an appeal will lie to the state tax commission from the action of county assessors and boards of county commissioners in classifying and fixing the valuation of lands in their respective counties for purposes of taxation; provided, however, that the state tax commission shall have and is hereby given the original power and authority to classify and fix the valuation for purposes of taxation of all grazing lands within the state, such classification and valuation to be certified to the several county assessors and all grazing lands shall be assessed for the purposes of taxation in accordance therewith. The appeals provided for in this section may be taken by any member or agent of the state tax commission by filing notice thereof in the office of the county clerk within thirty days from the taking of the action appealed from. SEC. 5. So much of any laws as is inconsistant or in conflict with any provision of this act is hereby repealed. SEC. 6. That it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety of the inhabitants of the State of New Mexico, that the provisions of this act shall become affective at lest possible time, and therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. CHAPTER 116. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FILLING VACANCIES AMONG COMMISSIONERS OF COMMUNITY DITCHES OR ACEQUIAS, House Bill No. 314; Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexicɔ: SECTION 1. In case a vacancy shall occur among the commissioners of any community ditch or acequia, by death, resig nation, or otherwise, the remaining commissioners or commissioner shall fill such vacancy by appointment, and those appointed shall hold their offices until their successors are regularly elected and qualified. SEC. 2. In case no election shall be held of commissioners of any community ditch or acequia on the first Monday of December as provided by law, the commissioners holding office during the preceding year shall call and hold an election as soon as practicable thereafter, and give at least five days notice thereof by posting not less than six notices on the line of said ditch or acequia, stating the place and time of the election; said election to be conducted in the manner provided for the regular annual elections, and under existing provisions of law relative to such elections and the votes thereat. In case the commissioners shall refuse or neglect to call and hold said election within a reasonable time, any three or more of those entitled to vote thereat may call such election and hold the same in the manner and under the provisions aforesaid, and the three persons receiving the highest number of votes at such election shall be the commissioners of the said ditch or acequia until their successors are regularly elected and qualified. SEC. 3. That it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and the safety of the inhabitants of the State of New Mexico, that the provisions of this act shall become effective at the earliest possible time, and therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approvai. CHAPTER 117. AN ACT DECLARING AND DESCRIBING AND LOCATING A STATE Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 327; Approved Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That a road beginning on the east bank of the Rio Grande near Fort Selden Hot Springs, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, thence crossing said Rio Grande to the west side. thereof; thence south on the west side of the said Rio Grande to the United State Astronomical Station on the Fort Selden mountain, a distance of about two and one-half miles; also from the point on the west bank of the Rio Grande opposite the Fort Selden Hot Springs, a distance of about sixteen miles, to the town of Hatch where said said road hereby declared to be a state highway connects with the existing state highway to the Palomas Hot Springs and Elephant Butte dam. CHAPTER 118. AN ACT DECLARING THE ROAD FROM DES MOINES IN THE COUNTY OF UNION WHICH RUNS VIA FOLSOM TO EMERY GAP IN SAID COUNTY A STATE HIGHWAY. House Bill No. 333; Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That certain public road commencing at Des Moines in the County of Union and running thence to Folsom, thence to Colgate Canyon, thence to Emery Gap and thence to a certain point on the Colorado line to be selected by the county commissioners of the said County of Union, is hereby designated and declared to be a state highway. CHAPTER 119. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN DESTROYING PREDATORY WILD ANIMALS AND RODENT PESTS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO BE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSE. House Bill No. 338 (as amended); Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That the State of New Mexico will co-operate with the Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States, Department of Agriculture, in destroying predatory wild animals and rodent pests in the interest of the protection of crops and live stock and the improvement of range conditions. The work of destroying such predatory wild animals and rodent pests to be carried on under the direction of the Bureau of Biological Survey. There is hereby appropriated for the eighth fiscal year and each year thereafter until otherwise provided by law, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for paying the State's share of the cost of such operations as may be provided in the co-operative agreement hereinafter mentioned: Provided, that not less than twenty-five thousand dollars be furnished for such co-operative operations each year by the federal government. SEC. 2. The president of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is hereby authorized and directed to execute a co-operative agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture or the Bureau of Biological Survey, for carrying on such co-operative work in such manner and under such regulations as may be stated in said agreement. SEC. 3. The funds hereby appropriated shall be apportioned for predatory animal destruction and rodent pest repression in such amounts as may be stated in such agreement or in the absence of such agreement as may be determined by the president of said college, who shall forward a certificate of such apportionment to the State Auditor and a duplicate thereof to the State Treasurer, who shall thereupon credit the funds available for the said appropriations to the Predatory Animal Fund and the Rodent Pest Repression Fund respectively as stated in said certificate. Said funds shall be expended in amounts as authorized by said president and disbursed by warrants issued by the State Auditor upon itemized vouchers or pay rolls certified by the predatory animal inspector of the Bureau of Biological Survey or by the State Rodent Inspector or the assistant of the Biological Survey in charge of rodent pest repression, respectively. All furs, skins and specimens taken by hunters or trappers paid from the state funds shall be sold upon sealed bids, after advertisement as may be prescribed by the president of said college, and the proceeds of such sales shall be paid to the State Treasurer to be credited and added to said predatory animal fund; Provided, that any specimens so taken may be presented free of charge to the New Mexico Museum or any state institution. No bounty shall be collected from any county for animals. taken by hunters or trappers operating under such agreements, and scalps of animals so taken shall be destroyed or cancelled or marked in such manner that they cannot be used by any other person for collecting of bounty. SEC. 4. On lands which are a part of any national forest, Indian reservation, or other national reserve, rodent pest repression is to be carried on at the expense of the federal government. On state lands leased or sold under contract for which the purchaser has not yet obtained the title, rodent pest repression is to be prosecuted on a co-operative basis with such lessee or purchaser on such terms as may be agreed upon. All leases hereafter issued for state lands, and all contracts hereafter made for the sale of the state lands, shall provide that the lessee or purchaser shall be obligated to destroy the rodent pests upon such lands and upon failure to do so to pay the cost of rodent pest repression upon such lands by the state rodent force or the co-operative force provided for by this act, which cost shall not exceed ten cents per acre for the infested areas of such lands. Upon public lands of the United States or of the State, not included in reservations or covered by lease or contract, rodent pest repression shall be carried on and paid for out of the State and federal co-operative funds available as hereinbefore mentioned. Upon privately owned lands rodent pest repression under this act shall be based on voluntary co-operation of owners, lessees or occupants; poison materials or prepared poison grain to be supplied to such co-operators at actual cost, payable to the State of New Mexico, and the moneys so received shall revert and be added to the said rodent pest fund. Land owners may arrange with the State Rodent Inspector or assistant of the Biological Survey in charge of rodent pest repression in any part of the state for the destruction of rodents on their lands, under written agreement; Provided, that the State shall be reimbursed for the actual cost of such treatment to be paid into the state treasury within thirty days after presentation of the itemized account therefor by the foreman or person in charge of such work; and if not so paid such amount shall be a lien upon the said land.. Provided, the amount of such lien shall not exceed ten cents per acre for the infested areas treated. SEC. 5. A state rodent inspector shall be appointed by the president of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, such appointment to be made from a list of names furnished by the Bureau of Biological Survey; said state rodent inspector shall be at all times subject to and under the direction of the Bureau of Biological Survey. He shall be paid a salary not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per month and actual and necessary traveling expenses while performing the duties of his office; such salary and expenses to be paid out of said rodent pest fund in the manner provided in section three of this act. In case any owner of land infested by prairie dogs shall fail, after written notice from the state rodent inspector served upon such owner in person or mailed to his last known post office address, to destroy the prairie dogs in such infested areas or to enter into a co-operative agreement as provided by the |