out on warrants of the State Auditor supported by proper itemized vouchers signed by the State Engineer, out of any moneys in the treasury to the credit of the "Water Reservoirs for Irrigation Purposes Income Fund" not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 2. 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 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.

CHAPTER 167.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27 OF ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER XXV OF THE NEW MEXICO STATUTES, CODIFICATION OF 1915, RELATING TO DISTRICT COURTS, AND REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF EXISTING LAW.

Senate Bill No. 63 (as amended); Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That Section twenty-seven of Article three of Chapter twenty-five of the New Mexico Statutes, Codification of 1915, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"That the official stenographer and interpreter for each district court in the State of New Mexico shall each receive a compensation of ten dollars per day, to be paid out of the court fund, for each day actually in attendance upon and en route to or from the several courts in his district for services he may be required by the court to perform at and during a term of said court and in the trial of causes before the court in chambers, and a further compensation of five dollars for each night so in attendance upon the said courts; Provided, that such official stenographer shall receive the sum of three hundred dollars for work required of him by the court for which no compensation is allowed by law, said sum to be paid from the court funds of the counties comprising the district in the same ratio in which the salary of the district attorney is paid by said counties."

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 168.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO LEVY TAXES FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1919, 1920 AND 1921 FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND TO MEET DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR ALLOTMENTS TO THE STATE OF FEDERAL FUNDS UNDER THE FEDERAL AID ROAD ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Committee Substistute for Senate Bill No. 65; Approved March 17, 1919.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. In order to provide funds for the construction and improvement of public highways and to enable the state and counties to meet the provisions of the Federal Aid Road Act, approved July 11, 1916, as extended by the Congress at its session ended March 3rd, 1919, whereby a total of approximately $4,389,000.00 is to be allotted to the State of New Mexico to aid in the construction of highways, conditioned that the state and counties raise a like amount during the three year period ending with the year 1921, the boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state are each hereby authorized and directed to make and cause to be collected a special tax levy of three mills on each dollar of the valuation of all property in their respective counties subject to taxation for state and county purposes, which levy shall be made at the regular June meeting of each board of county commissioners in each of the years 1919, 1920 and 1921, and the taxes provided by such levies shall be collected at the times and in the manner provided for the collection of other county taxes and shall be paid into the state treasury without deduction of any percentage thereof and credited to the State Road Fund.

In order to provide funds as needed to carry out the provisions of this act, the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to anticipate the proceeds of such tax levies by the issuance and sale of certificates or debentures, payable within two years after date thereof with interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, to be fixed by the State Highway Commission, which certificates shall not be issued in excess of the estimated amount of the proceeds of the said three mill levies for the year or years for which such certificates are issued based upon the percentage of collection of taxes for the preceding year.

Such certificates or debentures shall be signed by the president of the State Highway Commission, attested by its secre

tary under the seal of the commission, and shall be countersigned by the State Treasurer, and shall have attached thereto coupons bearing the lithographed signature of the State Treasurer for the payment of semi-annual installments of interest. The State Treasurer shall keep a complete record of all such certificates or debentures issued, sold, paid and cancelled. The said certificates or debentures shall be sold by the State Treasurer at such times, in such amounts and in such denominations, as the State Highway Commission shall direct, at not less than par and accrued interest, to the highest bidder for cash, after advertising the time and place of sale in some newspaper published in the City of New York, State of New York, and one newspaper publised in the State of New Mexico, for four successive weeks next prior to the day of sale. The said Treas

urer may reject any and all bids and may readvertise.

The proceeds of such tax levies, or proceeds of the sale of such certificates or debentures except sufficient to pay the interest thereon, shall be used under the direction of the State Highway Commission to meet dollar for dollar allotments of Federal funds under said Federal Aid Road Act and any extensions or amendments thereof and for the construction and improvement of public highways in the several counties as nearly as possible in proportion to the funds contributed by each county from said tax levies; and said special tax levies shall be excepted from the provisions of Section 12 of Chapter 54, and of Chapter 74 of the Session Laws of 1915.

SEC. 2. The tax levies authorized by Section 24 of Chapter 38 of the Session Laws of 1915 to be made by boards of county commissioners shall not be made by any such board for any of the years 1919, 1920 and 1921.

SEC. 3. 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 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 after its passage and approval.

CHAPTER 169.

AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE LABORATORY AND THE OFFICE OF STATE CHEMIST.

Senate Bill No. 78 (as amended); Approved March 17, 1919. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. That there is hereby established a State Chemical Laboratory for the analysis and examination of such foods, drugs, feeds, fertilizers, and other material as the interests of the state may demand. The said State Chemical Laboratory shall be established at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and shall be in charge of a Professor of Chemistry at the said College, who shall be known as the State Chemist of New Mexico. All chemical work which the public interests of the state may demand shall be done by or be under the supervision of the said State Chemist. All charges for the work done by the said State Chemist shall be just and equitable, and all money collected for such work shall go into a fund for the maintenance of the said State Chemical Laboratory.

SEC. 2. Methods of Analysis. The methods of analysis employed by the State Chemist of New Mexico shall be those prescribed by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, and those of the United States Pharmacopeia.

SEC. 3. Methods of Collecting Samples. All samples of material for analysis and examination shall be collected under the directions from the State Chemical Laboratory and must be sealed and shipped in accordance with instructions set forth in such directions for taking samples.

SEC. 4. Official Seal of the State Chemist. The Official Seal of the State Chemist of New Mexico shall bear the words "The Official Seal of the State Chemist of New Mexico" in a circle around the State Seal of New Mexico.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 170.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES OF HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL PLANTS; AND PROVIDING THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.

Senate Bill No. 79; Approved March 17, 1919.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico:

SECTION 1. Whenever the Governor of the state has good reason to believe that any pest, cotton boll weevil, pink boll worm, gypsy moth, brown tail moth, Mediterranean fruit fly, potato wart, potato canker, black scab, potato ellworm, pea weevil, alfalfa weevil, alfalfa blight or other fruit or plant disease or insect pest dangerous or inimical to the horticultural or the agricultural industry exists in certain localities in another state, territory or country, or that conditions exist that render domestic horticultural stock or agricultural crops or plants likely to become diseases, he must by proclamation designate. such localities and prohibit the importation therefrom of any tubers, plants, nursery stock, fruit or seeds or agricultural crops, plants or seeds likely to introduce or spread infection, contagion, or insect pests into the state, except under such restrictions as he, after consulting with the Agricultural Experiment Station, may deem proper.

SEC. 2. Whenever the Governor of the state has good reason to believe that any pest, cotton boll weevil, gypsy moth, brown tail moth, potato wart, potato canker, black scab, potato ellworm, pea weevil, alfalfa weevil, alfalfa blight, or other plant disease or insect pest, dangerous or inimical to the agricultural industry exists within any county or locality within the state, it shall be his duty to prescribe and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to circumscribe, eradicate or control such pests or disease.

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SEC. 3. Any person, firm or corporation who after publication of such proclamation knowingly rec tubers, plants, nursery stock, fruit, seeds, or agricultural crops, plants or seeds from any of the prohibited districts and transports, conveys, sells or uses the same, within the limits of this state, is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than ten ($10.00) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, and is further liable for any and all damages and loss that may be sustained by any person by reason of the importation of such prohibited and diseased tubers, plants, nursery stock, fruits, seeds or agricultural crops, plants, or seeds.