Section 21-3-31 - [Use of name "eastern New Mexico university" authorized; exceptions.]

NM Stat § 21-3-31 (2019) (N/A)
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For all purposes excepting suits, state lands, funds and appropriations the name "eastern New Mexico university" is hereby authorized for use in lieu of the name eastern New Mexico normal school.

History: 1953 Comp., § 73-22-37, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 38, § 1.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11, as repealed and reenacted on November 8, 1960, changed the name of the New Mexico normal school to the New Mexico western college, which was again changed by constitutional amendment of November 3, 1964, to western New Mexico university. See 21-3-3 NMSA 1978. That constitutional provision also changed the name of New Mexico normal university to New Mexico highlands university. See 21-3-2 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 14A C.J.S. Colleges and Universities § 9.