Section 4-38-7 - [Holding office until successor is qualified.]

NM Stat § 4-38-7 (2019) (N/A)
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Every person appointed county commissioner shall hold his office until the general election, and until his successor shall be qualified and enters upon the duties of such office.

History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 39; C.L. 1884, § 370; C.L. 1897, § 689; Code 1915, § 1192; C.S. 1929, § 33-4205; 1941 Comp., § 15-3505; 1953 Comp., § 15-37-5.

Cross references. — For terms of office of county commissioners, see N.M. Const., art. X, §§ 2 and 7 and 4-38-6 NMSA 1978.

For tenure of officers generally, see N.M. Const., art. XX, § 2.

For filling of vacancies of county commissioners, see N.M. Const., art. XX, § 4.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 20 C.J.S. Counties § 66.