That the board of trustees of the town of Las Vegas (administering the land grant known as "The Las Vegas Land Grant," confirmed by the act of congress on the twenty-first day of June, A.D. 1860 to the town of Las Vegas) be and the same hereby is authorized and empowered to expend the sum of $30,000.00 towards the cost of constructing a public school building within the exterior boundaries of the town of Las Vegas, the said building to be named "Veterans' Memorial Public School," in honor of all the men and women from San Miguel county, state of New Mexico, who served in the armed forces of the United States of America.

History: 1941 Comp., § 9-614, enacted by Laws 1945, ch. 121, § 1; 1947, ch. 96, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 8-6-14.

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

Repeals. — Laws 1945, ch. 121, § 4, repealed all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith.

Laws 1947, ch. 96, § 2, repealed Laws 1945, ch. 121, § 2.

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1945, ch. 121, § 3, provided that the Las Vegas board of trustees were authorized to spend up to $20,000 for a building known as the old Y.M.C.A. building, and to convey that building and property to a corporation to be organized under the name of United Veterans Organization, Inc. for the use of veterans of all wars.

Laws 1947, ch. 96, contained a preamble which read:

"Whereas, by section 1, chapter 121 of the 1945 Session Laws, the board of trustees of the town of Las Vegas (administering the land grant known as the Las Vegas land grant) was authorized and empowered to expend the sum of $30,000 in constructing a memorial in honor of all of the men and women of San Miguel County, New Mexico, who served in the armed forces of the United States of America; and

"Whereas, by section 2, of said act, it was provided that the said memorial shall be constructed on the site at present occupied by the old courthouse on West National Avenue in the town of Las Vegas; and

"Whereas, said old courthouse site is not available for said purpose, and said funds so authorized are not sufficient to construct a suitable memorial building; and

"Whereas, the town of Las Vegas is named as grantee in the patent from the United States of America for the said land grant, and is the principal beneficiary thereof; and

"Whereas, the schools of the town of Las Vegas are overcrowded, and there is an imperative need for an additional school building; and

"Whereas, the board of trustees of the town of Las Vegas (administering that land grant known as the Las Vegas land grant) and the veterans of San Miguel County, as represented by the various organizations of the veterans of San Miguel County, are of the opinion that the said sum of $30,000 so intended for the construction of a veterans' memorial, may be better used towards the cost of constructing a suitable public school building within the exterior boundaries of the town of Las Vegas; providing that the said school building shall be named 'Veterans Memorial Public School.'"

The act of congress referred to in this section is 12 Stat. 71.