In those counties where the county road superintendent's plan is adopted, the county road and bridge fund shall only be paid out upon itemized bills or estimates rendered and approved by the county road superintendent, showing in detail the time, place and character of work done, or in detail the supplies or materials purchased and received for county road and bridge purposes, by warrants drawn by the board of county commissioners on the county road and bridge fund.
History: Laws 1921, ch. 135, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 64-204; 1941 Comp., § 58-305; 1953 Comp., § 55-3-6.
Expenditures are by board's warrant on approval of the superintendent. State ex rel. Bard v. Board of Cnty. Comm'rs, 1935-NMSC-014, 39 N.M. 119, 41 P.2d 1105.
County road fund is intended to be used for the establishment, construction and maintenance of county roads and may not be used for other purposes nor may the same be transferred to other county funds. A highway traffic patrolman is not even remotely connected with the construction and maintenance of county roads and his salary cannot properly be chargeable or disbursed from the county road fund. 1955 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 55-6110.
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