Said county board of horticultural commissioners shall have power to remove any local inspector who shall fail to perform the duties of his office. If any member of the county board of horticultural commissioners shall fail to perform the duties of his office, as required by this chapter, he may be removed from office by the board of county commissioners, and the vacancy thus formed may be filled by appointment by said board of county commissioners. In addition to the annual report required by Section 76-3-8 NMSA 1978, the county board of horticulture [horticultural] commissioners shall make a monthly report of their doings to the board of county commissioners and the board of county commissioners may withhold warrant for their salary or compensation of said members and inspectors thereof until such time as said report is made.

History: Laws 1903, ch. 107, § 9 [6]; Code 1915, § 2738; C.S. 1929, § 66-110; 1941 Comp., § 48-210; 1953 Comp., § 45-2-10.

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

Compiler's notes. — Laws 1909, ch. 69, § 6, renumbered Laws 1903, ch. 107, §§ 3 to 10 as §§ 6 to 13 of the latter act. The bracketed number in the history line of this section indicates the original section number of the 1903 act.

The words "this chapter" were substituted by the compilers of the 1915 Code for "this act" and refer to Chapter 54 of the 1915 Code compiled herein as 76-3-1 to 76-3-14 and 76-5-1 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 C.J.S. Agriculture § 17.