The director shall publish a brand book in which shall be given a facsimile or copy of all brands recorded in the office of the board, together with the owner's name and address. The board may publish if it deems best to do so a limited number of brand books in addition to the number required by the provisions of this section and to sell them for such price as the board considers reasonable and proper. The price shall not be less than the actual cost.

History: Laws 1895, ch. 6, § 12; C.L. 1897, § 116; Code 1915, § 127; C.S. 1929, § 4-1413; 1941 Comp., § 49-912; 1953 Comp., § 47-9-11; Laws 1983, ch. 229, § 8; 1993, ch. 248, § 48; 1978 Comp., § 77-9-13, amended and recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 77-2-7.6 by Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 15.

The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, recompiled this section which was formerly 77-9-13 NMSA 1978 and substituted "The director shall publish" for "It is the duty of the executive director of the New Mexico livestock board to publish" at the beginning of the first sentence, substituted "may publish" for "is authorized to publish" in the last sentence, and deleted the former last sentence, which read "The board is authorized to revise from time to time the state record of brands by the cancellation of obsolete and unused brands and to provide by regulation for due notice of such revision."

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "the office of the board" for "his office" in the first sentence and deleted "New Mexico livestock" preceding "board" near the beginning of the second sentence.

The 1983 amendment added the catchline and, in the first sentence, substituted "is the duty of the executive director of the New Mexico livestock" for "shall be the duty of the secretary of the cattle sanitary" and "address" for the language which began with "the county wherein he resides" and which included a sample of the form of the brand book, all as set out in the original pamphlet. The 1983 amendment also deleted the former second and third sentences, as set out in the original pamphlet, divided the former last sentence into the present last three sentences and substituted "New Mexico livestock" for "cattle sanitary" in the present second sentence and "The board is authorized to revise from time to time the" for "and from time to time revise said" in the last sentence.