Mayes v. Bassett

Citations

• 17 N.M. 193

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS.</p> <p>1. Congress and the legislature intended that the District Courts of the Territory should he open at all times and that any Associate Justice of the Supreme Court might preside ■over such court to effectuate such purpose.</p> <p>2. Held: That an. order sighed by an Associate Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court, in a district other than his own, reciting that such judge was acting in the absence of the presiding judge, sufficiently discloses the authority of such judge.</p> <p>3. All laws enacted at the same session of the legislature relating to the same subject matter are in pari materia, and are to be considered and construed together as if they were different sections of one act.</p> <p>4. The provisions of sec. 1581, Comp. Laws of 1897, are applicable to and binding upon Boards of School Directors as-well as Boards of Education.</p> <p>5. Where a statute requires sealed proposals and letting of contract for public buildings to lowest responsible bidder, a reasonable public notice is implied from the requirements, of the statute.</p>