State Highway Commission v. Sargent

Citations

• 20 N.M. 577
• 151 P. 232

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Section 8 of chapter 42, Laws of 1909, providing for the creation of a “road fund,” and making such funds subject to the orders of the Road Commission, and section 2 of chapter 54, Laws of 1912, providing that the State Highway Commission, as the successor of the Territorial Roads Commission, shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the expenditure of the said road fund, in the construction, improvement, and maintenance of public roads and bridges in the state, and giving said Highway Commission the right to* do all things necessary and expedient in the exercise of such supervision of the road fund, empower said Highway Commission to order all of the said fund or any part thereof to be drawn from the state treasury by proper warrant of the State Auditor, to be disposed of as directed by the State Highway Commission.</p>