On or before the 10th [tenth] day of each month there may be published in a legal newspaper published in the county where such board or commission is situated, by the council, commission or trustees of every city, town or village in this state, and by every board of education in this state, a summary of expenditures made during the preceding calendar month, which shall include a list of the total expenditures during the month and the amount spent in connection with each budgetary item and a summary of all receipts; provided, however, that the publication herein mentioned shall be made only at the discretion of the council, commission or trustee of every city, town or village, and board of education in this state if they shall deem the said publication necessary in the public interest. History: Laws 1939, ch. 220, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 10-507; Laws 1947, ch. 189, § 1; 1953, ch. 84, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 5-6-7. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For payment for required publications of county, municipal, or school board, see 14-11-9 NMSA 1978. Publication not mandatory. — It is not mandatory that the commission make a monthly publication of its receipts and expenditures. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-126. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 20 C.J.S. Counties §§ 84 to 86; 62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 409; 79 C.J.S. Schools and School Districts § 345.
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