A municipality may use the county jail for the confinement or punishment of offenders subject to the requirements imposed by law and the board of county commissioners. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-17-16, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. Cross references. — For jails, see 33-3-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. For local government corrections fund, see 33-3-25 NMSA 1978. For custody of prisoners, see 35-15-6 NMSA 1978. Board of county commissioners may impose fee for each municipal prisoner incarcerated in a county jail. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-41. Law reviews. — For article, "Prisoners Are People," see 10 Nat. Resources J. 869 (1970). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 72 C.J.S. Prisons § 5.
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