Any person summoned and called to do work hereunder as above provided, who shall fail to appear and do said work or to furnish a substitute who shall appear and do said work, or pay to the superintendent the sum or sums herein provided in lieu of said work, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor before any justice of the peace [magistrate] shall be fined in a sum not more than fifty dollars [($50.00)], or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment. All fines collected hereunder shall be deposited in the emergency district flood fund. History: Laws 1921, ch. 169, § 6; C.S. 1929, § 151-306; 1941 Comp., § 15-4715; 1953 Comp., § 15-50-15. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. The office of justice of the peace has been abolished and all jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred by law upon justices of the peace have been transferred to magistrate courts. See N.M. Const., art. VI, § 31 and 35-1-38 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For emergency district flood fund, see 4-50-16 NMSA 1978.
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