§ 21-8-27 — [Board constituted custodian for grave of Eugene Manlove

New Mexico § 21-8-27

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 21: State and Private Education Institutions
• Art. 8: New Mexico State University

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Rhodes.] That the board of regents of the New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university] shall be and hereby is designated and declared to be custodian of the grave of Eugene Manlove Rhodes, and shall be and hereby is given all lawful authority to enter upon the lot and assume responsibility therefor, and to expend such sum or sums of money from the general funds of the college [university] as shall be necessary or required from time to time to cause the grave, the fence surrounding it, and the monument erected thereon, in his memory, by the artists and writers of New Mexico, to be maintained in good order and condition, all to the end that the last resting place of one of New Mexico's most valiant souls shall not suffer decay from wind, rain and the passage of time after the family and friends of 'Gene Rhodes have gone to be with him in the great beyond.

Legislative History

1941 Comp., § 55-2526, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 89, § 1; 1953 Comp., §