New Mexico Statutes
§ 33-2-8 — [Accepting compensation from contractor; aiding escape of
prisoner; penalties.] No officer or other person employed in or about the penitentiary shall be permitted to receive any compensation or reward from any contractor, under penalty of dismissal from office, and forfeiture of all pay due, and if any officer procure the escape of any convict, or connive at, aid or assist in the escape of any convict from the penitentiary, whether such convict escape or not, he shall be guilty of felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiary for any term not less than one year, nor more than three years.
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Legislative History
Laws 1889, ch. 76, § 25; C.L. 1897, § 3514; Code 1915, § 5039; C.S. 1929, §
Nearby Sections
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§ 33-1-1
Short title§ 33-1-11
Correctional officer qualifications§ 33-1-17
Private contract§ 33-1-18
Funds created§ 33-1-19
Use of funds§ 33-1-2
Definitions§ 33-1-20
Transfers authorized§ 33-1-3
Purpose§ 33-1-4
Repealed