New Mexico § 73-11-2 [Sale of bonds; notice; bids; rejection of bids; use of

New Mexico Statutes

§ 73-11-2 — [Sale of bonds; notice; bids; rejection of bids; use of

New Mexico § 73-11-2

Ch. 73Special Districts

Art. 11Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 73-11-2 (2026).

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bonds.] The board may sell bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction or purchase of canals, reservoir sites, reservoirs, water rights and works, and otherwise to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. Before making any sale the board shall, at a meeting, by resolution declare its intention to sell a specified amount of the bonds and the day and hour and place of such sale, and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the minutes and notice of the sale to be given by publication thereof by three insertions thereof at least twenty days prior to such sale in a daily newspaper published in the city of Santa Fe and a like notice in a daily newspaper published in the city of Albuquerque, and any

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bonds.] The board may sell bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction or purchase of canals, reservoir sites, reservoirs, water rights and works, and otherwise to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. Before making any sale the board shall, at a meeting, by resolution declare its intention to sell a specified amount of the bonds and the day and hour and place of such sale, and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the minutes and notice of the sale to be given by publication thereof by three insertions thereof at least twenty days prior to such sale in a daily newspaper published in the city of Santa Fe and a like notice in a daily newspaper published in the city of Albuquerque, and any other newspaper at their discretion. The notice shall state that sealed proposals will be received by the board at their office, for the purchase of the bonds, till the day and hour named in the resolution. At the time appointed the board shall open the proposals and award the purchase of the bonds to the highest responsible bidder and may reject all bids; but said board shall, in no event, sell any of said bonds for less than ninety-five percent of the face value thereof. In case no bid is made and accepted as provided in this act, the board of directors is hereby authorized to use said bonds for the purchase of canals, reservoir sites, reservoirs, water rights and works, or for the construction of any canal, reservoir and works; provided, such bonds shall not be so disposed of at less than ninety-five percent of the face value thereof.