§ 76-2-1 — [Matching federal allotment to state.]

That for the maintenance of the cooperative agricultural extension work provided for in the act of congress entitled: "An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of an act of congress approved July second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and all acts supplementary thereto, and the United States department of agriculture," approved May 8, 1914, there is hereby permanently appropriated out of any money in the state treasury, except interest upon the public debt, the sum of one dollar [($1.00)] for each dollar allotted annually by the secretary of agriculture as provided in said act of congress to the state of New Mexico above the sum of ten thousand dollars [($10,000)] regularly appropriated to each state which shall by action of its legislature assent to the provisions of said act, the said appropriation not to exceed the sum of thirty-four hundred dollars [($3,400)] for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, and for each year thereafter for seven years, a sum exceeding, by not more than three thousand dollars [($3,000)], the sum appropriated for each preceding year, after which time the said appropriation shall continue annually in accordance with the provisions of said act of congress, such appropriations being required by said act of congress, in order that the state may obtain the benefit of the said annual allotments of money by the secretary of agriculture over and above the said sum of ten thousand dollars [($10,000)].

Legislative History

Laws 1915, ch. 29, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 48-101; 1953 Comp., § 45-1-1.