§ 77-15-9 — Form of petitions

The petitions shall be in substantially the following form: PETITION FOR COUNTY PREDATOR CONTROL PROGRAM To the Board of County Commissioners of _________________ (name of county) New Mexico: The undersigned, owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep and goats, and fifty-one percent of the cattle (or either, as the case may be) on the tax rolls of _______________________ (name of county) county, New Mexico, hereby petition the board of county commissioners to establish a county predator control program as authorized by _______________________ (cite applicable law) to last for a period of ________ years from the date of the establishment of the program. This program shall be financed by a mill levy on the appropriate kind of livestock in this county at a rate not to exceed ______________ ($ ) per head. We further petition the board of county commissioners to appoint the following five livestock owners, residents of this county, to serve as the county predator control board: 1. ________________________________ 3. ________________________________ 2. ________________________________ 4. ________________________________ 5. ________________________________ Date Signed Signature Address Name under which assessed Limitation (if any) ____________________________________________________________________ __________ ____________________________________________________________________ __________ The petitions may consist of as many sheets of paper as needed, as long as each sheet is headed as provided in this section.

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 47-16-9, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 92, § 4.