NMSA 19-6-6. [Failure of lessee or purchaser to provide gates and

19-6-6. [Failure of lessee or purchaser to provide gates and runways at intersection of public highway; failure to close gate; penalty.] Every lesee [lessee] of state lands, and every purchaser of state lands holding same under contract to purchase, who shall fence the same, shall erect and maintain gates and runways at all intersections at public highways, and failure so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor, upon conviction of which the lessee or holder of contract to purchase so convicted shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars [($25.00)] and in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Any person passing through such gate and failing to close the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by this section. History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 51; Code 1915, § 5229; Laws 1915, ch. 73, § 5; C.S. 1929, § 132-152; 1941 Comp., § 8-706; 1953 Comp., § 7-7-6.