73-2-50: [Neglect of duty; penalty.]

If any superintendent or water commissioner, neglects or refuses to discharge the duties required of him by the three preceding sections [73-2-47 to 73-2-49 NMSA 1978], he shall be fined for each offense in a sum not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) recoverable before any justice of the peace [magistrate court] in the county; and the moneys thus recovered from said fines, shall be paid to the county treasurer, to be applied to the school fund of the district where said offense is committed.