That hereafter in this state the commissioners of community ditches when receiving money in lieu of fatigue work or tasks, shall not fix the price of such work or task at a greater rate than one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per day, for one person’s labor, nor at a greater rate than three dollars ($3.00) per wagon, scraper or plow with team of horses and man per day, when that sort of work is called for. This act [this section] shall not apply to the counties of San Miguel, Torrance, Lincoln, Otero, Taos, Rio Arriba and Quay.