For each dollar so provided by said county there is hereby appropriated the sum of one dollar ($1.00) to be paid out of any funds in the state treasury except money set aside for the payment of interest or sinking fund on the public debt, and the secretary of finance and administration is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant for the payment of moneys so allotted to any such county upon the certificate of the board of county commissioners of such county, countersigned by the extension director of New Mexico state university, certifying that a stated amount of money has been so provided by said county and that an agreement has been entered into between such county and said college for such cooperative extension work; provided, however, that in no case shall the total amount so allotted to any one county by the state exceed the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) during any one year.

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 76-2-5

  • Public debt: Cumulative amounts borrowed by the Treasury Department or the Federal Financing Bank from the public or from another fund or account. The public debt does not include agency debt (amounts borrowed by other agencies of the Federal Government). The total public debt is subject to a statutory limit.