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IN RE THAXTON

No. 8392.

437 P.2d 129 (1968)

78 N.M. 668

In re Removal of John Q. THAXTON, Member of the State Highway Commission.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 5, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Pongetti, Albuquerque, for petitioner, David F. Cargo, Governor of State of New Mexico.

Montgomery, Federici & Andrews, Santa Fe, for respondent, John Q. Thaxton.

OPINION

MOISE, Justice.

We have for consideration a motion to dismiss a presentment against movant seeking his removal from the position of state highway commissioner to which he was appointed in 1963.

Article V, Sec. 14, N.M.Const., as it existed in 1963, provided for appointment of highway commissioners by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for terms of six years. The same article and section also provided the grounds for their...

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