New Mexico Statutes Chapter 21. State and Private Education Institutions § 21-8-2. Construction of other names for college used in statutes

Wherever in the statutes of the state of New Mexico, the term “agricultural college of New Mexico,” or “agricultural and mechanical college,” or “college of agriculture and mechanic arts,” or “agricultural college,” or “state college,” or “New Mexico agricultural college,” or any other similar designation, where the context shows the meaning to be “New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts,” the same shall be construed and held to mean “New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts [New Mexico state university].”