New Mexico Territorial Laws and Treaties NM TERR LAWS KEARNY CODE REVENUE § 32

When any person shall be found keeping a billiard table, dramshop, grocery, distillery or vending goods as a merchant or peddler, contrary to the provisions of this law, every sheriff, collector, coroner and constable shall, and any other person may, give information thereof to the prefect of the county without delay.

The prefect shall issue his warrant directed to the sheriff or the constable of the county, and cause the offender to be arrested and brought before him, and shall determine the offense in a summary manner and assess the punishment, which shall be not more than five hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars.