When the punishment of the crime shall be the confinement of the criminal in the penitentiary, the expenses shall be paid out of the state treasury, on the certificate of the governor and warrant of the auditor; and in all other cases they shall be paid out of the county treasury in the county wherein the crime is alleged to have been committed. History: Laws 1937, ch. 65, § 24; 1941 Comp., § 42-1926; 1953 Comp., § 41-19-26. ANNOTATIONSIncludes extradition of juveniles. — The costs of extraditing a juvenile from another state who stands charged in New Mexico with the commission of a crime, are governed by this section. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-14 (rendered under prior law, now see Section 32A-10-1 NMSA 1978). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 35 C.J.S. Extradition § 20.
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