V MILTON J. HELMICK ATTORNEY GENERAL State of New Mexico office: of Attorney General SAN TA , F E JOHN W. ARMSTRONG ASSISTANT ATTORNEY OEMCRAL March 31,1924. V {NV Mrs. J. T. Smith, Department of Beautification, The Old Spanish Trail Assn. 114 Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Madam: Answering your favor of the 24th inst., beg to advise that we have no law in this state covering billboards or indiscriminate advertising along public highways. The billboard nuisance has not become as acute in New Mexico as in the more populous states, and there have been no movements to curtail advertising abuse. Yours very truly, MJH M <