N.M. Stat. § 4-33-16
[Payment for transcription; county clerk; deferred
payments.]
The account of such county clerk shall be presented to the board of county
commissioners of the new county, said account to be itemized and verified, showing his
expenses and services for such work, which shall consist of money, if any, actually
expended by him for books of record in which the transcripts had been entered and a
charge at the rate of fifteen cents [($.15)] per one hundred words for copying,
comparing, indexing and certifying the transcripts of records and he shall be allowed
interest on all deferred payments at six percent per annum.