N.M. Stat. § 21-5-18
[Pledge of income for interest and retirement; leased land
income.]
For the faithful and prompt payment of all interest and principal of said bonds as and
when the same shall mature according to the tenor thereof, the issue thereof shall
constitute an irrevocable pledge by said board of so much of each year's income from
the permanent fund of the New Mexico institute for the blind [New Mexico school for the
blind and visually impaired] in the hands of the treasurer of this state, as shall be
necessary to provide the "interest and retirement fund" herein mentioned, for the
ensuing year, and to at all times fully and faithfully keep the same in not less than the
amount necessary to pay the interest and principal maturing as aforesaid; and in
addition thereto the issue of said bonds shall constitute an irrevocable pledge by said
board of so much of each year's income from the income and current fund derived from
the lease of such of its land [lands] as remain unsold, as may be necessary to fully
protect the "interest and retirement fund" for the ensuing year, and keep the same at all
times in proper amount as herein provided.