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NM Stat § 73-10-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-3 - [Petition for irrigation district; contents; bond; publication of petition and notice of presentation time.]

For the purpose of the establishment of an irrigation district as provided by this act, a petition shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county which embraces the largest acreage of the proposed district; said petition shall state that it is the purpose of petitioners to organize an irrigation district, under the provisions of this act; said petition shall also contain a general description of the boundaries of such proposed district, the means proposed to supply water for the irrigation of the lands embraced therein, the name proposed for such district and shall select a committee of three of said petitioners to present such petition to the board of county commissioners as provided by law, praying that the said board define and establish the boundaries of said proposed district and submit the question of the final organization of the same to the vote of the qualified electors resident within said proposed district; said petition shall be signed by a majority of the resident freeholders within said proposed district, and who shall also be the owners in the aggregate of the majority of the whole number of acres belonging to the resident freeholders within the said proposed district. The said petition shall also be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by said board of county commissioners in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing such district, conditioned for the payment of all costs incurred in said proceedings in case said organization shall not be effected, but in case such organization is so effected, then said expenses incurred by the board of county commissioners shall be paid back to said county by said district. Such petition shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation printed and published in each county wherein shall be situate any lands proposed to be embraced in any such district, together with a notice signed by the committee of said petitioners designated in the petition for that purpose, giving the time and place of presentation of the same to the said board of county commissioners. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 73-103; 1941 Comp., § 77-2203; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-3. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For notice by publication, see 14-11-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 58. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 319.
NM Stat § 73-10-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-4 - [Publications to be in English and Spanish.]

All publications required by this act shall be made both in English and Spanish and in every instance the last publication shall be made not less than three days before the time fixed by such publication for the taking of the action therein mentioned. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 73-104; 1941 Comp., § 77-2204; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-4. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-10-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-7 - Districts 25,000 acres or less; qualified electors.

A. In any district having an irrigable area of twenty-five thousand acres or less, a "qualified elector" is any person who: (1) owns one-half acre or more of agricultural land within the district or has evidence of title to such lands or is a purchaser of such lands under contract for the purchase of such lands from the state; or (2) is a resident entryman of public lands within the district; and (3) meets all other requirements of Section 73-10-7 NMSA 1978. B. Any person who meets the qualifications of Section [Paragraph] A(1) is a resident freeholder. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-23-6.1, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 161, § 1.
NM Stat § 73-10-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-8 - [Canvass of votes; order declaring district organized; organization complete upon recording of order.]

The said board of county commissioners shall meet on the second Monday next succeeding such election and proceed to canvass the votes cast thereat: and if, upon such canvass, it appears that two-thirds of the votes cast by the qualified electors at such election have voted "Irrigation District - Yes," the said board shall, by order entered on their minutes, declare such territory duly organized as an irrigation district, under the name and style theretofore designated, and shall declare the persons receiving, respectively, the highest number of votes for such several offices to be duly elected to such offices. Said board shall cause a copy of such order, including a plat of said district, duly certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners, to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county clerk of each county in which any portion of such lands are situated, and no board of county commissioners of any county, including any portion of such district, shall, after the date of organization of such district, allow another district to be formed, including any of the lands of such district, without the consent of the board of directors thereof; and from and after the date of such filing, the organization of such district shall be complete, and the officers thereof shall immediately enter upon the duties of their respective offices upon qualifying in accordance with law, and shall hold such offices, respectively, until their successors are elected and qualified. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 7; 1921, ch. 72, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 73-107; 1941 Comp., § 77-2207; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-7. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation §§ 58 to 61. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 319.
NM Stat § 73-10-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-9 - [First election of directors; biennial elections thereafter.]

At the first regular election of any such irrigation district held after the passage of this act [73-10-8, 73-10-9 NMSA 1978], directors from odd-numbered divisions of any such district shall be elected for a term of two years each, and directors from even-numbered divisions for a term of four years each. At each succeeding biannual [biennial] election for directors, after the first held hereafter, successors to the directors whose terms expire that year shall be elected for a term of four years each. History: Laws 1921, ch. 72, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 73-108; 1941 Comp., § 77-2208; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-8. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1921, ch. 72, contained no effective date provision, but was enacted at a session which adjourned on March 12, 1921. See N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-10-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-10 - [Election of officers; oath; bonds of directors.]

The regular election of said district shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in December in each second calendar year thereafter, at which said officers shall be elected. The person receiving the highest number of votes for any office to be filled at such election is elected thereto. Within ten days after receiving their certificates of election, hereinafter provided for, said officers shall take and subscribe the official oath and file the same in the office of the county clerk of the county where the organization was effected, and thereupon immediately assume the duties of their respective offices. Each member of said board of directors shall execute an official bond in the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), which bond shall be approved by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of said county where such organization was effected, and shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk thereof. All official bonds herein provided for shall be in form prescribed by law for official bonds for county officials, except that the obligee named in said bond shall be the said district. Premiums upon bonds of directors and also the premium upon the extra amount of the bond required to be given by the treasurer and ex-officio collector acting as district treasurer under the provisions of this act shall be paid by the district. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 8; C.S. 1929, § 73-109; 1941 Comp., § 77-2209; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-9. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 61. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
NM Stat § 73-10-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-11 - [Office of directors; notice of election; judges; time and place.]

The office of the board of directors shall be located in the county where the organization was effected. Fifteen days before any election held under this chapter, subsequent to the organization of the district, the secretary who shall be appointed by the board of directors shall cause notice specifying the polling places of each precinct to be posted in three public places in each election precinct, of the time and place of holding the election, and shall also post a general notice of the same in the office of said board, which shall be established and kept at some fixed place to be determined by said board in said county. Prior to the time for posting the notices, said board must appoint from each precinct, from the electors thereof, three judges, one of whom shall act as clerk, who shall constitute a board of election for such precinct. If the board fails to appoint a board of election, or the members appointed do not attend the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the electors of the precinct present at the hour may appoint the board or supply the place of an absent member thereof. The board of directors must, in its order appointing the board of election, designate the hour and the place in the precinct where the election must be held. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 9; C.S. 1929, § 73-110; 1941 Comp., § 77-2210; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-10. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — The term "this chapter" means the same as "this act" as used in other sections of Laws 1919, ch. 20. For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 61. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
NM Stat § 73-10-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-12 - [Oaths of judges; opening and closing of polls; returns.]

One of the judges shall be chairman of the election board and may: first, administer all oaths required in the progress of any election; second, appoint judges and clerks, if during the progress of the election any judge or clerk ceases to act. Any member of the board of election, or any clerk thereof, may administer and certify the oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election. Before opening the polls, each member of the board must take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties imposed on them [him] by law. An elector of the precinct may administer and certify such oath. The polls must be opened at 8 o'clock in the morning of the election and be kept open until 6 o'clock p.m. of the same day. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of election to forthwith deliver the return duly certified by the board of directors of the district. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 10; C.S. 1929, § 73-111; 1941 Comp., § 77-2211; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-11. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-10-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-13 - Absent voting permitted.

A. In any election of officers of the irrigation district, a qualified elector shall be entitled to vote by absent ballot. Absent ballots shall be furnished by the secretary of the board of directors and such ballots shall be in a form prescribed by the board of directors. In addition to the absent ballot, the secretary of the board of directors shall furnish each qualified elector requesting an absent ballot an official inner envelope for use in sealing the completed absent ballot and an official outer envelope for use in returning the inner envelope to the secretary. B. A qualified elector voting by absent ballot shall secretly mark his ballot, place it in the official inner envelope and securely seal the envelope. He shall then place the inner envelope inside the outer envelope and securely seal the envelope. The qualified elector shall then sign his name and address on the outer envelope and deliver or mail it to the secretary of the board of directors any time prior to the opening of the polls on election day. C. Upon receipt of an absent ballot, the secretary of the board of directors shall remove the outer envelope and enter in a register the name and address of the qualified elector and the date and time the ballot was received. The secretary shall keep the inner envelope sealed and unmarked or unidentified in any manner as to the qualified elector and place it in a safe place until the opening of the polls on election day. At the time the polls open on election day, the secretary shall deliver all the sealed inner envelopes to the chairman of the election board of the precinct nearest to the office of the district. The sealed inner envelopes shall be accompanied by a signed affidavit setting forth the number of ballots received, the number of ballots delivered and a statement to the effect that the ballots delivered are in the same condition as when received. D. Absent ballots shall be counted, tallied and canvassed as are other ballots. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-23-11.1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 112, § 1.
NM Stat § 73-10-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-14 - [Canvass of votes when all returns received; procedure; declaration of result of election.]

No lists, tally paper or certificates returned from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form, if it can be satisfactorily understood. The board of directors must meet at its usual place of meeting on the first Monday after election and canvass the returns. If at the time of meeting the returns from each precinct in the district in which the polls were open have been received, the board of directors must then and there proceed to canvass the returns; but if all the returns have not been received the canvass must be postponed from day to day until the returns have been received, or until six postponements have been had. The canvass must be made in public and by opening the returns and counting the votes of the districts for each person voted for, and declaring the results thereof. The board shall declare elected the person receiving the highest number of votes so returned for each office and also declare the result of any question submitted. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 11; C.S. 1929, § 73-112; 1941 Comp., § 77-2212; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-12. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-10-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-15 - [Statement of results; certificates of election; vacancy in office of director.]

The secretary of the board of directors must, as soon as the result of any election held under the provisions of this act is declared, enter in the records of such board and file with the county clerk of the county in which the office of said district is located a statement of such results, which statements must show: first, a copy of the published notice of said election; second, the names of the judges of said election; third, the whole number of votes cast in the district and in each precinct of the district; fourth, the names of the persons voted for; fifth, the number of votes given in each precinct for such persons; sixth, the number of votes given in the districts for each of such persons; seventh, the names of the persons declared elected; eighth, the result declared on any question submitted in accordance with the majority of the votes cast for or against such question. The board of directors must declare elected the person having the highest number of votes given for each office, and also the result of any question submitted. The secretary must immediately make out and deliver to such person a certificate of election, signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the board. In case of a vacancy in the board of directors, by death, removal or inability, from any cause, to properly discharge the duties of such director, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board, and upon their failure or inability to act within thirty days after such vacancy occurs, then upon petition of five electors of said district the board of county commissioners of the county where the office of said board of directors is situate, shall fill such vacancy or vacancies. Any director appointed as above provided shall hold his office until the next general election of said district, and until his successor is elected and qualified. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 12; C.S. 1929, § 73-113; 1941 Comp., § 77-2213; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-13. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-10-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-17 - [Regular and special meetings; records; right of entry on lands; right to acquire lands and property.]

The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting in their office on the first Tuesday in January, April, July and October, and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. All special meetings shall be called by the president of the board or a majority of the directors. All meetings of the board must be public, and a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All records of the board must be open to the inspection of any elector during the business hours. And in case any district is appointed fiscal agent of the United States or by the United States is authorized to make collections for or on behalf of the United States in connection with any federal irrigation project, such boards of directors or the secretary thereof shall at any time allow any officer or employe [employee] of the United States, when acting under the order of the secretary of the interior, to have access to all books, records and vouchers of the district which are in possession or control of the secretary or of said board. The board, its agents and employes [employees] shall have the right to enter upon any land in the district to make surveys and to locate any canal or canals and the necessary laterals. Said board shall also have the right to acquire all lands, water rights, franchises and other property necessary for the construction, use, maintenance, repair and improvement of its canals, ditches, reservoirs and waterworks; and shall also have the right by purchase or condemnation to acquire rights-of-way for the construction, enlargement, extension or improvement of any of its ditches, canals, reservoirs or other necessary works. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 14; C.S. 1929, § 73-115; 1941 Comp., § 77-2215; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-15. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 62. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 321.
NM Stat § 73-10-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-18 - [Compensation of board members; president; interest in contracts prohibited; penalty.]

The members of the board of directors other than the president shall receive compensation at the rate of not to exceed five dollars [($5.00)] per day while attending meetings or otherwise necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties and their actual and necessary traveling expenses while engaged in official business. The president of said board shall receive as compensation not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars [($150)] per annum for each ten thousand acres of land or major fraction thereof included within the district, said compensation to be set by the board of directors, and his actual and necessary traveling expenses while engaged in official business. No director or officer named in this act shall in any manner, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; nor shall receive any bonus, gratuity or bribe, and for any violation of this provision such officer shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and such conviction shall work a forfeiture of his office, and he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars [($500)], or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 30; C.S. 1929, § 73-131; Laws 1937, ch. 74, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 77-2216; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-16. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 96. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.