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NM Stat § 73-10-34 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-34 - Authorization to sign petition or protest.

A guardian, conservator or personal representative of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who, as such guardian, conservator or personal representative, is entitled to the possession of the lands belonging to the estate which he represents, may on behalf of his ward or the estate which he represents, upon being thereunto authorized by the proper court, sign and acknowledge the petition in this act mentioned, and may show cause, as in this act mentioned, why the boundaries of the district should not be changed. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 42; C.S. 1929, § 73-143; 1941 Comp., § 77-2232; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-32; Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 8-130. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-10-35 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-35 - [Redivision of district after addition of lands; election of directors.]

In the case of the inclusion of any land within any district by proceedings under this act, the board of directors shall, at least thirty days prior to the next succeeding general election, make an order redividing such district into divisions, as nearly equal in size as may be practicable, being in number as in Section 5 [73-10-5 NMSA 1978] of this act provided and which shall be numbered consecutively, and one director shall thereafter be elected from each division. For the purposes of election the board of directors shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in said district, and define the boundaries thereof, which said precincts may be changed from time to time as the board may deem necessary. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 43; C.S. 1929, § 73-144; 1941 Comp., § 77-2233; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-33. 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 § 58. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 319.
NM Stat § 73-10-36 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-36 - [Exclusion of lands; status of district unaffected.]

Any tract of land included within the boundaries of any such district, at or after its organization under the provisions of this act, may be excluded therefrom, in the manner herein prescribed, but such exclusion of land from the district shall not impair or affect its organization, or its rights in or to property or any of its rights or privileges of whatever kind or nature; nor shall such exclusion affect, impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien or charge for or upon which it would or might become liable or chargeable, had such land not been excluded from the district. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 44; C.S. 1929, § 73-145; 1941 Comp., § 77-2234; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-34. 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 § 73-10-37 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-37 - [Petition to exclude lands; description of lands; acknowledgment.]

The owner or owners in fee of any lands constituting a portion of any irrigation district may file with the board of directors of the district, a petition praying that such lands may be excluded and taken from said district. The petition shall describe the lands which the petitioners desire to have excluded, but the description of such lands need not be more particular than required when lands are entered in the assessment book by the county assessor. Such petition must be acknowledged in the same manner and form as is required in case of a conveyance of land. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 45; C.S. 1929, § 73-146; 1941 Comp., § 77-2235; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-35. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For acknowledgments, see 14-14-1 to 14-14-11 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-10-38 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-38 - [Notice of petition to exclude lands; publication; estimated costs of proceedings.]

The secretary of the board of directors shall cause a notice of the filing of such petition to be published for at least three weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the office of the board of directors is situated, and if any portion of said district lie within another county or counties, then said notice shall be so published in a newspaper published within each of said counties; or if no newspaper be published therein, then by posting such notice for the same time in at least three public places in said district, and in case of the posting of said notices, one of the said notices must be so posted on the lands proposed to be excluded. The notice shall state the filing of such petition, the names of the petitioners, description of the lands mentioned in said petition and the prayer of said petitioners; and it shall notify all persons interested to appear at the office of said board at a time named in said notice, and show cause in writing, if any they have, why said petition should not be granted. The time to be specified in the notice at which they shall be required to show cause shall be the regular meeting of the board next after the expiration of the time for the publication of the notice. The petitioner or petitioners shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to pay the estimated cost of all proceedings under the petition before the secretary shall give such notice. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 46; C.S. 1929, § 73-147; 1941 Comp., § 77-2236; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-36. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For notice by publication, see 14-11-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 73-10-39 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-39 - [Hearing on petition for excluding lands; objections.]

The board of directors at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at the time or times to which the hearing of said petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto, presented in writing by any persons, showing cause as aforesaid why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. The filing of such petition with the board, as aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each and all of such petitioners to the exclusion from such district of the lands mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 47; C.S. 1929, § 73-148; 1941 Comp., § 77-2237; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-37. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-10-40 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-40 - [Order granting or denying petition for excluding land; protest of electors.]

The board of directors, if they deem it not for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition or some portion thereof, should be excluded from said district, shall order that said petition be denied; but if they deem it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, and if there are no outstanding bonds of the district, then the board may order the lands mentioned in the pettiion [petition], or some defined portion thereof, to be excluded from the district; provided, if within thirty days from the making of such order a majority of the qualified electors of the district protest in writing to said board against the exclusion of such lands from said district, said order shall be held for naught and such lands shall not be excluded therefrom. Provided, further, that in case contract has been made between the district and the United States as in Section 13 [73-10-16 NMSA 1978] hereof provided, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district, and the board of directors shall make no order changing the boundaries of the district until the secretary of the interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent shall be filed with the board of directors. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 48; C.S. 1929, § 73-149; 1941 Comp., § 77-2238; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-38. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For proceedings to determine validity of exclusion, see 73-11-6 to 73-11-10 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 73-10-41 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-41 - [Petition for exclusion of land approved; filing order and new plat.]

Upon the allowance of such petition and in case no protest has been filed with the board within thirty days after the entry of said order as aforesaid, a certified copy of the order of the board of directors making such change and a plat of such district showing such change, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk of each county in which are situated any of the lands of the district, and the district shall remain an irrigation district as fully to every intent and purpose as if the lands which are excluded by the change of the boundary as aforesaid, had not been excluded therefrom. And, provided, further, that in case contract has been made between the district and the United States as in Section 13 [73-10-16 NMSA 1978] of this act provided, no change shall be made in the boundaries of the district, and the board of directors shall make no order changing the boundaries of the district until the secretary of the interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent be filed with the board of directors. Upon the filing of such assent, however, the lands excluded from any such district shall be discharged of all liens in favor of the United States under any contract with the United States or under bonds deposited with its agents. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 49; C.S. 1929, § 73-150; 1941 Comp., § 77-2239; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-39. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-10-42 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-42 - [Redivision of district after exclusion of lands; election of directors.]

At least thirty days before the next general election of such district the board of directors thereof may make an order, dividing said district into divisions, as nearly equal in size as practicable, being in number as in Section 5 [73-10-5 NMSA 1978] of this act provided and which shall be numbered consecutively, and one director shall be elected for each division by the qualified electors of the whole district. For the purpose of election in such district the said board of directors must establish a convenient number of election precincts and define the boundaries thereof, which said precincts may be changed from time to time, as the board of directors may deem necessary. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 50; C.S. 1929, § 73-151; 1941 Comp., § 77-2240; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-40. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-10-43 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-43 - [Petition for dissolution of district; notice of election; ballots.]

Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders, representing a majority of the number of acres of irrigable land, in any irrigation district organized or hereafter to be organized, under this act, shall petition the board of directors to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said irrigation district a proposition to vote on the dissolution of said irrigation district, setting forth in said petition that all bills and claims of every nature whatsoever have been fully satisfied and paid, it shall be the duty of said directors, if they shall be satisfied that all bills and claims have been fully satisfied, to call an election, setting forth the object of the said election, and to cause notice of said election to be published in some newspaper in each of the counties or county in which said district is located, for a period of thirty (30) days prior to said election, setting forth the time and place for holding said election in each of the voting precincts in said district. It shall also be the duty of the directors to prepare ballots to be used at said election on which shall be written or printed the words: "For Dissolution - Yes," and "For Dissolution - No." History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 51; C.S. 1929, § 73-152; 1941 Comp., § 77-2241; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-41. 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 § 57. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 338.
NM Stat § 73-10-44 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-44 - [Canvass of votes on dissolution; certificate of election; recording; assent of secretary of interior.]

The board of directors shall name a day for canvassing the vote, and if it shall appear that a majority of the ballots contain the words, "For Dissolution - Yes," then it shall be the duty of said board of directors to declare said district to be disorganized, and they shall certify such fact to the county clerk of the respective counties in which the district is situated, stating the number of signers to the petition; that said election was called and set for the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . month of . . . . . . year; that said election was held and that so many votes (stating the number) had been cast for, and that so many votes (stating the number) had been cast against, said proposition. Said certificate shall bear the seal of the district, and the signatures of the president and secretary of said board of directors. It shall be the duty of the said respective clerks to record all such certificates in the records of the respective counties. Should it appear that a majority of the votes cast at said election were "For Dissolution - No," then the board of directors shall declare the proposition lost and shall cause the result and the vote to be made a part of the records of said irrigation district. Provided, however, that no dissolution shall be made of the district, and the board of directors shall make no order dissolving the same until the secretary of the interior shall assent thereto in writing and such assent be filed with the board of directors. History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 52; C.S. 1929, § 73-153; 1941 Comp., § 77-2242; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-42. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
NM Stat § 73-10-45 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-45 - [Succession of irrigation districts to rights and duties of water users' associations.]

That any irrigation district organized and existing under and by virtue of Chapter 20, Session Laws of New Mexico 1919, may succeed to all the rights, assets, privileges and immunities, and assume all the obligations, duties and liabilities of any water users' association organized and existing under the laws of New Mexico, by conveyance and simple contract; and any election heretofore or hereafter called and held at which a majority of the members or stockholders of such association voting at such election shall favor or shall have favored such succession and assumption, shall be sufficient authority for the directors of such district and of such association to execute and put into effect such conveyances and such contracts; and no action or defense drawing in question, directly or indirectly, the validity or effectiveness of such transfer, succession or assumption, shall be brought, maintained or set up except within one year from and after the filing for record of any such contract, transfer or conveyance; and in case of any such contract, transfer or conveyance, the same shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county where the principal office of such association is situate, and where the principal office of such district is situate and also in each county where the real estate is situate belonging to either such district or association. History: Laws 1921, ch. 39, § 23; C.S. 1929, § 73-177; 1941 Comp., § 77-2243; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-43. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — For the compilation of Laws 1919, Chapter 20, see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For definitions of "irrigation district" and "directors," see 73-11-54 NMSA 1978. 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 § 73-10-46 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-46 - [Irrigation district organized to cooperate with United States; civil service board; employees.]

Any irrigation district organized or to be organized for the purpose of cooperating with the government of the United States under the terms of federal reclamation law, and other federal laws operating and maintaining its irrigation, drainage, storage and protection works, and storing and distributing water, and for operating and maintaining works for the generation, control and distribution of electrical energy is hereby authorized to institute and maintain a system of civil service employment for such classes of its employees as in the opinion of the board of directors of said district should be placed under such system. The boards of directors are also authorized to enact any and all rules and regulations which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act [73-10-46, 73-10-47 NMSA 1978] including the appointment of a civil service board consisting of three members to serve three years, two members being permanent employees of the district and one a member of the board. To this civil service board the board of directors shall delegate the duties of establishing grades and of setting up standards of employment, of conducting examinations, creating a roster of approved applicants and in general to exercise advisory powers in the hiring and dismissal of employees. It shall be understood that the purpose of this act in general is to permit said district to create conditions of employment in which tenure of service is dependent upon efficiency, loyalty and dependability. This act shall be applied to all permanent employees at or below the grade of superintendent, and above and not including the grade of common laborer, but including the fiscal officer of the district who may be assessor-collector treasurer of the district as appointed by the board of directors. History: Laws 1931, ch. 78, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 77-2244; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-44. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For the provisions of federal reclamation law, see 43 U.S.C. § 371 et seq. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 97. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 316.
NM Stat § 73-10-47 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 73 - Special Districts|Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management|Section 73-10-47 - [Employees' pensions; group insurance; employers' liability insurance.]

Any irrigation district is authorized to create out of its general funds a fund to pension old or incapacitated employees, to make reasonable reservations out of wages and salaries of employees for creation, augmentation or support of such a fund and to provide out of its general fund or any other fund created for such purpose, the premiums for group insurance or for employers' liability insurance now required by the laws of New Mexico or which hereafter may be required by said laws. History: Laws 1931, ch. 78, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 77-2245; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-45. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1931, ch. 78, contained no effective date provision, but was enacted at a session which adjourned on March 14, 1931. See N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.