Section 73-11-55 – [Unpaid per-acre construction charges to remain as lien.]
That whenever any irrigation district in this state, organized for the purpose of cooperating with the United States under the federal reclamation laws and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall have paid in full all construction charges due from such district to the United States, under the construction contract, and there shall remain any […]
Section 73-11-47 – [Property of unknown owners; tax sales by district.]
Whenever any property is listed on the assessment roll of the district, if the property of unknown owners, the same proceedings shall be had as provided for in this act [73-11-37, 73-11-38, 73-11-40 to 73-11-47 NMSA 1978] against the property of known owners. History: Laws 1931, ch. 91, § 10; 1941 Comp., § 77-2346; 1953 […]
Section 73-11-48 – Suit for collection of assessments and charges.
A. The board of directors of any irrigation district formed for the purpose of cooperating with the United States government under the federal reclamation laws and other federal laws may bring suit at law for the receovery [recovery] of assessments, tolls and charges which may be due from any person or corporation, or upon any […]
Section 73-11-49 – [Payment of claims; warrants; register of warrants.]
No claim, except as otherwise provided in Section 24 [73-11-33 NMSA 1978], of said Chapter 20, shall be paid by the district treasurer until the same shall have been allowed by the board, and only upon warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, which warrants shall state the date authorized by the […]
Section 73-11-50 – Financial statement of directors.
A. The board of directors of any such irrigation district, at the first regular meeting of each year, shall render, and immediately thereafter cause to be published a verified statement of the financial condition of the district for the preceding year, together with a statement of expenditures by the United States under any contract the […]
Section 73-11-51 – [Violation of duty; liability on bond; removal from office.]
For any wilful violation of any express duty herein provided for on the part of any officer named in this act, or in Chapter 20, Session Laws of 1919, he shall be liable upon his official bond and be subject to removal from office by proceedings brought in the district court of the county wherein […]
Section 73-11-52 – [“District” defined; law of 1919.]
Wherever the word district is used in this act it shall be held to mean and include only the lands described in the official order establishing said district and the official plat thereof on record in the office of the county clerk, as hereinbefore provided in this act, and such lands as may be included […]
Section 73-11-53 – [Construction of law of 1919.]
This act shall be construed as applying only to districts organized for the purpose of cooperation with the United States under the federal reclamation law or other federal laws as defined in Section one [1] [73-10-1 NMSA 1978] hereof and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to affect or interfere with the organization, […]
Section 73-11-54 – [Definitions and construction; law of 1921.]
Whenever the term “irrigation district” or the word “district” shall appear in this act, it shall mean irrigation district organized under and by virtue of Chapter 20, Session Laws of New Mexico, 1919, or acts supplemental thereto or amendatory thereof; and the words “this act” appearing in the foregoing amendatory sections, may be construed as […]
Section 73-11-45 – [Sale of tax sale certificate held by district; duty of assessor-collector.]
In case any property shall be bid in by the district as provided in Section 5 [73-11-42 NMSA 1978], the duplicate certificate of sale shall be sold by the assessor-collector to any person who shall pay the face value thereof with accrued interest; and if the same cannot be sold at private sale within one […]