Section 73-3-11 – Counties in which not in effect.
None of the parts or provisions of this article or any section thereof shall apply or be construed to be in force or effect in any of the following counties, viz.: Dona Ana, Grant, Otero, Luna, Lincoln, Chaves, Eddy, Santa Fe, Guadalupe, Colfax, Union, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Quay, McKinley, Roosevelt, as the same existed […]
Section 73-3-10 – [Appeals to district court.]
In all cases of conviction under this article, when the fine assessed by the justice of the peace [magistrate court] is the sum of three dollars ($3.00) or less, an appeal shall be granted to the district court only when all the accrued costs shall have been paid; which appeal shall be taken and conducted […]
Section 73-3-2 – [Compensation of officers.]
The mayordomo shall receive such compensation for his services as may be mutually fixed between him and a majority of the owners of said ditch. The commissioners shall receive such compensation as may be mutually fixed between them and a majority of the owners of said ditch and upon failure to so fix such compensation, […]
Section 73-3-3 – [Officers]; election; votes; canvass.
The election for acequia or community ditch officers, under this article, shall, be held by the outgoing commissioners, under written rules and regulations to be prescribed by them. Only those having water rights in the acequia or ditch, and who are not delinquent in the payment of their assessments shall be allowed to vote, but […]
Section 73-3-4 – [County ditches; duties of officers; labor; distribution of water; accounts.]
The commissioners shall assess fatigue work or tasks of all parties owning water rights in said community ditches or acequias and shall regulate the price to be paid in lieu of said fatigue work, all of which shall be uniform. They shall also be the representatives of said acequias in all civil cases for or […]
Section 73-3-4.1 – Commissioners; additional duties; approval of changes in place or purpose of use of water; appeals.
Pursuant to rules or bylaws duly adopted by its members, an acequia or community ditch may require that a change in the point of diversion or place or purpose of use of a water right served by the acequia or community ditch, or a change in a water right so that it is moved into […]
Section 73-3-5 – [Community ditches; laborers; refusing to work; fines.]
The owners of said community ditches or their bosses or representatives shall labor therein in proportion to their lands under cultivation. It shall be their duty to furnish the number of laborers, proportionate to their lands, required by the mayordomo, at the time and place he may designate for the purposes mentioned in the foregoing […]
Section 73-3-6 – Persons in default in work or payments; right to use of water denied.
No person, who has after written notice failed or refused to do his work or pay the amount assessed against him in lieu of such work upon the community ditch or acequia, shall be allowed to take or use any water from such community ditch or acequia or lateral thereof, while in default in such […]
Section 73-3-7 – [Inevitable accidents; excuse from labor.]
In cases of inevitable accidents, such as continual and prolonged droughts, tempests or floods, producing the total or very material failure of crops or expectant crops, the commissioners may, in their discretion, totally or partially exempt the person or persons thus situated from the requirements of the foregoing section [73-3-5 NMSA 1978] relative to continuous […]
Section 73-3-8 – [Mayordomo; failing to perform duties; malfeasance.]
If any mayordomo of any community ditch or acequia, after having undertaken to serve as such, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties of his office, or conduct himself with impropriety or injustice in his office as mayordomo or take any bribe in money, property or otherwise as inducement to act […]