Immediately upon receipt of the aforesaid certified list of lands in the district subject to taxation hereunder, and of the aforesaid certificate from the board of directors of the district showing the total amount of money necessary for the purposes aforesaid and the several assessments as aforesaid, the board of county commissioners of the county […]
The county treasurer of the county in which is located the office of any such district, shall be and is hereby constituted ex-officio district treasurer of such district, and such county treasurer shall be liable upon his official bond, and to indictment and criminal prosecution for malfeasance, or misfeasance or failure to perform any duty […]
The publication required by the preceding section [73-8-2 NMSA 1978] and all publications required by this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] shall be made in both English and Spanish and in every instance the last publication shall be made not less than three days before the time fixed by such publications for the taking […]
The revenue laws of this state for the assessment, levy and collection of taxes on real estate for county purposes, except as herein modified, shall be applicable for the purposes of this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] including the enforcement of penalties and forfeitures for delinquent taxes. History: Laws 1917, ch. 22, § 30; […]
With the exceptions hereinbefore specified no claims or accounts shall be paid by the district treasurer until the same shall have been approved and allowed by the board of directors of the district, and only upon warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, which warrants shall show the date when authorized by […]
For the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to the organization of the district and the care, operation, management, repair and improvement of all drainage works and property of the district, including salaries of officers and employes, and all expenses necessarily incident to the conduct of the business of said district, the board of directors […]
Members of the board of directors of any such drainage district, other than the president, shall each receive compensation at the rate of two and 50-100 dollars [($2.50)] per day while attending meetings of the board, or otherwise necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, and their actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred while […]
The board of directors or other officers of the district shall have no power to incur any debt or liability whatever in excess of the express provisions of this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978], and any debt or liability so incurred shall be void. History: Laws 1917, ch. 22, § 34; C.S. 1929, § […]
The boundaries of any drainage district organized under the provisions of this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] may be changed in the manner herein prescribed; but such change of boundaries shall not impair or affect the organization of the district, or its right in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges […]
The holder or holders of title, or evidence of title, to any body of land adjacent to or situate without the boundaries of any drainage district organized under this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978], may file with the board of directors of the district a petition in writing praying that such lands be included […]
Upon the filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall cause notice of such filing to be given in the manner provided by this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] with reference to other notices required to be published. Such notice shall recite the filing of the petition, the names of the petitioners, […]
At the time and place fixed in the notice, or at such time or times to which the hearing upon such petition may be adjourned, the board of directors shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto, presented in writing by any person, showing cause as aforesaid, why the petition should not be […]
The board of directors may require as a condition precedent to the granting of the petition that the petitioners shall severally pay to the district such respective sums, as nearly as the same can be estimated by the board, as the petitioner or petitioners, or his or their grantor or grantors, would have been required […]
Upon the hearing had by the board of county commissioners upon such petition pursuant to the publication of notice thereof as aforesaid, if it shall appear to the board that notice of hearing upon such petition has been published as herein required, that the petition has been signed by the requisite number of petitioners owning […]
If the board of directors shall deem it not to be for the best interests of the district to include thereunder the lands mentioned in the petition, such board shall by order in writing reject the petition; but if the board shall deem it for the best interests of the district to include such lands […]
Upon the entry of an order granting any such petition as aforesaid, a certified copy thereof and a plat of the 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 shall be situated any of the lands […]
Upon the filing of certified copy of the order, together with plat as aforesaid, the secretary of the district shall record in the minutes of the board the aforesaid petition; and the minutes of the board of directors or a certified copy thereof shall be admissible in evidence with the same force and effect as […]
A guardian, conservator or personal representative of an estate, under the laws of this state, and who as such guardian, conservator or personal representative is entitled to the possession of lands belonging to the estate which he represents on behalf of his ward or the estate which he represents, upon being thereunto authorized by the […]
In case of the inclusion of the land within any district by proceedings under this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978], 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 […]
Any tract of land included within the boundary of such district at or after its organization under this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978], 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 […]
