N.M. Stat. § 73-2-1

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 73-2-1 - Right of construction; damages

All the inhabitants of the state of New Mexico shall have the right to construct, either private or common acequias, and to take water for said acequias from wherever they can; with the distinct understanding, to pay the owner through whose land said acequias have to pass a just compensation taxed for the land used.

NMS § 73-2-1

Laws 1874, ch. 10, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 17; C.L. 1897, § 23; Code 1915, § 5737; C.S. 1929, § 151-407; 1941 Comp., § 77-1401; 1953 Comp., § 75-14-1.