All such wells, so sunk or dug by the state engineer for said purpose, shall be declared an equity of the state besides the land on which such well is situated.
History: Laws 1913, ch. 85, § 2; Code 1915, § 5263; C.S. 1929, § 132-204; 1941 Comp., § 8-605; 1953 Comp., § 7-6-5.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1977, ch. 254, § 92, compiled as 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 made the director of the water resources division of the natural resources department the state engineer.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Classification, Care and Protection of State Lands
Section 19-5-2 - [Maps, plats and tract books for recording data.]
Section 19-5-3 - [Fire protection; expenses.]
Section 19-5-4 - State engineer to investigate water supply.
Section 19-5-5 - [Wells to be equity of state.]
Section 19-5-6 - [Purchaser of land to pay value of well.]
Section 19-5-7 - [Irrigation systems; contracts for construction.]
Section 19-5-8 - [Proposal to construct irrigation system.]