The rights acquired by the proprietor of a private lake licensed hereunder, and the prohibitions hereof, shall extend to and include all channels connecting a series or group of lakes under one license, and the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may authorize the use of such screens or other appliances as may be necessary to prevent the fish in a licensed lake of class A from escaping, and it shall be the duty of the proprietor to adopt and use such screens or other appliances as the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may direct to prevent the fish in public waters from entering such lake.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 73; Code 1915, § 2496; C.S. 1929, § 57-315; 1941 Comp., § 43-421; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-21.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For including series of lakes in one license, see 17-4-24 NMSA 1978.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation
Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game
Section 17-4-1 - [Power of state game commission to acquire land.]
Section 17-4-2 - Eminent domain power; abandonment or relinquishment of property acquired.
Section 17-4-3 - [Exchange, sale, lease, sublease and assignment of lands by commission; proceeds.]
Section 17-4-5 - [Fish hatcheries established by United States; exemption from state laws.]
Section 17-4-6 - Hunting and fishing on private property; posting; penalty.
Section 17-4-8 - [Parks or waters for propagation of game or fish; license required.]
Section 17-4-10 - [Transportation of game or fish taken from unlicensed parks or waters prohibited.]
Section 17-4-11 - [Licensing of private lakes and parks; "proprietor" defined.]
Section 17-4-12 - [Application for license; contents; maximum area; fencing.]
Section 17-4-13 - [Form of license.]
Section 17-4-14 - [Reduction in flow of water detrimental to fish in stream prohibited.]
Section 17-4-16 - [Invoice to be delivered to purchaser; form; duplicate mailed to director.]
Section 17-4-17 - [Invoice to be attached during shipment.]
Section 17-4-19 - [Copy of invoice to be furnished purchaser upon resale.]
Section 17-4-21 - [Proprietors of licensed private parks and lakes to furnish reports to director.]
Section 17-4-22 - [Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use of screens.]
Section 17-4-23 - [Lease or grant of private park or lake; lessee or grantee deemed proprietor.]
Section 17-4-24 - [Series of lakes may be included in one license.]
Section 17-4-25 - [Diverse proprietorship; joint or separate licenses.]
Section 17-4-26 - [Notices against trespassing to be posted.]
Section 17-4-27 - [Transfer of license required upon transfer of interest.]
Section 17-4-28 - Parks, lakes and preserves; license; fees.
Section 17-4-29 - Floating logs in fish stream; restocking; penalty.
Section 17-4-30 - [Federal aid.]
Section 17-4-31 - [Federal funds; disbursement.]
Section 17-4-32 - Destruction of boundary markers[; penalty].
Section 17-4-34 - Habitat management stamp; fund; expenditure for habitat management; exception.