The board of county commissioners, in their respective counties, may establish township and section lines as rights-of-way of not less than thirty feet in width for the purpose of constructing gas lines or drainage ditches when petitioned by ten freeholders residing within five miles of any proposed right-of-way; provided that each petition shall apply to rights-of-way not exceeding two (2) miles in length.
History: 1953 Comp., § 55-4-5.1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 200, § 1.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39A C.J.S. Highways § 136.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Vacation, Alteration and Establishment of County Roads and Bridges
Section 67-5-1 - [County bridges, township and section lines are parts of public highways; width.]
Section 67-5-2 - [Width of public highways.]
Section 67-5-4 - [Discontinuance; procedure; viewers; county-line roads.]
Section 67-5-5 - [Alteration or establishment; petition; contents.]
Section 67-5-6 - Establish rights-of-way.
Section 67-5-7 - [Petitioners' deposit or bond covering viewing expense.]
Section 67-5-8 - [Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining.]
Section 67-5-10 - [Warrants to viewers; contents.]
Section 67-5-11 - [Service of warrants; return; refusal of viewer to serve; forfeiture.]
Section 67-5-12 - Laying out road; assessment for damages; survey.
Section 67-5-13 - [Replacing road viewers.]
Section 67-5-14 - [Report of viewers; contents; compensation.]
Section 67-5-15 - [Consideration of viewer's report by county commissioners; additional data.]
Section 67-5-16 - [Approval of road opening; recording viewers' report.]
Section 67-5-17 - [Notice of road opening; prerequisites; posting.]
Section 67-5-18 - [Damages exceeding benefits; persons under disability.]
Section 67-5-19 - [Determination of damages on appeal to district court.]
Section 67-5-20 - [Establishment on petition of all owners.]
Section 67-5-21 - [Private roads; procedure for establishment.]