If any person or persons, or mayordomos of acequias, should have to make ditches across the roads to pass the water to their fields, gardens or mills, they shall construct a bridge sufficiently wide and strong for loaded wagons or carts to pass over, so that no obstruction will be placed in the way of the mail or any other passenger, nor any of those that may have to travel over said roads with their crops or other affairs of their houses.
History: Laws 1860-1861, p. 82; C.L. 1865, ch. 96, § 8; C.L. 1884, § 1293; C.L. 1897, § 1860; Code 1915, § 2692; C.S. 1929, § 64-1303; 1941 Comp., § 58-609; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-9.
Cross references. — For mayordomos to construct bridge, see 73-2-43 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 479.
40 C.J.S. Highways § 221.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Obstructions and Injuries to Highways
Section 67-7-1 - [Obstructing roads; penalties.]
Section 67-7-2 - [Obstructions and damage to highways and bridges prohibited.]
Section 67-7-3 - [Fords; obstructions and damage; penalties; toll bridges prohibited.]
Section 67-7-4 - [Dams causing overflow or injuring bridges prohibited; damages; penalty.]
Section 67-7-5 - [Fines; penalties; forfeitures; action of debt to recover.]
Section 67-7-6 - [Irrigation or drainage water overflowing highway; penalty.]
Section 67-7-7 - [Water overflowing highway; liability for damages.]
Section 67-7-8 - [Irrigation ditches crossing roads; bridges.]
Section 67-7-9 - [Ditches; drains; flumes; bridges required; penalty.]
Section 67-7-10 - Unlawful use of highways; penalties.
Section 67-7-11 - [Arrest for violation; seizure of vehicle; fee.]