In determining whether a requisite number of landowners have signed the petition, the court shall be governed by the names and the value of the property as they appear upon the tax or assessment rolls which shall be prima facie evidence of such ownership and value.
History: Laws 1931, ch. 97, § 7; 1941 Comp., § 77-1307; 1953 Comp., § 75-13-7.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 1 - Artesian Conservancy Districts
Section 73-1-1 - [Purpose of districts.]
Section 73-1-2 - [Lands included in district; two or more artesian basins in one district.]
Section 73-1-3 - [Petition; signers; contents of petition.]
Section 73-1-4 - [Correction of errors in petition.]
Section 73-1-5 - [More than one petition for same district.]
Section 73-1-6 - Signing of petition.
Section 73-1-7 - [Tax roll as prima facie evidence of property ownership and value.]
Section 73-1-8 - [Bond; sufficiency; failure to execute additional bond when required.]
Section 73-1-9 - [Hearing; time and place; publication of notice.]
Section 73-1-10 - [Filing of objections; hearing as advanced cause.]
Section 73-1-12 - Recording of findings and decree; fees.
Section 73-1-14 - [Inclusion of additional lands after extension of basin boundaries.]
Section 73-1-15 - [District court procedure; notice.]
Section 73-1-16 - [Directors; term of office; vacancies on board.]
Section 73-1-17 - [Board of directors; oath of office; officers; seal; records; bylaws.]
Section 73-1-18 - [Majority to constitute quorum; concurrence of majority.]
Section 73-1-19 - [Secretary; duties; board of directors; powers; expenses.]
Section 73-1-20 - [Program of water conservation; prevention of leaking wells.]
Section 73-1-21 - Tax roll based on needed improvements; limitation.
Section 73-1-22 - Assessment and collection; levy to be property lien; time of payment.
Section 73-1-23 - [Loans in anticipation of taxes; repayment.]
Section 73-1-24 - [Underground waters.]
Section 73-1-26 - [Right of conservancy district to protest interference; appeal to district court.]