The office of the board of directors shall be located in the county where the organization was effected. Fifteen days before any election held under this chapter, subsequent to the organization of the district, the secretary who shall be appointed by the board of directors shall cause notice specifying the polling places of each precinct to be posted in three public places in each election precinct, of the time and place of holding the election, and shall also post a general notice of the same in the office of said board, which shall be established and kept at some fixed place to be determined by said board in said county. Prior to the time for posting the notices, said board must appoint from each precinct, from the electors thereof, three judges, one of whom shall act as clerk, who shall constitute a board of election for such precinct. If the board fails to appoint a board of election, or the members appointed do not attend the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the electors of the precinct present at the hour may appoint the board or supply the place of an absent member thereof. The board of directors must, in its order appointing the board of election, designate the hour and the place in the precinct where the election must be held.
History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 9; C.S. 1929, § 73-110; 1941 Comp., § 77-2210; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-10.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The term "this chapter" means the same as "this act" as used in other sections of Laws 1919, ch. 20.
For the meaning of the term "this act", see compiler's notes to 73-10-1 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 61.
94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Section 73-10-2 - [Water users under community ditches; voting power unaffected.]
Section 73-10-4 - [Publications to be in English and Spanish.]
Section 73-10-5 - Boundaries set by petition; divisions; election call; officers.
Section 73-10-7 - Districts 25,000 acres or less; qualified electors.
Section 73-10-9 - [First election of directors; biennial elections thereafter.]
Section 73-10-10 - [Election of officers; oath; bonds of directors.]
Section 73-10-11 - [Office of directors; notice of election; judges; time and place.]
Section 73-10-12 - [Oaths of judges; opening and closing of polls; returns.]
Section 73-10-13 - Absent voting permitted.
Section 73-10-15 - [Statement of results; certificates of election; vacancy in office of director.]
Section 73-10-20 - [Legal status of irrigation district; conveyances; court proceedings.]
Section 73-10-21 - [Plan for construction; advertising for bids; contractors bonds.]
Section 73-10-22 - [Rights-of-way over private property; eminent domain; state lands.]
Section 73-10-24 - [Water supply inadequate; distribution on alternate days.]
Section 73-10-25 - [Preservation of prior rights.]
Section 73-10-26 - [Change of boundaries; effect; assent of secretary of the interior.]
Section 73-10-27 - [Petition for inclusion of additional lands.]
Section 73-10-29 - [Hearing on petition for including lands.]
Section 73-10-34 - Authorization to sign petition or protest.
Section 73-10-35 - [Redivision of district after addition of lands; election of directors.]
Section 73-10-36 - [Exclusion of lands; status of district unaffected.]
Section 73-10-37 - [Petition to exclude lands; description of lands; acknowledgment.]
Section 73-10-39 - [Hearing on petition for excluding lands; objections.]
Section 73-10-40 - [Order granting or denying petition for excluding land; protest of electors.]
Section 73-10-41 - [Petition for exclusion of land approved; filing order and new plat.]
Section 73-10-42 - [Redivision of district after exclusion of lands; election of directors.]
Section 73-10-43 - [Petition for dissolution of district; notice of election; ballots.]
Section 73-10-47 - [Employees' pensions; group insurance; employers' liability insurance.]
Section 73-10-49 - Special water users' association; certificate of organization.
Section 73-10-50 - Special water users' association; organizational status; officers.