The said board of county commissioners shall meet on the second Monday next after such election and canvass the votes cast thereat; and if it appears upon such canvass that at least two-thirds of the qualified electors voting at said election have voted "Electrical Irrigation District . . . . . . . . . . Yes," the said board shall, by order duly entered upon the records, declare such territory duly organized as an irrigation district under the name and style theretofore designated, and shall declare the persons receiving respectively the highest number of votes for director to be duly elected to such office. Said board shall cause a copy of such order, including a plat of said district, duly certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners, to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county clerk of each county in which any portion of such lands are situated, and no board of county commissioners of any county including any portion of such district shall, after the date of organization of such district, allow another district to be formed including any of the lands of such district, without the consent of the board of directors thereof; and from and after the date of such filing the organization of such district shall be complete and the officers thereof shall immediately enter upon the duties of their respective office [offices] qualifying in accordance with law, and shall hold such offices, respectively, until their successors are elected and qualified. The boundaries of said divisions and the voting precincts and polling places in any such district may, after such first election, be changed by order of the board of directors of the district; provided that the polling places shall be designated in the notice published for every election in the district.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 76, § 6; C.S. 1929, § 73-706; 1941 Comp., § 77-2406; 1953 Comp., § 75-25-6.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 12 - Electrical Irrigation Districts
Section 73-12-1 - Majority of the resident freeholders may propose district.
Section 73-12-3 - Notice of hearing on petition to be published.
Section 73-12-4 - Petition hearing; objections; boundaries; election; appeals.
Section 73-12-5 - Notice of election; qualification of electors; election procedure.
Section 73-12-6 - Canvass of votes, by board of county commissioners.
Section 73-12-7 - Regular elections of district; oath of office and bond of directors.
Section 73-12-8 - Office of board; subsequent elections.
Section 73-12-9 - The election board; oath of judges; polls kept open.
Section 73-12-10 - Returns canvassed by board of directors.
Section 73-12-11 - Secretary to certify results of election to county clerk.
Section 73-12-16 - Sale of bonds; refunding bonds; use of bonds.
Section 73-12-19 - Duties of county assessor.
Section 73-12-20 - Board of county commissioners to fix rate per-acre levy.
Section 73-12-21 - Duties of county treasurer.
Section 73-12-22 - Revenue laws of state to govern; may refuse service to delinquents.
Section 73-12-23 - Construction and material contracts to be let to lowest bidder.
Section 73-12-26 - Right of eminent domain.
Section 73-12-27 - Compensation of board; members may not be interested in any contract.
Section 73-12-28 - Board of directors have no power to incur debt other than provided in this act.
Section 73-12-29 - Manner of distribution of power or water.
Section 73-12-30 - Prior water rights not affected.
Section 73-12-31 - Boundaries may be changed, but such change shall not affect obligations incurred.
Section 73-12-32 - Petition for inclusion of land.
Section 73-12-33 - Notice of application for inclusion of land to be published.
Section 73-12-34 - Hearing on petition for inclusion of land.
Section 73-12-35 - Terms on which lands may be included.
Section 73-12-37 - Board to transmit order and plat of new boundaries to county clerk.
Section 73-12-38 - Authority to sign petition of protest.
Section 73-12-39 - Board may redivide district for election purposes [after inclusion of land].
Section 73-12-40 - Land may be excluded from district.
Section 73-12-41 - Owner shall file petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-42 - Publish notice of petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-43 - Board shall consider petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-44 - Board shall act on petition for exclusion.
Section 73-12-45 - Order making change and plat to be transmitted to county clerk.
Section 73-12-46 - Board may redivide district for election purposes [after exclusion of land].
Section 73-12-48 - District shall pay tax on gross revenue derived from sales of surplus power.
Section 73-12-49 - Petition for dissolution of district; election thereon.
Section 73-12-50 - Vote on dissolution to be canvassed.
Section 73-12-51 - Confirmation proceedings may be brought.
Section 73-12-52 - Petition to be filed in district court.
Section 73-12-53 - Court to fix time for hearing and publish notice thereof.
Section 73-12-54 - Provisions of Civil Code shall apply; effect of findings of court.
Section 73-12-55 - The court's findings of fact and conclusions of law; judgment res judicata.