The court may at any time permit the petition to be amended in form and substance to conform to the facts, if the facts justify the organization of a drainage district. Several similar petitions for the organization of the same district may be circulated, and when filed, shall together be regarded as one petition having as many signers as there are separate adult signers on the several petitions filed, who own lands within said proposed drainage district. All petitions for the organization of said district filed prior to the hearing on said petition shall be considered by the court, the same as if filed with the first petitions placed on file, and the signatures thereon contained shall be counted in determining whether sufficient landowners have signed said petition.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 84, § 2; Code 1915, § 1878; C.S. 1929, § 40-102; 1941 Comp., § 77-1802; 1953 Comp., § 75-19-2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 28 C.J.S. Drains §§ 28, 29.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 6 - Drainage Districts; Formation
Section 73-6-1 - Drainage district; petition for; contents.
Section 73-6-2 - [Petition amendment; consolidation.]
Section 73-6-3 - [Noncontiguous lands.]
Section 73-6-4 - [Petition; hearing; notice.]
Section 73-6-5 - [Nonresidents; petition; notice.]
Section 73-6-6 - [Notice; proof of service.]
Section 73-6-7 - [Notice; personal service.]
Section 73-6-8 - [Notice; owners not served.]
Section 73-6-9 - [Notice; time of service.]
Section 73-6-10 - [Hearing; failure of service.]
Section 73-6-11 - [Hearing; objections.]
Section 73-6-12 - [Hearing and determination.]
Section 73-6-13 - [Proof of ownership.]
Section 73-6-14 - [Petition; deed made to defeat.]
Section 73-6-15 - [Petition; purchasers after notice of petition.]
Section 73-6-16 - [Petition; insufficient signatures.]
Section 73-6-18 - [Qualifications of voters; application of general election laws.]
Section 73-6-19 - [Elected by plurality vote.]
Section 73-6-21 - ["Resident freeholder" defined.]
Section 73-6-22 - [Determining and declaring result of election.]
Section 73-6-23 - [Election precincts; polling places; election judges and clerks.]
Section 73-6-24 - [Time for holding second and subsequent elections; commissioners holding over.]
Section 73-6-25 - [Commissioners; oath; bond; quorum; concurrence of majority.]
Section 73-6-26 - [Appointments to fill expired terms; time; notice.]
Section 73-6-27 - [Commissioners; vacancies.]
Section 73-6-28 - [Commissioners; accounts; records; vouchers.]
Section 73-6-29 - [Commissioners; annual report.]
Section 73-6-30 - [Commissioners; compensation; expenses.]
Section 73-6-31 - [Commissioners; court to control; contempt.]
Section 73-6-32 - [Commissioners; bonds; liability.]
Section 73-6-33 - [Commissioners; organization; examination of lands; report.]
Section 73-6-34 - [Commissioners to report.]
Section 73-6-35 - [Commissioners; hearing on report.]
Section 73-6-36 - [Commissioners; report; hearing; adjournment.]
Section 73-6-37 - [Commissioners; report; remonstrance.]
Section 73-6-38 - [Lands added to; notice to owners.]
Section 73-6-39 - [Commissioners report; trial; judgment; costs.]
Section 73-6-40 - [Commissioners report; trial; findings; confirmation.]
Section 73-6-41 - [Commissioners report; findings final; appeal to Supreme Court.]
Section 73-6-42 - [Name; boundaries; corporation; powers.]
Section 73-6-43 - [Commissioners; powers.]
Section 73-6-44 - [Conditions precedent to formation of drainage district.]