The directors and divisions of drainage districts under this act [73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978] shall be in number, for districts having an area of twenty-five thousand acres or less, 3; for districts having an area of more than twenty-five thousand acres and less than fifty thousand acres, 5; for districts having an area of more than fifty thousand acres and less than seventy-five thousand acres, 7; and for districts having an area of seventy-five thousand acres or more, 9.
History: Laws 1917, ch. 22, § 6; C.S. 1929, § 40-206; 1941 Comp., § 77-2006; 1953 Comp., § 75-21-6.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The words "this act" refers to Laws 1917, ch. 22, §§ 1 to 60, now compiled as 73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 8 - Drainage Districts Within Federal Reclamation Projects
Section 73-8-1 - [Organization of districts.]
Section 73-8-2 - [Petition; filing; contents; publication of notice.]
Section 73-8-3 - [Publications; language; time and manner.]
Section 73-8-4 - [Hearings; boundaries; election divisions; mandamus.]
Section 73-8-5 - [District officers.]
Section 73-8-6 - [Number of directors and election divisions.]
Section 73-8-7 - [Notice of election; publication.]
Section 73-8-8 - [Conduct of elections.]
Section 73-8-9 - [Majority and plurality.]
Section 73-8-10 - [Providing ballots.]
Section 73-8-11 - ["Resident freeholder" defined.]
Section 73-8-12 - [Canvass of votes of first election; order.]
Section 73-8-13 - [Biennial election date.]
Section 73-8-14 - [Official oaths.]
Section 73-8-15 - [Directors' offices; conduct of elections after organization.]
Section 73-8-17 - [Canvass of returns after organization.]
Section 73-8-21 - [Title and management of property.]
Section 73-8-22 - [Powers of board; judicial notice of district organization.]
Section 73-8-23 - [Elections on bond issues and federal contracts; conduct; terms of bonds.]
Section 73-8-24 - [Assessments for bond interest and installments.]
Section 73-8-26 - [Certification of amounts to be assessed.]
Section 73-8-27 - [Duties of county assessor relating to district.]
Section 73-8-30 - [Application of general revenue laws.]
Section 73-8-31 - [Warrants; restrictions on issuance and payment; register.]
Section 73-8-32 - [Expense levy; power of constructing system; rights-of-way; state land.]
Section 73-8-33 - [Compensation and expenses of directors and president; offenses; penalty.]
Section 73-8-34 - [Incurrence of unauthorized debt prohibited.]
Section 73-8-35 - [Changing boundaries; effect.]
Section 73-8-36 - [Petition for inclusion of adjacent land; acknowledgment.]
Section 73-8-37 - [Notice of hearing on petition to include lands; contents; expenses.]
Section 73-8-38 - [Hearing; procedure; effect.]
Section 73-8-39 - [Requiring payment of pro rata share of prior costs.]
Section 73-8-40 - [Rejection or acceptance of petition to include lands; orders.]
Section 73-8-41 - [Filing certified copy of order including land, with map; effect.]
Section 73-8-42 - [Recording petition in minutes of board; evidential value.]
Section 73-8-43 - Powers of fiduciaries.
Section 73-8-44 - [Revising election divisions and precincts after including more land.]
Section 73-8-45 - [Excluding land.]
Section 73-8-46 - [Petition for exclusion of land after organization.]
Section 73-8-47 - [Publication of notice of hearing on exclusion of land; contents; expenses.]
Section 73-8-48 - [Hearing on petition for exclusion of land.]
Section 73-8-49 - [Order for denial or approval of exclusion of land.]
Section 73-8-50 - [Filing order of exclusion and new plat; effect.]
Section 73-8-51 - [Revising election divisions and precincts after exclusion of land.]
Section 73-8-52 - [Dissolution of district; petition; election; restrictions.]
Section 73-8-53 - [Canvass of vote; declaration of dissolution; filing.]
Section 73-8-54 - [Special actions for validation of proceedings of board.]
Section 73-8-55 - [Petition for validation of board proceedings; contents.]
Section 73-8-56 - [Hearing on petition for validation of board proceedings.]
Section 73-8-57 - [Demurrers and answers to petition for validation of board proceedings.]
Section 73-8-58 - [Consideration and judgment on petition to validate board proceedings.]