The board of directors shall each receive compensation at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per day while attending meetings, and their actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business. The salary of the secretary shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) a year. No director or any officer named in this act shall, in any manner, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom; nor shall such director or officer receive any bonus, gratuity or bribe; and for any violation of this provision any such director or officer shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit his office, and be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years or less than one year.
History: Laws 1919, ch. 41, § 27; C.S. 1929, § 73-227; 1941 Comp., § 77-2131; 1953 Comp., § 75-22-31; Laws 1957, ch. 100, § 1.
Compiler's notes. — The term "this act" refers to Laws 1919, ch. 41, §§ 1 to 57, effective March 10, 1919, the provisions of which are compiled as 73-9-1 to 73-9 6, 73-9-10 to 73-9-19, 73-9-22, 73-9-24 and 73-9-26 to 73-9-62 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 320.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 9 - Irrigation Districts
Section 73-9-1 - Organizers' qualifications; exempt areas; exception.
Section 73-9-2 - [Voting power of water users under town or village community ditches.]
Section 73-9-5 - Irrigation district; notice; election; ballots.
Section 73-9-7 - First election; terms.
Section 73-9-8 - Second and subsequent elections.
Section 73-9-9 - Irrigation districts; transitional features for present boards.
Section 73-9-10 - [Location of office; secretary; notice of elections; election board.]
Section 73-9-11 - [Election board; chairman's powers; opening and closing polls; return.]
Section 73-9-12 - [Determining and declaring result of election; plurality elects.]
Section 73-9-13 - [Election statement and certificates; filling vacancy in office of director.]
Section 73-9-17 - Bonds; authority to issue; election; how payable; form and contents.
Section 73-9-18 - Sale; notice.
Section 73-9-19 - Bonds; how paid; liens.
Section 73-9-20 - Special proceedings to enforce collection.
Section 73-9-21 - President and secretary to compile bond statement.
Section 73-9-22 - Directors certify amounts needed; assessment; no funds to be transferred.
Section 73-9-23 - Board of directors to submit accurate description of lands to county assessor.
Section 73-9-24 - Tax assessments.
Section 73-9-25 - Creation of sinking fund.
Section 73-9-28 - Taxation; general laws applicable.
Section 73-9-30 - [Claims against district; verification; allowance; warrants; register; payment.]
Section 73-9-32 - [Crossings authorized; right-of-way over state lands granted.]
Section 73-9-34 - [Statutory authorization required for debts and liabilities.]
Section 73-9-35 - [Water volume insufficient; distribution.]
Section 73-9-36 - [Prior water rights protected.]
Section 73-9-37 - [Change of district boundaries; authorization; effect.]
Section 73-9-38 - [Petition for annexation of lands; who may file; contents; acknowledgment.]
Section 73-9-39 - [Notice of proposed annexation; contents; publication; costs.]
Section 73-9-40 - [Hearing on proposed annexation; written objections.]
Section 73-9-41 - [Petitioners required to pay sums determined by directors.]
Section 73-9-44 - Participation in proceedings for change of district boundaries.
Section 73-9-45 - [Redivision of district after annexation.]
Section 73-9-46 - [Exclusion of lands from district; authorization; effect.]
Section 73-9-47 - Petition or resolution for exclusion.
Section 73-9-48 - Petition or resolution for exclusion; notice; publication.
Section 73-9-49 - Petition or resolution for exclusion; hearing.
Section 73-9-50 - Petition or resolution for exclusion; hearing; order; protest.
Section 73-9-52 - [Redivision of district after exclusion.]
Section 73-9-54 - [Determining and declaring result of election; recording certificate.]
Section 73-9-55 - Bond issue; proceedings to determine validity.
Section 73-9-56 - Bond issue; petition for proceedings to determine validity.
Section 73-9-57 - Proceedings to determine validity of bonds; notice of hearing.
Section 73-9-58 - Determining validity of bonds; procedure.
Section 73-9-59 - Determining validity of bonds; hearing; decree; costs.