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 "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 offices, upon 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 1919, ch. 41, § 6; C.S. 1929, § 73-206; 1941 Comp., § 77-2106; 1953 Comp., § 75-22-6.
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. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 58.
94 C.J.S. Waters § 319.
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.