When the land, on which any such well is located or situated, is sold or disposed of to any person, corporation, partnership or society of persons, he or they shall refund and pay to the state treasurer for the state, to be credited to the water reservoirs for irrigation purposes income fund, the value of such well, said value to be based on the amount of money expended in the construction thereof by the state engineer as provided in the two preceding sections [19-5-4, 19-5-5 NMSA 1978]. This shall apply to wells on each particular forty acres of land, and shall be paid to the state in addition to the price of the land sold.
History: Laws 1913, ch. 85, § 3; Code 1915, § 5264; C.S. 1929, § 132-205; 1941 Comp., § 8-606; 1953 Comp., § 7-6-6.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Payment for well. — Upon sale or disposition of land, purchaser should refund and pay to the state treasurer the value of the well upon such property, as provided by this section. 1931, Op. Att'y Gen. No. 31-335.
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