Whenever a majority of the resident freeholders, owning more than one-half of the lands or the evidence of title to said lands in any arid or semiarid district in the state of New Mexico, desire to provide for the irrigation of the same by pumping water for such irrigation, they may propose the organization of an irrigation district under the provisions of this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] and when so organized such district shall have the powers conferred or that may hereafter be conferred by law upon such irrigation district.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 76, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 73-701; 1941 Comp., § 77-2401; 1953 Comp., § 75-25-1.
Effective dates. — Laws 1929, ch. 76, contained no effective date provision, but was enacted at a session which adjourned on March 9, 1929. See N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23.
Cross references. — For definitions, see 73-13-43 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 58.
94 C.J.S. Waters § 319.
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