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2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73: Special Districts
Article 2: Ditches or Acequias, 73-2-1 through 73-2-68
Section 73-2-53: Degaguas; irrigation from; irrigation with excess water; subject to regular payment; use without consent of mayordomo; penalty.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 73-2-53 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis)
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73-2-53. [Degaguas; irrigation from; irrigation with excess water; subject to regular payment; use without consent of mayordomo; penalty.]

The owners of irrigable land, situate in the margin of any drainage or discharges of water from any public ditch, being a member or members of said ditch, shall have to pay for the irrigation of said lands in the same manner as all other lands belonging to said ditches, whether they irrigate them for the uses of harvest, or for hay land, alfalfa or other pasture, and shall not be excused on the pretext that they only use the excess of water of said ditch. And if such owners of land use the water without the consent of the mayordomo, they shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00).

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