2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 10 - Irrigation Districts Cooperating with United States Under Reclamation Laws; Formation and Management
Section 73-10-22 - Rights-of-way over private property; eminent domain; state lands.
73-10-22. [Rights-of-way over private property; eminent domain; state lands.]
The board of directors shall have the power to construct the said works across any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch or flume which the route of said canal or canals may intersect or cross; and if such railroad company and said board, or the owners and controllers of said property, thing or franchise so to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be paid therefor, or the points or the manner of said crossings, the same shall be ascertained and determined in all respects as is provided in respect to the taking of land for public uses. The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart, to locate, construct and maintain said works or reservoirs, over, through or upon any of the lands which are now, or may be the property of the state.
History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, 29; C.S. 1929, 73-130; 1941 Comp., 77-2220; 1953 Comp., 75-23-20.
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