2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 2 - Ditches or Acequias
Section 73-2-14 - Ditch elections; votes.
73-2-14. Ditch elections; votes.
The election for acequia or community ditch officers under this article shall be held by the outgoing commissioners under rules and regulations to be prescribed by them. Only those having water rights in the acequia or ditch and who are not delinquent in the payment of their assessments, and fail to [sic] proffer such delinquent assessment at the time they offer to vote, shall be allowed to vote; but votes may be cast by written proxy and shall be in proportion to the interest of the voter in the ditch or water, or in proportion to the number or amount of his water rights.
History: Laws 1895, ch. 1, 3; C.L. 1897, 10; Code 1915, 5753; Laws 1921, ch. 129, 1; C.S. 1929, 151-423; 1941 Comp., 77-1414; 1953 Comp., 75-14-14.
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