2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 2 - Ditches or Acequias
Section 73-2-34 - Common labor; failure to work.
73-2-34. Common labor; failure to work.
All persons interested in a common ditch or acequia, be they owners or lessees, shall labor thereon in proportion to their land. It is their duty when called upon by the mayordomo to assist him in stopping breaks in, or removing obstructions from, any such common ditch or acequia, regardless of whether or not they have performed their annual labor thereupon, and failure to respond to such call is a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof the defendant shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and shall be denied the use of waters of the ditch or acequia until the fine and costs are paid.
History: Laws 1851-1852, p. 189, 5; C.L. 1865, ch. 1, 5; C.L. 1884, 35; C.L. 1897, 32; Laws 1903, ch. 44, 4; Code 1915, 5759; C.S. 1929, 151-429; 1941 Comp., 77-1430; 1953 Comp., 75-14-31; Laws 1977, ch. 184, 4.
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