2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation
Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game
Section 17-4-22 - Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use of screens.
17-4-22. [Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use of screens.]
The rights acquired by the proprietor of a private lake licensed hereunder, and the prohibitions hereof, shall extend to and include all channels connecting a series or group of lakes under one license, and the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may authorize the use of such screens or other appliances as may be necessary to prevent the fish in a licensed lake of class A from escaping, and it shall be the duty of the proprietor to adopt and use such screens or other appliances as the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may direct to prevent the fish in public waters from entering such lake.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, 73; Code 1915, 2496; C.S. 1929, 57-315; 1941 Comp., 43-421; 1953 Comp., 53-4-21.