to be kept open; rights-of-way; right to acquire oil or gas for power; title to property; exemption from taxation. The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting in their office on the first Tuesday of January, April, July and October of each year and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. All special meetings shall be called by the president of the board or any two directors. All meetings of the board must be made public and two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and on all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least two members of said board. All records of the board must be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours. The board, its agents and employees, shall
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to be kept open; rights-of-way; right to acquire oil or gas for power; title to property; exemption from taxation. The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting in their office on the first Tuesday of January, April, July and October of each year and such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. All special meetings shall be called by the president of the board or any two directors. All meetings of the board must be made public and two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and on all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least two members of said board. All records of the board must be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours. The board, its agents and employees, shall have the right to enter upon any land in the district to make surveys and to locate and construct any canal or canals and the necessary laterals and any power or transmission lines. Said board shall also have the right to acquire all lands, water rights, gas lines, oil lines franchise [franchises] and other property necessary for the construction, use, maintenance, repair and improvement of such property and shall also acquire, under contract, natural or artificial gas or oil to be used in generating power for pumping purposes; and shall also have the right by purchase or condemnation to acquire rights- of-way for the construction or enlargement of its ditches, canals or reservoirs or power lines or gas mains and also lands for reservoir sites. The title to all property acquired under the provisions of this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57 NMSA 1978] shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such irrigation on [sic] district in its corporate name and such property shall be held for the uses and purposes set forth in this act and shall be exempt from all taxation.