§ 73-2-1 — [Right of construction; damages.]

New Mexico § 73-2-1

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 73: Special Districts
• Art. 2: Ditches or Acequias

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All the inhabitants of the state of New Mexico shall have the right to construct, either private or common acequias, and to take water for said acequias from wherever they can; with the distinct understanding, to pay the owner through whose land said acequias have to pass a just compensation taxed for the land used.

Legislative History

Laws 1874, ch. 10, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 17; C.L. 1897, § 23; Code 1915, § 5737;