All rivers and streams of water in this state, known prior to January 7, 1852, as public ditches or acequias, are established and declared to be public ditches or acequias.
§ 73-2-9 NMSA 1978
[Acequias declared public.]
Laws 1851-1852, p. 277, § 1; C.L. 1865, ch. 1, § 9; C.L. 1884, § 6; C.L. 1897, § 6; Code 1915, § 5731; C.S. 1929, § 151-401; 1941 Comp., § 77-1409; 1953 Comp., § 75-14-9.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.