A municipality may regulate the flow and use of water in public acequias for irrigating purposes. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-54-3, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. ANNOTATIONSLegislative intent. — The legislature did not intend, by implication, to empower cities to condemn, for street purposes, acequias used for irrigation purposes. Albuquerque v. Garcia, 1913-NMSC-006, 17 N.M. 445, 130 P. 118. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 94 C.J.S. Waters § 315.
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