Section 73-13-44 - [Establishment and proceedings of districts validated

That the creation, establishment and organization of irrigation districts, or purported creation, purported establishment and purported organization under the provisions of the irrigation law, together with all notices, proceedings, acts and deeds done and performed with reference thereto, be and the same are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved and declared legal in all respects, and that the aforesaid irrigation districts are hereby created, established and organized and continued bodies corporate and politic, and shall include and be comprised, as if the metes and bounds thereof were set forth herein, of the lands originally included in each irrigation district as defined and established by the board of county commissioners of the proper county under the provisions of the irrigation law, and any other lands included or purporting to have been included in such district, by the directors thereof by proceedings as provided by the irrigation law, excepting only such lands as may have been excluded or purporting to have been excluded from such district, by the directors thereof by proceedings as provided by the irrigation law; provided, that nothing herein contained shall

may have been excluded or purporting to have been excluded from such district, by the directors thereof by proceedings as provided by the irrigation law; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to hereafter prevent any lands from being excluded from or included in such district by the directors in accordance with the procedure now or hereafter provided by the irrigation law; and any and all proceedings heretofore had by the board of directors of any such irrigation district intended for the purpose of excluding from or including within such district or districts, any lands, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved and declared legal in all respects. History: Laws 1934 (S.S.), ch. 9, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 77-2545; 1953 Comp., § 75-26-44. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Cross references. — For meaning of 'irrigation law,' see 73-13-43 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation §§ 58 to 61. 94 C.J.S. Waters § 319.