The owner or owners of title, or evidence of title, to any lands embraced within any drainage district, may file with the board of directors of the district a petition praying that such lands may be excluded from the district. Such petition shall describe the lands desired to be excluded in such manner as to identify the same; and the petition shall be acknowledged in the manner and form as required for conveyances of real estate. History: Laws 1917, ch. 22, § 46; C.S. 1929, § 40-246; 1941 Comp., § 77-2046; 1953 Comp., § 75-21-46. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — The words 'this act' refers to Laws 1917, ch. 22, §§ 1 to 60, now compiled as 73-8-1 to 73-8-60 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For manner of acknowledgments, see Chapter 14, Article 14 NMSA 1978.
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