All such wells, so sunk or dug by the state engineer for said purpose, shall be declared an equity of the state besides the land on which such well is situated.
History: Laws 1913, ch. 85, § 2; Code 1915, § 5263; C.S. 1929, § 132-204; 1941 Comp., § 8-605; 1953 Comp., § 7-6-5.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1977, ch. 254, § 92, compiled as 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 made the director of the water resources division of the natural resources department the state engineer.