All general laws and parts of such laws respecting the construction and management of public acequias shall be in force and applicable to the community springs and tanks mentioned in this article, and the commissioners provided for in this article shall have the same authority with reference to such springs as is conferred upon acequia commissioners by the laws of this state.
History: Laws 1889, ch. 14, § 3; C.L. 1897, § 61; Code 1915, § 5804; C.S. 1929, § 151-703; 1941 Comp., § 77-903; 1953 Comp., § 75-9-3.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The 1915 Code compilers substituted "this article" for "this act," presumably referring to Code 1915, ch. 114, art. V, the provisions of which are presently compiled as 72-10-1 to 72-10-3 NMSA 1978.
Cross references. — For public ditches and acequias, see 73-2-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.