The board of directors shall have the power to construct the said works across any stream of water, watercourse, street, avenue, highway, railway, canal, ditch or flume which the route of said canal or canals may intersect or cross; and if such railroad company and said board, or the owners and controllers of said property, thing or franchise so to be crossed, cannot agree upon the amount to be paid therefor, or the points or the manner of said crossings, the same shall be ascertained and determined in all respects as is provided in respect to the taking of land for public uses. The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart, to locate, construct and maintain said works or reservoirs, over, through or upon any of the lands which are now, or may be the property of the state.
History: Laws 1919, ch. 20, § 29; C.S. 1929, § 73-130; 1941 Comp., § 77-2220; 1953 Comp., § 75-23-20.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For eminent domain, see 42A-1-1 NMSA 1978.
For public uses, see also 42A-3-1 NMSA 1978.
For bridges at crossings, see 67-7-9 and 72-8-2 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation § 89.
94 C.J.S. Waters § 319.