to be kept open; rights-of-way; right to acquire oil or gas for power;
title to property; exemption from taxation.
The board of directors shall hold a regular quarterly meeting in their office on the first
Tuesday of January, April, July and October of each year and such special meetings as
may be required for the proper transaction of business. All special meetings shall be
called by the president of the board or any two directors. All meetings of the board must
be made public and two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and on all questions requiring a vote there shall be a concurrence of at least
two members of said board. All records of the board must be open to the inspection of
any elector during business hours. The board, its agents and employees, shall have the
right to enter upon any land in the district to make surveys and to locate and construct
any canal or canals and the necessary laterals and any power or transmission lines.
Said board shall also have the right to acquire all lands, water rights, gas lines, oil lines
franchise [franchises] and other property necessary for the construction, use,
maintenance, repair and improvement of such property and shall also acquire, under
contract, natural or artificial gas or oil to be used in generating power for pumping
purposes; and shall also have the right by purchase or condemnation to acquire rights-
of-way for the construction or enlargement of its ditches, canals or reservoirs or power
lines or gas mains and also lands for reservoir sites.
The title to all property acquired under the provisions of this act [73-12-1 to 73-12-57
NMSA 1978] shall immediately and by operation of law vest in such irrigation on [sic]
district in its corporate name and such property shall be held for the uses and purposes
set forth in this act and shall be exempt from all taxation.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 76, § 13; C.S. 1929, § 73-713; 1941 Comp., § 77-2413; 1953
Comp., § 75-25-13.
ANNOTATIONS
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not
part of the law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Irrigation §§ 58, 70, 88,
89, 102.
94 C.J.S. Waters §§ 314 to 320, 332.
Notes of Decisions
State ex rel. State Bd. of Educ. v. Montoya, 386 P.2d 252 (N.M. 1963).
· cites it 7× “However, the board stated the hearings were not pursuant to § 73-12-13, N.M.S.A.1953. After the hearings, the board reaffirmed its decisions with reference to the transfers.”
Bd. of Educ. v. State Bd. of Educ., 443 P.2d 502 (N.M. Ct. App. 1968).
· cites it 4× “If the teacher is of a specified age she does not have this protection (old law—§ 73-12-13, N.M.S.A.1953, Supp.1965; new law— § 77-8-13, N.”
State v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Santa Fe, 372 P.2d 832 (N.M. 1962).
· cites it 4× “Relator was a teacher in the school system of Santa Fe and had been so employed for more than twenty years and had more than sufficient time to have “tenure” rights under the provisions of § 73-12-13, N.M.S. A.1953, Pocket Supp. On March 11, 1960, respondent delivered a-letter…”
Vigil v. Barela, 377 P.2d 515 (N.M. 1962).
· cites it 7× “Appellants, by their amended answer, denied generally the allegations of the complaint and, among other defenses, alleged that the contract under which appellee based his cause of action is in violation of § 73-12-13, N.M.S.A., 1953 Comp., as amended.”
Brown v. Bd. of Educ., 468 P.2d 431 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970).
· cites it 3× “Plaintiff then appealed to the Board of Education of the State of New Mexico, hereinafter referred to as the State Board, from the Local Board’s adverse decision entered June 23, 1969.”
Brown v. Romero, 425 P.2d 310 (N.M. 1967).
· cites it 2× “The action or proceeding in the district court was commenced with the filing of a pleading, entitled “complaint,” but which alleges that the action was brought pursuant to the provisions of § 73-12-13, N.M.S.A. 1953, authorizing any teacher aggrieved by a decision of the state…”
Brown v. New Mexico State Bd. of Educ., 488 P.2d 734 (N.M. 1971).
· cites it 2× “1, 1968), which became effective July 1, 1967, and also in the district court pursuant to the provisions of § 73-12-13, N. M.S.A.1953, as amended by Ch.”
Mora Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Valdez, 300 P.2d 943 (N.M. 1956).
“is alleged that each of the teachers has acquired tenure under the Teacher Tenure Act, § 73-12-13, N.M.S.A., 1953, and that the actions of the county board violate the spirit and purpose of said act'.”
Bd. of Educ. v. Rodriguez, 422 P.2d 351 (N.M. 1966).
“A threshold question—whether the appeal to the district court 84 days after the order of the state board is timely—confronts us at the outset and, in our view, is determinative of this appeal; Chapter 205, laws 1963 (§ 73-12-13(C), N.M.S.A.1953, 1965 Pock.Supp.”
Roberson v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Santa Fe, 459 P.2d 834 (N.M. 1969).
“While it is argued that when considered cumulatively the conduct after March 11 would support the conclusions of the appellants, we cannot see how the mere continuation of a course of conduct, not utilized in an effort to deny rehiring of a tenure teacher under § 73-12-13,…”
N.M. Stat. § 73-12-13(C): 1 case
Bd. of Educ. v. Rodriguez, 422 P.2d 351 (N.M. 1966).
“A threshold question—whether the appeal to the district court 84 days after the order of the state board is timely—confronts us at the outset and, in our view, is determinative of this appeal; Chapter 205, laws 1963 (§ 73-12-13(C), N.M.S.A.1953, 1965 Pock.Supp.”
N.M. Stat. § 73-12-13(c): 1 case
Brown v. Romero, 425 P.2d 310 (N.M. 1967).
“The action or proceeding in the district court was commenced with the filing of a pleading, entitled “complaint,” but which alleges that the action was brought pursuant to the provisions of § 73-12-13, N.M.S.A. 1953, authorizing any teacher aggrieved by a decision of the state…”
N.M. Stat. § 73-12-13(e): 1 case
State v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Santa Fe, 372 P.2d 832 (N.M. 1962).
“Relator was a teacher in the school system of Santa Fe and had been so employed for more than twenty years and had more than sufficient time to have “tenure” rights under the provisions of § 73-12-13, N.M.S. A.1953, Pocket Supp. On March 11, 1960, respondent delivered a-letter…”
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