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§ 73-2-1. Right of construction; damages

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NM Code › Chapter 73 › Article 2 › Section 73-2-1

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All the inhabitants of the state of New Mexico shall have the right to construct, either private or common acequias, and to take water for said acequias from wherever they can; with the distinct understanding, to pay the owner through whose land said acequias have to pass a just compensation taxed for the land used.

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