Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 73 - Special Districts. > Article 2 - Ditches or Acequias, 73-2-1 through 73-2-68. > Section 73-2-4 - Preference right for irrigation; obstruction.

Section 73-2-4 - Preference right for irrigation; obstruction.

73-2-4. [Preference right for irrigation; obstruction.]

No inhabitant of this state shall have the right to construct any building of the impediment of the irrigation of lands or fields, such as mills or any other property that may obstruct the course of the water; as the irrigation of the fields should be preferable to all others.