New Mexico § 73-1-11 - District declared organized; boundaries; status; principal place of business; jurisdiction of court; costs where petition denied

§ 73-1-11. District declared organized; boundaries; status; principal place of business; jurisdiction of court; costs where petition denied

Upon the hearing of the petition, as provided for herein, if it shall appear that

a petition, or petitions, for the organization of such district has been signed and

presented as hereinbefore provided, and that the allegations of the petition, or petitions,

are true and that no protesting petition, or petitions, have been filed, or, if filed

have been dismissed, the court shall, by order, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction,

declare the district organized and give it a corporate name, by which, in all proceedings,

it shall thereafter be known, but said decree shall not be final as to the boundaries

of said district, or as to the lands to be embraced therein, until the approval of

the report of the commissioners, as hereinafter provided, at which time, a final decree

as to the property to be embraced in the district shall be entered, and no appeal

therefrom as to any particular tracts or parcels of property shall, in any way, prevent

the district from functioning, nor prevent the levy of any taxes against such property

in question pending the appeal therefrom. Upon declaring the district organized, the same shall be a political subdivision of

the state of New Mexico, and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or municipal

corporation; shall have power to sue and be sued, to incur debts, liabilities and

obligations, to exercise the right of eminent domain and of taxation and assessment

as herein provided and to do and perform all acts herein expressly authorized, and

all other acts necessary and proper for carrying out to all intents and purposes the

objects for which the district was created, and for exercising the powers with which

it is invested. In such decree, the court shall designate the place where the office, or principal

place of business, shall be located, which shall be within the corporate limits of

the district, if practical, and which may be changed by order of the court from time

to time. The regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such office or place

of business, but for cause may be adjourned to any other convenient place. The official records and files of the district shall be kept at the office so established. The district court entering the decree shall retain jurisdiction of the conservancy

district so organized, and all court proceedings pertaining to the district, as herein

provided, shall be filed in the original cause. Any district judge in whose court said original proceeding is had shall not be disqualified

on account of owning property within the boundaries of the district. If the court finds against the prayer of the petition, it shall dismiss said proceedings

and adjudge the costs against the signers of the petition in such proportions as it

shall deem just and equitable.