New Mexico § 73-2-36 - Duty to furnish laborers; mayordomos to superintend work
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 73-2-36 — Duty to furnish laborers; mayordomos to superintend work, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 73-2-36. Duty to furnish laborers; mayordomos to superintend work
If any number of laborers, or any person thereof, having their fields above on such
acequias, and having reached them, shall pretend from any cause or causes, reason
or pretext, to abandon their co-laborers, he or they shall not be permitted to leave
said work of the laborers in common until the completion of the cleansing of the said
acequia so commenced to be worked: provided, that touching the repairs and excavations
to be made to said acequias, the proportion of the people, or the number of laborers
for such purpose shall be furnished by the owners, and it shall be the duty of the
mayordomos to superintendent [superintend] such work, and as provided in section 5754
[ 73-2-21 NMSA 1978]: provided, further, that if in any acequias already constructed there shall
be included any dikes or dams which may have been destroyed, and the parties interested
therein shall have entered into any agreement or contract with the owners to work
said acequia, then they shall so remain and fulfill their engagements.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 73-2-36 ("Duty to furnish laborers; mayordomos to superintend work") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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