Except by the express written consent of the commissioner, improvements upon leased state lands held under one lease shall be limited as follows: upon those leased for grazing purposes, fences only, at a cost not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per mile, and necessary corrals, at a cost not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200); upon those leased for agricultural purposes, fences at a cost not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per mile for exterior boundaries and seventy-five dollars ($75) per mile for inside cross-fences; barns, dwellings and all other buildings, at a total cost not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600); wells and irrigation systems at a total cost not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); and for improvements to the land, such as orchards, plowed land, crops, etc., the amount allowed shall be only the amount added to the natural value of the land by such improvement, but in no case to exceed a total of ten dollars ($10.00) per acre for lands actually so improved. For the purposes of this chapter fences and growing crops shall be considered as movable improvements, and all other improvements as permanent improvements.

History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 22; Code 1915, § 5199; C.S. 1929, § 132-122; 1941 Comp., § 8-848; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-53.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Compiler's notes. — The words "this chapter" apparently refer to ch. 102 of the 1915 Code, §§ 5178 to 5290, the presently effective sections of which are compiled herein as 19-1-1, 19-1-2, 19-1-4 to 19-1-6, 19-1-9 to 19-1-16, 19-1-21, 19-2-1, 19-5-3 to 19-5-10, 19-6-1 to 19-6-7, 19-7-1, 19-7-7, 19-7-8, 19-7-11, 19-7-13, 19-7-19 to 19-7-22, 19-7-25, 19-7-27 to 19-7-30, 19-7-34, 19-7-36, 19-7-50 to 19-7-53, 19-7-57, 19-7-58, 19-7-64 to 19-7-67, 19-8-1 to 19-8-3, 19-8-10, 19-8-12, 19-8-13, 19-9-1 to 19-9-8, 19-11-10 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For compensation of owner of improvements by purchaser or subsequent lessee, see 19-7-14 to 19-7-18 NMSA 1978.

Law reviews. — For note, "Administration of Grazing Lands in New Mexico: A Breach of Trust," see 15 Nat. Resources J. 581 (1975).

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Implied duty of lessee to remove his property, debris, buildings, improvements and the like, 23 A.L.R.2d 655.

What constitutes improvements within provisions of lease permitting or prohibiting tenant's removal thereof at termination of lease, 30 A.L.R.3d 998.