Any person may appeal from the acts or decisions of the water master to the state engineer, who shall promptly and at a stated time and place to be fixed by him, upon due notice to the parties, hear and determine the matter in dispute, and his decision shall be final, unless an appeal is taken to the district court of the county, wherein the irrigation works or the irrigated lands involved in such dispute are situated, in conformity with the provisions of Sections 72-7-1 and 72-7-2 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, § 15; Code 1915, § 5668; C.S. 1929, § 151-115; Laws 1935, ch. 78, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 77-303; 1953 Comp., § 75-3-3.
Cross references. — For the state engineer, see 72-2-1 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For comment on Kelley v. Carlsbad Irrigation Dist., 71 N.M. 464, 379 P.2d 763 (1963), see 3 Nat. Resources J. 340 (1963).
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