New Mexico Statutes Chapter 73. Special Districts § 73-7-55. Obstruction of drains; bridges

No person, firm, county or corporation, or other municipal corporation, shall sink, set or drive any post, pillars or piling in any of the drains or ditches constructed under the provisions of this article for the purpose of erecting any bridge, trestle or covering over or across any such drain or ditch. All supports for any such bridges shall be entered or placed on the banks of such drain or watercourse so as not to obstruct the flow of water therein. No person taking water for any purpose, from any drain or ditch, constructed under the provisions of this article, shall take said water in such manner as to obstruct the flow of water in, or in any way diminish the efficiency of, said drain or ditch. Any person who shall violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section or who shall place logs, brush or any other like substances, or fell trees into them, which will obstruct the flow of water in any of the drains or watercourses constructed in whole or in part under the provisions of this article, or in any stream which will flow through such improvement, and any public officer or any employee who shall fail or refuse to perform any of the duties required by this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable for all damages caused thereby.