If any person or persons, or mayordomos of acequias, should have to make ditches across the roads to pass the water to their fields, gardens or mills, they shall construct a bridge sufficiently wide and strong for loaded wagons or carts to pass over, so that no obstruction will be placed in the way of the mail or any other passenger, nor any of those that may have to travel over said roads with their crops or other affairs of their houses. History: Laws 1860-1861, p. 82; C.L. 1865, ch. 96, § 8; C.L. 1884, § 1293; C.L. 1897, § 1860; Code 1915, § 2692; C.S. 1929, § 64-1303; 1941 Comp., § 58-609; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-9. Cross references. — For mayordomos to construct bridge, see 73-2-43 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 479. 40 C.J.S. Highways § 221.
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