[Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use

NMSA 1978, § 17-4-22 — under Article 4.

NMSA 1978, § 17-4-22

of screens.] The rights acquired by the proprietor of a private lake licensed hereunder, and the prohibitions hereof, shall extend to and include all channels connecting a series or group of lakes under one license, and the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may authorize the use of such screens or other appliances as may be necessary to prevent the fish in a licensed lake of class A from escaping, and it shall be the duty of the proprietor to adopt and use such screens or other appliances as the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may direct to prevent the fish in public waters from entering such lake. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 73; Code 1915, § 2496; C.S. 1929, § 57-315; 1941 Comp., § 43-421; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-21.