N.M. Stat. § 73-13-45
That all elections of directors of said irrigation districts held or purporting to be held under the provisions of the irrigation law and all appointments of officers, employees and agents of irrigation districts made or purported to have been made by the directors of such irrigation district, be, and the same hereby are validated, ratified, confirmed, approved and declared legal in all respects, and the said directors, officers, employees and agents are hereby declared to be the duly qualified directors, officers, employees and agents of the said irrigation districts with the rights, powers and duties granted unto them by the laws of this state or conferred upon them by the directors of such district, with like effect as though at the time or times said acts and proceedings, elections and appointments were done or had, there existed de jure irrigation districts and statutory authority for the doing thereof.
NMS § 73-13-45