Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-03
SOME NEW LAWS.


An act in relation to the fling Of plas
of towns.
Section livery owner or proprietor
of any tract or parcel Of land who has
heretofore subdiyded or shall hereafter
subdivide, the same into three or more
parts for the lwrpOSe Of laying ont any
city or village or any addition thereto u1
any part thereof or suburban lots, shall
cause Il plat OF such subdivision, with ref
erence to known or permanent monu-
ments, to I've made, which shall accurate
ly describe all the subdivisions Of such
| tract Or parcel of land, numbering the
same by progressive numbers and giving
! the dimensions and length and breadth
thereof and the breadth and courses Of all
streets and alleys therein, desert ptions OF
lots and parcels of land in surh subdivis-
| ions, according to the number and des-
ignation thereof on said plat contained,
in conveyances or for the purpose OF taxa
ton, shall be deemed good and valid for
! all intents and purposes.
Sec. EVERY such plat shall contain
statement to the effect that the above
or foregoing subdivision OF (here insert n
correct description Of the land or parcel
subdivided), as appears on this plat is,
with the free consent and in accordance
with the desire Of the undersigned owners
and proprietors, and shall be duly ac-
knowlelged before some officer author
lied to take acknowledgements of deeds ;
and in case the plat is filed by corpora
ton, said acknowledgment shall be made
by it's president and secretary and when
executed and acknowledged, said plat
shall be filed for record in the Office Of the
recorder of the proper county.
Sec. 3.-The acknowledgment and re-
cording of such plat shall operate as ded-
ication to the public use OF such portion
of the premises plated as is on such plat
set apart for street or other public use.
Sec. 4-Streets and alleys laid out in
any addition to any city or village shall
be continuous with and correspond in
directions and width to the streets and al
leys of the city or village to which they
are an addition. L.
Sec 5.-Any such plat may be vacated
by the projectors thereof at any time be-
fore the sale of any lots therein bya writ
ten instrument declaring the same to be
vacated, duly executed, acknowledged or
proven dllu IcCOIucu III Vic Sdulc OlilCe
with the plat which is desired to be
vacated, and the execution and recording
of such writing shall operate to destroy
the force and effect of the recording of
the plat so vacated, and to divest all pub
lie rights in the streets alleys laid out and
described in such plat. And in cases
where any lots have been sold the plat
may be vacated, as herein provided, by
all the owners Of lots in such plat joining
in the execution of the writing aforesaid.
When any part of a plat shall be vacated,
as aforesaid, the proprietors of the lots so
vacated may inclose streets and alleys adj
joining said lots in equal proportion.
Sec. 6.-None Of the provisions of this
act shall be construed to require replatting
in any case where plats have been made,
and all plats heretofore filed and not al
ready vacated, are hereby declared valid.
Sec. This act shall be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved February 10, 1889,