Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1909-04-02
The County Seat
Removal BILL

An act to Abolish the County Of Sierra
Created by the Legislative Assem-
bly, of 1884, Chapter l09, Approved
April Bird, 1884, and Creating New
County With Different Boundaries
With the Name Of Sierrt, and for
Other Purposes.
BE it Enacted by the Legislative As
sembly Of the Territory of New Mes
leo:
SECTION l, That Chapter l9a of the
Laws Of New Mexico for the year 1854,
approved April 8, 1881 and being com
piled as Sections 55a, $50, 561, 582t 568,
553, SIS, and566, and allacts and parts Of
acts supplemental thereto and amanda-
Tory thereof, be and the same are here
by repeelea, and Chat portion of The Ter
ritorg Of New Mexico heretofcr known
as the County Of sierra is hereby abol-
ished as q county Of The Territory of
New Mexico,
SECTION 2. That out Of tho fol- W.
described portion Of the Territory Of
New Mickey, being the territory for
merly embraced in the County Of Sierra,
and a porti nof the County ofSocorro, in
the Territory Of New MEXICO, there is
hereby created and established the Coun-
ty OF Sierra, to-wit. Commencing the
Mule Springs in Mule Pass, in Cook
Canon Range, in the County Of Grant,
and running thence in a northwesterly
direction along the summit Of the
Mimbres mountains to the nosth boun
dary line of Grant County; thence west
on said north boundary line to the one
hundred ani eighth degree Of longitude
west of Greedwich; thence north on
said degree of longitude to the point
where the same intersects the north
line of township line ten south, Of New
Mexico; thence east to the northeast
corner Of Township 10 South, Range 3
East; thence south along therange line
between Ranges 8 ard East, Town.
shin 10 outh, to the Second STANDARD
Parallel South; thence east on the Sec
ond Standard Parallel South; to the
Northeast Corner Of township III
South, Range 4 East; thence south
along the Range line between Ranges
a and 5 East to an intersection with the
present boundary line between Dona
Ana and Sierra Counties; thence south
westerly al6n8 said present county
line to an intersection with the New
Mexico Principal Meridian; thence
south along the New Mexico Principal
Meridian to corner of Townships II
and l3 South, Ranges East and ]
West: thence west along Township line
between Townships II and l8 South to
the northwest corner of Township Il
South, Range 4 West; thence south
along range line between Ranges a and
s West, to the southwest corner Of
Township 19 South, Range a West;
thence West along township line be-
tween townships 19 and 20 South, to
the place of beginning
SECTION 8. That the comfy seat OF
Sierra County as the same is estab-
lished and created by Section OF this
Act. is located and established at the
town of Gutter in said county; provld-
ed however, that this section fixing
said county seat at said town Of Cut
ter shall not be in force or take effect
until the provisions of this section are
ratified by a majority Of the voters Of
said Sierra County as The same is es-
tabHshed and created by this act, and
for the purposes Of determining the
question of whether said county seat
shall be established at said town OF
Cutter. special election Of the quail
fed voters OF said Sierra County, as
the same is by this act created and
established, is hereby called for the
First day of June A D. 1910; and If
a majority Of such legal and qualified
voters vote in favor Of the proposition
of locating and establishing said Coun-
ty seat at the town Of Cutter, then
the same shall be and hereby is per-
manently located and established at
said town of Cutter, otherwise said
county seat shall be and the same
hereby is located and established at
the town of Hillsborough in said 81
ezra Comfy, and provided further,
that said county seat of said Sierra
County shall be and it is hereby locat-
ed at said Hillsborough until the pro-
visions of this Section are fully ratified
as hereinbefore in this Section provld-
ed.
SECTION a. The County Commission