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NM Stat § 4-3A-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 3A - Cibola County|Section 4-3A-14 - Certificates of indebtedness.

For the purpose of meeting expenses payable out of the general county fund of the county of Cibola, contracted and payable for the seventieth fiscal year, and not otherwise, the county of Cibola may issue certificates of indebtedness of the county of Cibola not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), and tax levies shall be duly made therefor. The certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in a form to be approved by the state board of finance and shall be payable not more than ten years after date of issue. The certificates of indebtedness shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that permitted by the Public Securities Act [6-14-1 to 6-14-3 NMSA 1978]. The proceeds of the tax levy shall be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the certificates when they fall due. History: Laws 1981, ch. 24, § 14. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For boundaries of Cibola county, see 4-3A-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-4-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 4 - Colfax County|Section 4-4-1 - [Original county boundaries.]

All that part of the territory comprised within the following limits, to wit: to the north and east by the boundaries of the territory of New Mexico; to the south the boundaries of the grant made to Carlos Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda, and known as the Rayado grant, and on the west the boundaries of the county of Taos, shall form and constitute a new county to be known as, and called, Colfax county. History: Laws 1868-1869, ch. 24, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 312; C.L. 1897, § 555; Code 1915, § 1069; C.S. 1929, § 33-401; 1941 Comp., § 15-401; 1953 Comp., § 15-4-1. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Colfax county was formed from the northern part of Mora county. The boundary with Taos county is described in 4-18-2 NMSA 1978 and the compiler's notes under 4-29-1 NMSA 1978. The north boundary is the state line. The southern and eastern boundaries may be described as follows: commencing on the eastern boundary of Taos county at the point of its intersection with the township line between townships 23 and 24 north of the base line; thence east [description from 4-4-3 NMSA 1978] on said township line to the northwest corner of township 23 north of range 20 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 19 and 20 east to the center of township 23 north; thence east [description from 4-4-2 NMSA 1978] through the center of township 23 north to the range line between ranges 27 and 28 east; thence north [description from 4-31-1 NMSA 1978] on said range line to the state line. The sections in this article comprised art. 3 of ch. 24 of the 1915 Code. They were not reenacted by the inclusion therein, but were compiled for convenience. See the 1915 Code, p. 1665. Cross references. — For original boundaries of Taos county, see 4-29-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-4-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 4 - Colfax County|Section 4-4-2 - [Southern boundary.]

That the boundary line between Mora and Colfax counties be and is hereby established, to wit: starting at a point on the eastern boundary of New Mexico and about fifty-three miles south of the northeast corner of New Mexico, and running west through the center of township twenty-three north from the base line as established by government survey to the western boundary of the counties of Mora and Colfax. History: Laws 1876, ch. 61, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 282; C.L. 1897, § 537; Code 1915, § 1070; C.S. 1929, § 33-402; 1941 Comp., § 15-402; 1953 Comp., § 15-4-2. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — This boundary west of the range line between ranges 19 and 20 east has been changed by 4-4-3 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For original boundaries of Mora county, see 4-18-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-4-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 4 - Colfax County|Section 4-4-3 - [Change in part of southern boundary.]

The north line of township twenty-three north, along ranges fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen east, as shown by approved United States surveys, shall be the dividing line between Colfax county on the south, Mora county on the north and the range line between ranges nineteen and twenty east, to a point where said range line at present intersects the boundary line between said counties, from which point said boundary line, as now established by said act, January 13, 1876 [4-4-2 NMSA 1978], shall continue east to the west line of the state of Texas. History: Laws 1882, ch. 72, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 289; C.L. 1897, § 544; Code 1915, § 1071; C.S. 1929, § 33-403; 1941 Comp., § 15-403; 1953 Comp., § 15-4-3. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For original boundaries of Mora county, see 4-18-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-5-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 5 - Curry County|Section 4-5-1 - [County boundaries.]

That there be and is hereby created a county, to be known [as] and called Curry county, out of that portion of the territory of New Mexico, included in the following boundaries as indicated by the United States survey, to wit: commencing on the Texas-New Mexico boundary line at the point of its intersection with the east and west center line of township one north, projected thence west along said east and west center line of township one north, to the point of its intersection with the range line between ranges thirty and thirty-one east, thence north along the range line between thirty and thirty-one east to the northwest corner of township five north of range thirty-one east, thence east along the north line of township five north to the point of its intersection with the range line between thirty-two and thirty-three east, thence north along the range line beeween [between] thirty-two and thirty-three east, to the northwest corner of township six north of range thirty-three east, thence east along the north line of township six north to the point of its intersection with the range line between thirty-three and thirty-four east, thence north along the range line between thirty-three and thirty-four to the northwest corner of township seven north of range thirty-four east, thence [east] along the north line of township seven north to the point of its intersection with the range line of thirty-four and thirty-five east, thence north along the range line between thirty-four and thirty-five east to the northwest corner of township eight north of range thirty-five east, thence east along the north line of township eight north projected to its point of intersection with the Texas-New Mexico boundary line, thence south along the Texas-New Mexico boundary line to the point of beginning. History: Laws 1909, ch. 6, § 1; Code 1915, § 1072; C.S. 1929, § 33-501; 1941 Comp., § 15-501; 1953 Comp., § 15-5-1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — Curry county was formed from portions of Roosevelt and Quay counties. The boundary description does not take into account a correction in range line between ranges 30 and 31 east on the first standard parallel north. North of this parallel the range line, and therefore the county line, is displaced a distance of about 2 miles to the east. This section was compiled in art. 4 of ch. 24 of the 1915 Code. It was not reenacted by its inclusion therein, but was compiled for convenience. See the 1915 Code, p. 1665. Laws 1909, ch. 6, § 2, provided for a temporary county seat and the selection of a permanent one.
NM Stat § 4-6-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 6 - De Baca County|Section 4-6-1 - County boundaries.

That the county of De Baca is hereby created out of that portion of the state of New Mexico, lying and being situate within the following metes and bounds, as indicated by the United States survey, viz.: commencing at the northeast corner of township 4 north, range 28 east; thence south on range line between ranges 28 and 29 east to the southeast corner of township 1 north, range 28 east; thence east on base line to the northeast corner of township 1 south, range 28 east; thence south on range line between ranges 28 and 29 east to the southeast corner of township 2 south, range 28 east; thence west on township line to the southwest corner of township 2 south, range 27 east; thence south on range line between ranges 26 and 27 east to the southeast corner of township 3 south, range 26 east; thence west on township line to the southwest corner of township 3 south of range 21 east; thence north on range line to the southwest corner of township 2 south of range 21 east; thence west on township line to the southwest corner of township 2 south of range 20 east to the Lincoln county line; thence north on range line between ranges 19 and 20 east to the northwest corner of township 1 south of range 20 east; thence west [east] on township line to the southwest corner of township 1 north of range 20 east; thence north on range line between ranges 19 and 20 east to the northwest corner of township 4 north of range 20 east; thence east on township line to the southeast corner of township 5 north of range 23 east; thence north on range line to the northwest corner of township 5 north of range 24 east; thence east on township line to the northeast corner of township 5 north, range 24 east; thence north on range line to the northwest corner of township 6 north of range 25 east; thence east on township line to the northeast corner of township 6 north of range 26 east; thence south on range line between ranges 26 and 27 east to the southeast corner of township 5 north of range 26 east; thence east on township line to the place of beginning. History: Laws 1917, ch. 11, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 33-601; 1941 Comp., § 15-601; 1953 Comp., § 15-6-1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — De Baca county was created from parts of Chaves, Guadalupe and Roosevelt counties. Liability for indebtedness of counties from which created. — Under Laws 1917, ch. 11, §§ 9 to 11, De Baca county was liable for its prorata share of the total indebtedness of the counties from which it was carved. The apportionment of debts belongs exclusively to the legislature. State ex rel. Perea v. Board of Comm'rs, 1919-NMSC-030, 25 N.M. 338, 182 P. 865.
NM Stat § 4-7-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 7 - Dona Ana County|Section 4-7-2 - [Dividing line between Socorro and Dona Ana counties.]

The dividing line between the counties of Dona Ana and Socorro, in this territory, is hereby established as follows, to wit: commencing at a point on the Rio Grande one mile south of the dwelling house of Tomas Gonzales, and thence a little southwest to a point one-quarter of a mile to the south of the Ojito del Cuervo, a ranch of the said Tomas Gonzales; thence in a westerly direction to a point one mile west of the Ojo de Berrendo, and running in a northwesterly direction to the ranches respectively known by the name of the Ojo del Berrendo, the Cienega de los Pasenos, Jaraloso, Eucisio, Cienega de los Apaches, Las Perchas and Ojo Caliente, to an equal line with that of the northern line of the county of Grant, so that all the ranches and ojos and ojitos above-mentioned be included in the county of Socorro, and the town and settlement of Hillsboro and Santa Barbara shall be included in the county of Dona Ana; and returning to the Rio Grande at the point of commencement, running thence in a straight line to the corner of the county of Lincoln, a few miles north and west of the town of Tularosa, in the county of Dona Ana. History: Laws 1880, ch. 42, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 287; C.L. 1897, § 542; Code 1915, § 1078; C.S. 1929, § 33-705; 1941 Comp., § 15-702; 1953 Comp., § 15-7-2. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The western portion of this boundary line has been changed by 4-27-1 NMSA 1978. The name "Hillsboro" was so spelled in the original act and in Comp. Laws 1884; but the 1897 Compilation, 1915 Code and 1929 Compilation had it spelled "Hillsborough." See also 4-27-3 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For original boundaries of Lincoln county, see 4-14-1 NMSA 1978. For change of boundary line between Lincoln and Socorro counties, see 4-14-2 NMSA 1978. For original boundaries of Socorro county, see 4-28-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-7-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 7 - Dona Ana County|Section 4-7-3 - [Territory added to Dona Ana county.]

That all that portion of the territory included within township eighteen south of ranges three and four west, according to the United States survey, shall hereafter be attached to, and constitute a part of the county of Dona Ana in said territory, and, until further provisions be made as to township lines, shall be a part of that precinct in said county, in which the town of Colorado is situated. History: Laws 1887, ch. 14, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 573; Code 1915, § 1076; C.S. 1929, § 33-703; 1941 Comp., § 15-703; 1953 Comp., § 15-7-3.
NM Stat § 4-8-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 8 - Eddy County|Section 4-8-2 - [Dividing line between Chaves and Eddy.]

All that part of the territory of Lincoln county east of said line and north of the third standard parallel south shall be and constitute the county of Chaves, and the remaining territory east of said line and south of said third standard parallel south, shall be and constitute the county of Eddy. History: Laws 1889, ch. 87, § 3; C.L. 1897, § 581; Code 1915, § 1065; C.S. 1929, § 33-302; 1941 Comp., § 15-302; 1953 Comp., § 15-8-2. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — This section was also compiled as 4-3-2 NMSA 1978 as it relates to Chaves county. For present boundaries of Eddy county, see compiler's notes under 4-8-1 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For original boundaries of Lincoln county, see 4-14-1 NMSA 1978. For changes in western boundary of Lincoln county, see 4-14-2 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-8-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 8 - Eddy County|Section 4-8-3 - [Western boundary of Eddy county.]

That the western boundary line of the county of Eddy, in the territory of New Mexico, shall be and the same is hereby established as follows, to wit: commencing at the closing corner to township sixteen south, between ranges twenty and twenty-one east, on the third standard parallel south of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence south between said ranges twenty and twenty-one east, to the fourth standard parallel south; thence west along said parallel to the point where the line between ranges twenty and twenty-one east, south of said parallel, intersects said parallel, and thence south, on the range line between ranges twenty and twenty-one east, to the south boundary line of the territory of New Mexico. History: Laws 1895, ch. 11, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 629; Code 1915, § 1067; C.S. 1929, § 33-304; 1941 Comp., § 15-304; 1953 Comp., § 15-8-3. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For present boundaries of Eddy county, see compiler's notes under 4-8-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-8-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 8 - Eddy County|Section 4-8-4 - [County seats.]

The county seat of the county of Chaves shall be in the town of Roswell in said county and the county seat of Eddy shall be in the town of Carlsbad in said county. History: Laws 1889, ch. 87, § 4; C.L. 1897, § 582; Code 1915, § 1068; C.S. 1929, § 33-305; 1941 Comp., § 15-305; 1953 Comp., § 15-8-4. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 1889, ch. 87, § 4, as enacted, provided, in relation to Eddy county, that the county seat of Eddy county "shall be in the town of Eddy in said county" and provided for an election in 1890 at which some other place could be named as the county seat. The change to "the town of Carlsbad" first appeared in the 1915 Code. This section was also compiled as 4-3-4 NMSA 1978 as it relates to Chaves county. Cross references. — For removal of county seats, see N.M. Const., art. X, § 3 and 4-34-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 4-9-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 9 - Grant County|Section 4-9-2 - [Boundary between Grant and Catron counties.]

That the boundary line between the counties of Socorro [Catron] and Grant be, and the same is, hereby located, fixed and established as follows: beginning at a point upon the western boundary line of the state of New Mexico where said line is intersected by the line between townships 12 and 13 south of the New Mexico principal base line and running thence eastwardly along the line between said townships 12 and 13 south, to the point where the said line intersects the one hundred and eighth (108th) meridian west of Greenwich. History: Laws 1917, ch. 57, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 33-803; 1941 Comp., § 15-802; 1953 Comp., § 15-9-2. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Catron county was formed out of that portion of Socorro county which bounded on Grant county. Compiler's notes. — Laws 1917, ch. 57, contained a preamble which declared the most feasible method of establishing the boundary line to be establishment thereof in accordance with the public land survey of the United States. Cross references. — For boundary between Sierra and Grant counties, see 4-27-2 NMSA 1978. For original boundaries of Socorro county, see 4-28-1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 4-10-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 10 - Guadalupe County|Section 4-10-2 - [County seat.]

That the county seat of the county of Guadalupe shall be and hereby is established at the town of Santa Rosa in said county. History: Laws 1903, ch. 69, § 3; 1905, ch. 20, § 1; Code 1915, § 1082; C.S. 1929, § 33-902; 1941 Comp., § 15-902; 1953 Comp., § 15-10-2. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For removal of county seats, see N.M. Const., art. X, § 3 and 4-34-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 4-11-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 11 - Harding County|Section 4-11-2 - [County seat; buildings.]

The county seat of the county of Harding is hereby established at the town of Mosquero and the board of county commissioners of said county after their appointment as provided in this act shall select and designate a plat of the ground within said town as the place upon which shall be built the courthouse and public buildings of said county of Harding. History: Laws 1921, ch. 48, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 33-1002; 1941 Comp., § 15-1002; 1953 Comp., § 15-11-2. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 1921, ch. 48, §§ 3 to 13 contained temporary provisions relating to the officers, indebtedness and finances of the new county. Cross references. — For removal of county seats, see N.M. Const., art. X, § 3 and 4-34-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
NM Stat § 4-11-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 11 - Harding County|Section 4-11-3 - [Bonds for courthouse and jail.]

The county of Harding may issue bonds for courthouse and jail purposes to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars, which bonds shall be issued in the manner as provided by the constitution and the laws of the state of New Mexico, payable absolutely thirty years from their date, and, at the option of the county, twenty years from their date. History: Laws 1921, ch. 48, § 18; C.S. 1929, § 33-1018; 1941 Comp., § 15-1004; 1953 Comp., § 15-11-4. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 1921, ch. 48, §§ 19 and 20 provided for the creation of a county high school. Such provision was held unconstitutional in State ex rel. Bd. of Educ. v. Saint, 28 N.M. 165, 210 P. 573 (1922). Cross references. — For bonds for courthouses, jails, bridges, hospitals and libraries, see 4-49-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. For state, county and municipal indebtedness, see N.M. Const., art. IX, § 1 et seq. Constitutionality. — This section is not a violation of N.M. Const., art. IV, § 24, prohibiting special legislation. Martinez v. Gallegos, 1922-NMSC-053, 28 N.M. 170, 210 P. 575. Issuance of bonds without election. — This section authorizes the county created to issue bonds for courthouse and jail purposes without submission to a vote of the people as required by N.M. Const., art. IX, § 10. Martinez v. Gallegos, 1922-NMSC-053, 28 N.M. 170, 210 P. 575. Parties bound by judgment in suit relating to bonds. — Where suit was brought to determine rights under this section by a qualified citizen in behalf of himself and others similarly situated, all such other citizens were parties by representation and were bound by the judgment as to matters litigated or which might have been litigated, the same as actual parties to the record, regardless of whether they had actual notice of the pendency of the suit. Floersheim v. Board of Comm'rs, 1922-NMSC-070, 28 N.M. 330, 212 P. 451. Action to enjoin issuance of bonds barred by former adjudication. — Where the allegations of a complaint to enjoin the issue of certain bonds did not state a new or different cause of action from those pleaded in a former adjudication of the same matter, in which all interested parties were joined by representation, the suit was barred by former adjudication. Floersheim v. Board of Comm'rs, 1922-NMSC-070, 28 N.M. 330, 212 P. 451.
NM Stat § 4-12-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 4 - Counties|Article 12 - Hidalgo County|Section 4-12-2 - [County seat; buildings.]

The county seat of the said county of Hidalgo shall be established at the village of Lordsburg in said county and the board of county commissioners of said county shall select and designate suitable and convenient places in said village for the sites for the erection of the courthouse, jail and other public buildings of said county. History: Laws 1919, ch. 11, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 33-1102; 1941 Comp., § 15-1102; 1953 Comp., § 15-12-2. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — Laws 1919, ch. 11, §§ 3 to 14 contained temporary provisions relating to officers, indebtedness and finances of the new county. Cross references. — For removal of county seats, see N.M. Const., art. X, § 3 and 4-34-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.