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2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4 - Counties
Section 42 County Surveyor
Section 4-42-5 Licensed professional surveyor; latitudes and departures; following United States instructions.

NM Stat § 4-42-5 (2014) What's This?
4-42-5. Licensed professional surveyor; latitudes and departures; following United States instructions.
All calculations to ascertain the contents of a tract of land by a licensed professional surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be made by latitudes and departures, and on each plat shall be laid down the variations of the magnetic needle from the true meridian. In reestablishing missing corners, the county surveyor shall establish said corners in strict accordance with the manual of instructions of the United States to the United States deputy surveyors.
History: Laws 1891, ch. 33, 6; C.L. 1897, 790; Code 1915, 1292; C.S. 1929, 33-4906; 1941 Comp., 15-3906; 1953 Comp., 15-41-6; 2011, ch. 56, 6.

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