2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4 - Counties
Article 17 - McKinley County
Section 4-17-1 - [County boundaries.]
The present boundaries of McKinley county, as established by Chapter 19 of the Session Laws of 1899, are hereby enlarged and extended by adding thereto the following territory from the counties of Bernalillo and Valencia, viz.: beginning at the point where the second standard parallel north intersects the boundary line between the territories of Arizona and New Mexico; thence north on said line to the point where the fifth standard parallel north, if projected westward across the Navajo Indian reservation, would intersect the boundary line between New Mexico and Arizona; thence east along the line of said fifth standard parallel north, to the northeast corner of township number twenty north, range number five west of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence south along the line between ranges numbers four and five west of the New Mexico principal meridian, to the point where it intersects the third standard parallel north; thence west along said third standard parallel north, to the southeast corner of township number thirteen north, range number eight west of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence north along the line between ranges numbers seven and eight west of the New Mexico principal meridian, to the corner of sections thirteen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty-four, township number thirteen north, ranges numbers seven and eight west of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence west along the line between sections thirteen and twenty-four, fourteen and twenty-three, fifteen and twenty-two, sixteen and twenty-one, seventeen and twenty and eighteen and nineteen, township number thirteen north, range number eight west, to the point where it intersects the first guide meridian west; thence south along the line of said first guide meridian west, to the point where it intersects the third standard parallel north; thence west on said third standard parallel north, to the northeast corner of township twelve north, range sixteen west of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence south along the line between ranges fifteen and sixteen west, to the point where it intersects the second standard parallel north; thence west along said second standard parallel north, to the point of beginning.
History: Laws 1901, ch. 39, § 1; Code 1915, § 1089; C.S. 1929, § 33-1503; 1941 Comp., § 15-1501; 1953 Comp., § 15-17-1.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — McKinley county was originally created out of the western portion of Bernalillo county. The original boundaries, as created by Laws 1899, ch. 19, § 1, were as follows: "There is created out of a part of the county of Bernalillo in the territory of New Mexico, a new county to be known and called McKinley county which shall embrace all that portion of the county of Bernalillo lying within the following boundaries, viz: on the north the south boundary line of the county of San Juan; on the east commencing at a point where the said south boundary line of the county of San Juan intersects the range line between ranges 8 and 9 west of the New Mexico principal meridian.
"Thence south between ranges 8 and 9 west of the southeast corner of township 14 north of range 9 west.
"Thence west along the line between townships 13 and 14 north of ranges 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, W. to the intersection of said line with the west boundary line of the territory of New Mexico.
"Thence north along the said boundary line between the territories of New Mexico and Arizona to the point of beginning.
"All the territory contained south of the south township line of township 14 north, ranges 9 W., etc., to the west boundary line of the territory of New Mexico is hereby declared to be within and be a portion of the county of Valencia."
The sections of this article were incorporated in article 10, chapter 24 of the 1915 Code. They were not reenacted by their inclusion therein, but were compiled merely for convenience. See the 1915 Code, p. 1665.
Cross references. — For boundaries of Bernalillo county, see 4-1-1 and 4-1-2 NMSA 1978.
For original boundaries of Valencia county, see 4-32-1 NMSA 1978.
Liability for payment of salary of offices where county formed from portion of another. — An account for unpaid salary of a district attorney, which was void under the Bateman Act, was revived by Laws 1901, ch. 39, § 2, which made the county liable for the payment of such accounts, and in case of one county being formed out of a portion of another, the court or county commissioners of the original county should ascertain such indebtedness that should be paid by each county proportionally as ascertained by a special commission consisting of the treasurer, auditor and solicitor general. Johnston v. Board of County Comm'rs, 1904-NMSC-018, 12 N.M. 237, 78 P. 43.
