That exclusive jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States over all the territory set apart from the public domain and comprised within the limits of the Fort Wingate military reservation, in McKinley county, and Fort Bliss target range, in Dona Ana county, and over such land as may hereafter be reserved from the public domain for the enlargement of said reservations; provided, however, that the state of New Mexico reserves the right to serve civil or criminal process within said reservations in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred or crimes committed in said state, but outside of such cession and reservations; and provided further, that the jurisdiction herein ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own and hold said reservations for military purposes.

History: Laws 1941, ch. 8, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 8-207; 1953 Comp., § 7-2-7.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Compiler's notes. — Under Laws 1966, ch. 38, the state of New Mexico accepted legislative jurisdiction of an easement for right-of-way for a portion of United States highway 54 in Otero county, held by the United States within the Fort Bliss antiaircraft range military reservation.

Cross references. — For service of civil and criminal process, see Rules 1-004 and 5-103 NMRA, respectively.

Licensing law exemptions. — Under former law, neither the Contractors' Licensing Act nor the State Plumbing Act could be enforced over any person or any matter over territory which was under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the federal government. 1951 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 51-5340.