That there be and hereby is created a county, to be known as and called Roosevelt 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 at the southwest corner of township two south, range twenty-seven east of the New Mexico principal base and meridian; thence north along the range line between [ranges] twenty-six and twenty-seven east to the northwest corner of township four north of range twenty-seven east; thence east along the north line of township four 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 its intersection with the first standard parallel south (projected eastward); thence west along the first standard parallel south to the southwest corner of township five south, range thirty-one east; thence north along the range line between ranges thirty and thirty-one east to the southwest corner of township four south, range thirty-one east; thence west along the south line of township four south, range thirty east, to the southwest corner of township four south, range thirty east; thence north along the range line between ranges twenty-nine and thirty east, to the southwest corner of township two south, range thirty east; thence west along the south boundary line of township two south to the point of beginning.

History: Laws 1903, ch. 7, § 1; Code 1915, § 1102; C.S. 1929, § 33-2001; 1941 Comp., § 15-2001; 1953 Comp., § 15-22-1.

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

Compiler's notes. — Roosevelt county was created by the above section from Chaves and Guadalupe counties. Since its creation, the county of Curry was formed from the northeastern part, De Baca county took a strip off the western side, and additional land was added on the south.

The present boundary may be described as follows: commencing at the northwest corner of township 4 north of range 29 east; thence south [description from 4-6-1 NMSA 1978] on the range line between ranges 28 and 29 east to the southwest corner of township 1 north of range 29 east, on the New Mexico base line; thence east on the base line to the northwest corner of township 1 south of range 29 east; thence south on range line between ranges 28 and 29 east to the southwest corner of township 2 south of range 29 east; thence east along the south boundary line of township 2 south to the northwest corner of township 3 south of range 30 east; thence south [description from 4-22-1 and 4-22-2 NMSA 1978] along the range line between ranges 29 and 30 east to the southwest corner of township 5 south of range 30 east which is on the first standard parallel south; thence east on said standard parallel to the northwest corner of township 6 south of range 32 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 31 and 32 east to the southwest corner of township 7 south of range 32 east; thence east on the township line between townships 7 and 8 south to the northwest corner of township 8 south of range 34 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 33 and 34 east to the southwest corner of township 8 south of range 34 east; thence east on the township line between townships 8 and 9 south to the western boundary line of the state of Texas; thence in a northerly direction along the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico to its intersection with the east and west center line of township 1 north; thence west [description from 4-5-1 NMSA 1978] along the center line of township 1 north to the point of its intersection with the range line between ranges 30 and 31 east; thence north along the range line between ranges 30 and 31 east to the first standard parallel north; thence west on said standard parallel to the point of beginning.

This section was incorporated in article 15, chapter 24 of the 1915 Code. It was not reenacted by its inclusion therein, but was compiled merely for convenience. See the 1915 Code, p. 1665.

Cross references. — For boundaries of Chaves county, see 4-3-1 to 4-3-3 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of Curry county, see 4-5-1 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of De Baca county, see 4-6-1 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of Guadalupe county, see 4-10-1 NMSA 1978.

For addition to Roosevelt county, see 4-22-2 NMSA 1978.