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.

Compiler'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.