That the counties of Chaves and Eddy are hereby created out of all that portion of Lincoln county, lying eastward of a line drawn through said county as follows, to wit: commencing at the northern boundary line of the county of Lincoln on the line between ranges nineteen and twenty east; thence south on said line to the base line; thence south along the range line between ranges nineteen and twenty east to the first standard parallel south; thence east to the point where the range line between ranges twenty and twenty-one east, south of said first standard parallel intersects said parallel; thence south on the line between said ranges twenty and twenty-one to the second standard parallel south; thence south to the southeast corner of township eleven south of range twenty east; thence west to the line between ranges twenty and twenty-one south of the second standard parallel south; thence south to the third standard parallel south along the range line between ranges twenty and twenty-one to intersect the third standard parallel south; thence east along said parallel to where the line from the south side of same between ranges twenty-one and twenty-two intersects said parallel; thence along said range line between ranges twenty-one and twenty-two to the fourth standard parallel south; thence west along said parallel to the point where the line between ranges twenty-one and twenty-two south of said parallel intersects said parallel, and thence south on said line to the north boundary of the state of Texas.

History: Laws 1889, ch. 87, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 579; Code 1915, § 1064; C.S. 1929, § 33-301; 1941 Comp., § 15-301; 1953 Comp., § 15-8-1.

Compiler's notes. — This section was also compiled as 4-3-1 NMSA 1978 as it relates to Chaves county.

The present western boundary of Eddy county is as described in 4-8-3 NMSA 1978.

The southern boundary is the state of Texas.

The northern and eastern boundaries may be described as follows: commencing at the closing corner of township 16 south, between ranges 20 and 21 east, [description from 4-8-3 NMSA 1978]; on the third standard parallel south, thence east [description from 4-8-2 NMSA 1978] to the northeast corner of township 16 south of range 31 east; thence south [description from 4-13-1 NMSA 1978] between ranges 31 and 32 east to the correction line between townships 20 and 21 south; thence east on said correction line to the northeast corner of township 21 south of range 31 east; thence south between ranges 31 and 32 east to the south boundary of the state of New Mexico.

The sections in this article comprised article 5, chapter 24 of the 1915 Code. They were not reenacted by the inclusion therein, but were compiled for convenience. See the 1915 Code, p. 1665.

Laws 1889, ch. 87, § 2 read: "All that part of Lincoln county on the west side of the line described in the preceding section [compiled as 4-3-1 and 4-8-1 NMSA 1978] shall be and remain in the county of Lincoln."

Cross references. — For western boundaries of county, see 4-8-3 NMSA 1978.

For original boundaries of Lincoln county, see 4-14-1 NMSA 1978.

For changes in western boundary of Lincoln county, see 4-14-2 NMSA 1978.