4-24-1. [Original county boundaries.]
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That all of that portion of Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, comprised within the following boundaries, as hereinafter described, shall form and constitute a new county, to be hereafter known as the county of San Juan, to wit: commencing at the state line of Colorado, running along the San Juan river to where the San Juan crosses range line between ranges seven and eight [west; thence south on said range line], to the north line of Bernalillo [McKinley] county; thence west to the line of Arizona; thence running north on the Arizona line to the state of Colorado; thence east to the place of beginning; also to include all the settlements on the San Juan river below the mouth of the Los Pinos river.
History: Laws 1887, ch. 13, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 569; Code 1915, § 1106; C.S. 1929, § 33- 2201; 1941 Comp., § 15-2201; 1953 Comp., § 15-24-1.