That the western boundary line of the county of Eddy, in the territory of New Mexico, shall be and the same is hereby established as follows, to wit: commencing at the closing corner to township sixteen south, between ranges twenty and twenty-one east, on the third standard parallel south of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence south between said ranges twenty and twenty-one east, to the fourth standard parallel south; thence west along said parallel to the point where the line between ranges twenty and twenty-one east, south of said parallel, intersects said parallel, and thence south, on the range line between ranges twenty and twenty-one east, to the south boundary line of the territory of New Mexico.
History: Laws 1895, ch. 11, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 629; Code 1915, § 1067; C.S. 1929, § 33-304; 1941 Comp., § 15-304; 1953 Comp., § 15-8-3.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For present boundaries of Eddy county, see compiler's notes under 4-8-1 NMSA 1978.