That the county of Lea is hereby created out of that portion of the state of New Mexico lying and being situate within the following metes and bounds, as indicated by the United States survey, viz.: at the southeast corner of the state of New Mexico, thence north on the line between the state of […]
The county seat of the said county of Lea shall be established at the town of Lovington, in said county; and the board of county commissioners of said county, to be appointed as hereinafter provided, shall select and designate the plat of ground known as the public square in said town, being described on the […]
The county of Lea may issue bonds for courthouse and jail purposes to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars [($30,000)], which bonds shall be issued in the manner as provided by the constitution of New Mexico, payable absolutely thirty years from their date and at the option of said county, twenty years from their […]