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 […]
All that part of the territory of Lincoln county east of said line and north of the third standard parallel south shall be and constitute the county of Chaves, and the remaining territory east of said line and south of said third standard parallel south, shall be and constitute the county of Eddy. History: Laws […]
The western boundary of the county of Chaves is hereby changed so as to include within said county of Chaves all that portion of Lincoln county, lying south of the line between townships thirteen and fourteen south, of the second standard parallel south on the north, and the fourth standard parallel south on the south, […]
The county seat of the county of Chaves shall be in the town of Roswell in said county and the county seat of Eddy shall be in the town of Carlsbad in said county. History: Laws 1889, ch. 87, § 4; C.L. 1897, § 582; Code 1915, § 1068; C.S. 1929, § 33-305; 1941 Comp., […]
