Section 4-19-1 – [County boundaries.]

That there be and hereby is created out of a part of the counties of Dona Ana, Socorro and Lincoln a new county to be known [as] and called Otero county, which shall embrace all that portion of said counties of Dona Ana, Socorro and Lincoln lying within the following boundaries, viz.: beginning at a […]

Section 4-19-2 – [County seat.]

That the county seat of said county so created is hereby fixed and established at the town of Alamogordo therein. History: Laws 1899, ch. 3, § 2; Code 1915, § 1095; C.S. 1929, § 33-1702; 1941 Comp., § 15-1702; 1953 Comp., § 15-19-2. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For removal of county seats, see N.M. Const., […]