New Mexico § 49-3-1 - Management vested in board of trustees; number

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§ 49-3-1. Management vested in board of trustees; number

That the management and control of the community lands of the people of Chaperito,

within the county of San Miguel, in the state of New Mexico, within the exterior boundaries

of the following described tract of land, to wit: beginning at the northwest corner of the fence of Rafael Lucero; from thence on a

straight line to the point or terminus of the Cuchilla Lagia; thence on a straight

line northerly to the point or terminus of the Mesa del Velorio; thence southwesterly

on a straight line to the source or beginning of the Rincon de los Torres; thence

easterly to the junction of the Canada of the Rincon Hondo with the Canada of Laureano;

thence on a straight line to the Puertecito del Norte, which goes to the Canada del

Indio; thence northwesterly on a straight line to the intersection thereof with the

line of the Las Vegas grant; thence southerly, following the Catron fence, which

is easterly from the Canada del Indio to the east boundary line of the land of Rafael

Lucero; thence northerly, to the northeast corner of the land of said Rafael Lucero;

thence westerly, following the fence of said Rafael Lucero to the place of beginning,

as the same was decreed in final decree rendered in cause no. 6419, in the district

court of the fourth judicial district of the state of New Mexico, sitting within and

for the county of San Miguel in said district, in that certain cause entitled in the

civil docket of said court, Julius G. Day, et als. versus Sostenes Delgado, et als.,

defendants, and which said final decree was rendered by said court on December 12,

1913, is hereby vested in a board of trustees composed of three members, each of which

shall be elected as this chapter provides.

Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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