New Mexico § 49-4-1 - Chilili land grant-merced; ratification of partitions; governance
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 49-4-1 — Chilili land grant-merced; ratification of partitions; governance, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-4-1. Chilili land grant-merced; ratification of partitions; governance
A. All apportionments or partitions of land on the grant of Chilili made by Inez Armenta
as trustee or by his successors as trustees of the grant to the bona fide residents
on the grant are hereby confirmed. B. The government and control of the common lands of the Chilili land grant-merced,
also known as la merced del pueblo de Chilili, is vested in five trustees, to be known
officially as “the board of trustees of the Chilili land grant-merced”, who shall
manage and control the land grant-merced in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49, Article 4 NMSA 1978 .
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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