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A JOINT RESOLUTION

GRANTING APPROVAL TO THE STATE GAME COMMISSION FOR THE

TRANSFER OF 32.539 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF LAND IN RIO ARRIBA

COUNTY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH TO THE ABIQUIU

LAND GRANT.

WHEREAS, Section 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 authorizes state

agencies to donate real property to other state agencies,

local public bodies, school districts or state educational

institutions; and

WHEREAS, approximately 32.539 acres, more or less, of

land in Rio Arriba county currently held by the state game

commission was given to the commission by the department of

transportation for mitigation for highway work; and

WHEREAS, this parcel of land does not substantially meet

the purposes of the state game commission and the department

of game and fish as such purposes are set forth in Chapter 17

NMSA 1978; and

WHEREAS, this parcel of land was originally part of the

common lands of the Abiquiu land grant, a political

subdivision of the state, to which the land should be

returned; and

WHEREAS, upon transfer, this parcel of land should be

administered as part of the common lands of the Abiquiu land

grant, with title reverting to the state if it ceases to be

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part of the common lands of the grant;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state game commission may

transfer to the Abiquiu land grant ownership of a certain

parcel of land situated within the Abiquiu land grant in Rio

Arriba county, being more particularly bounded and described

as follows, to wit:

"Beginning at a point for Station 1217+29.11, a point on

the left right of way line of NMP SP-F-052-1(203), County of

Rio Arriba, State of New Mexico, said point also being 2305.23

feet south and 5699.30 feet East of a Monument marked TA3M &

MC14 of the Town of Abiquiu Grant, thence S.27°27'W. a

distance of 608.0 feet; thence S.50°56'W. a distance of 264.0

feet; thence S.66°24'W. a distance of 852.0 feet; thence

S.28°54'W. a distance of 334.0 feet; thence S.38°03'W. a

distance of 375.0 feet; thence S.55°42'W. a distance of 474.0

feet; thence S.83°57'W. a distance of 180.0 feet; thence

N.81°11'W. a distance of 209.73 feet; thence N.14°46'E. a

distance of 382.80 feet; thence N.49°46'E. a distance of

1568.0 feet; thence N.23°46'E. a distance of 548.50 feet;

thence N.89°46'E. a distance of 920.69 feet to the point and

place of beginning.

Containing 32.538 acres, more or less."; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above-described tract is

to become and remain part of the common lands of the Abiquiu

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land grant, and in the event the described tract ceases to be

part of the common lands of the land grant, ownership of the

tract shall revert automatically to the state game commission;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be

transmitted to the state game commission and the board of

trustees of the Abiquiu land grant.