HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 16

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Jose A. Campos

A JOINT RESOLUTION

APPROVING THE CESSION OF CONCURRENT LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION TO THE UNITED STATES OVER CERTAIN LANDS LOCATED IN CURRY COUNTY.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 19-2-2 NMSA 1978, approval is granted to the cession of concurrent legislative jurisdiction to the United States in accordance with a like cession of concurrent jurisdiction by the United States to the state of New Mexico for real property now owned by the United States in Curry county, New Mexico, described as follows:

     A tract of land in the South one-half of Section 12, Township 2 North, Range 34 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, described as follows:

Beginning at a point 60.0 feet North 89̊38' West from the East 1/4 corner of said Section 12; thence North 89̊38' West 1068.0 feet; thence South 0̊12' West 1846.47 feet; thence North 88̊17' West 708.69 feet; thence South 0̊12' West 600.00 feet to a point on the North right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 60 and No. 84; thence South 88̊17' East 1713.19 feet; thence North 45̊0' East 90.6 feet; thence North 0̊12' East 2405.66 feet to the point of beginning, containing 70.00 acres, more or less; and

     A tract of land in the South one-half of Section 12, Township 2 North, Range 34 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, described as follows:

Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 12, thence North 0̊12' East 2649.4 feet to the East 1/4 corner of said Section 12; thence North 89̊38' West 60.0 feet; thence South 0̊12' West 2405.66 feet; thence South 45̊00' West 90.6 feet; thence North 88̊17' West 1713.19 feet; thence North 0̊12' East 600.0 feet; thence South 88̊17' East 708.69 feet; thence North 0̊12' East 1846.47 feet; thence North 89̊38' West 4162.4 feet; thence South 0̊13' West 1237.7 feet; thence South 89̊38' East 238.7 feet; thence South 0̊13' West 208.7 feet; thence North 89̊38' West 238.7 feet; thence South 0̊13' West 930.4 feet to the North right-of-way line of the AT&SF Railroad; thence South 85̊33' East along the North right-of-way line of said railroad to the point of intersection of said right-of-way line and the South line of said Section 12, a distance of 3821.85 feet; thence South 89̊37' East along the South line of Section 12 1479.74 feet to the point of beginning; containing 238.6969 acres, more or less.

     Section 2. As used in Section 1 of this resolution, "concurrent legislative jurisdiction" means the vesting in the state and the United States of all rights accorded a sovereign with the broad qualification that such authority is held concurrently over matters, including criminal laws, public powers and tax laws, and that it is the parallel right of both the state and the federal government to legislate with respect to such land and persons present or residing on it, subject only to the United States and state constitutional complaints.

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