There is hereby established a public highway through the state of New Mexico, to be known as "El Camino Real," which said highway shall have for its northern terminus a point in the Raton mountains on the state line between Colorado and New Mexico, where the old Barlow and Sanderson stage road, known as the "Santa Fe Trail" crossed the state line, running thence in a southerly direction and following the old Santa Fe Trail as nearly as practicable through the city of Raton, the town of Cimarron, to the village of Rayado; thence to the town of Ocate; thence to the town of Mora; thence to the city of Las Vegas; thence following the route of the highway established by Chapter 56 of the Session Laws of 1903, and known as the Scenic Route to Santa Fe, the capital of the state of New Mexico; thence in a southerly direction via the town of Cerrillos to San Pedro; thence to the city of Albuquerque by the most feasible and picturesque route; thence south, crossing the Rio Grande at the town of Barelas, through the counties of Bernalillo, Valencia and Socorro, through the towns of Los Lunas, Belen, Socorro, San Antonio, San Marcial, to Engle; thence in a southerly direction across the Jornado del Muerto to a point near old Fort Selden; thence in a southerly direction, upon the high lands adjacent to the valley of the lower Rio Grande, reaching the towns of Dona Ana, Las Cruces and Mesilla Park, to the place known as Anthony, on the state line between the state of New Mexico and the state of Texas.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 7, § 1; Code 1915, § 2707; C.S. 1929, § 64-1601; 1941 Comp., § 58-802; 1953 Comp., § 55-8-2.
Meaning of "Chapter 56". — The term "Chapter 56 of the Session Laws of 1903" refers to Laws 1903, ch. 56, the provisions of which are compiled as 67-9-1 NMSA 1978.
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