NM Const., Article I

The name of this state is New Mexico, and its boundaries are as follows: Beginning at the point where the thirtyseventh parallel of north latitude intersects the one hundred and third meridian west from Greenwich; thence along said one hundred and third meridian to the thirtysecond parallel of north latitude; thence along said thirty-s econd parallel to the Rio Grande, also known as the Rio Bravo del Norte, as it existed on the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty; thence, following the main channel of said river, as it existed on the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, to the parallel of thirty-o ne degrees forty- seven minutes north latitude; thence west one hundred miles to a point; thence south to the parallel of thirty-o ne degrees twenty minutes north latitude; thence along said parallel of thirty-o ne degrees twenty minutes, to the thirty-s econd meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence along said thirty-s econd meridian to the thirty- seventh parallel of north latitude; thence along said thirty-s eventh parallel to the point of beginning.