N.M. Stat. § 4-42-5
Licensed professional surveyor; latitudes and departures;
following United States instructions.
All calculations to ascertain the contents of a tract of land by a licensed professional
surveyor appointed by the board of county commissioners shall be made by latitudes
and departures, and on each plat shall be laid down the variations of the magnetic
needle from the true meridian. In reestablishing missing corners, the county surveyor
shall establish said corners in strict accordance with the manual of instructions of the
United States to the United States deputy surveyors.