§ 30-5-163 — San Juan

Colorado § 30-5-163

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 30: Government
• Art.: County Boundaries

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The county of San Juan is hereby created and
established, with the legal capacity and functions of the other counties of the state,
and with boundaries as follows:

Commencing at a point on the western boundary of Hinsdale county, nine
miles south of where it intersects the tenth correction line north; running thence
due west to the western line of the state; thence north along such line to a point ten
miles north of the thirty-eighth parallel of north latitude; thence east to a point on
the summit of the main range of mountains, dividing the waters of the
Uncompahgre and Animas rivers from the waters of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison;
thence in a southerly direction along the summit of said range to a point at the head
of the north fork of Pole creek; thence down said creek to the present boundary line
between Hinsdale and La Plata counties; thence due south along said line to the
place of beginning; and the boundary lines of La Plata and Hinsdale counties are
hereby changed to correspond with the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 1876: p. 58, � 1. G.L. � 384. G.S. � 461. R.S. 08: � 1142. C.L. � 8626. CSA: C. 44, � 68. CRS 53: � 34-1-63. C.R.S. 1963: � 34-1-63.