New Mexico Statutes Chapter 4. Counties § 4-25-2. Present organization retained; county seat

That the present organization of the county of San Miguel as to precincts, school districts, officials and otherwise shall be and become the organization of the new county of Jefferson; that the county seat of the county of Jefferson shall be and remain at Las Vegas until changed according to law. All officials of San Miguel county who were duly elected at the last general election and who qualified as required by law and all appointive officials duly qualified shall be and remain the officials of Jefferson county, holding their respective offices for the time for which they were severally elected or appointed, and qualified, and they shall perform all of the duties relating to their respective offices in the county of Jefferson hereby created.