There is hereby established a public wagon road from the city limits of Santa Fe, in the county of Santa Fe, to the city limits of Las Vegas, county of San Miguel, which said road shall be constructed over the most feasible route through or near the canon of the Santa Fe river from the courthouse in the city of Santa Fe, county of Santa Fe, state of New Mexico, over the mountain range at the most practicable place to the east of said city and from thence on the route which may be most practicable, as well as most direct, to the courthouse in Las Vegas, in the county of San Miguel in the state of New Mexico.
NMS § 67-9-1