assessment for taxation.

All surveys made by the licensed professional surveyors appointed by the board of county commissioners of the several counties in accordance with N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 4, Article 42, which are not government subdivisions, shall be numbered with a consecutive series of numbers, commencing with thirty-seven, and it shall be the duty of the assessor in each county to enter for taxation in the assessor’s book all lands liable for taxation, referring to them by the proper number as designated by the surveyor in the surveyor’s records.