None of the parts or provisions of this article or any section thereof shall apply or be construed to be in force or effect in any of the following counties, viz.: Dona Ana, Grant, Otero, Luna, Lincoln, Chaves, Eddy, Santa Fe, Guadalupe, Colfax, Union, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Quay, McKinley, Roosevelt, as the same existed on the 11th day of March, 1903.