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As all appears from the proceedings that [torn] spring or tank were formed [torn], cabildo, and that he may become acquainted with all the points of his representation, and the condition with which I have made the said grant for the said tank and piece of swamp (cienega), farmed by the said Captain Diego Arias, in order that said illustrious cabildo may ask whenever he fails in any of the circumstances with which I made him the grant; and likewise shall it be able to ask as against other persons that having obstructed the inlets and outlets, and DIEGO ARIAS pe QUIROS, July 24,1715. City of Santa Fe. Relative to the opening of a spring in the Cienega. The court house and a number of private residences now occupy this tract, which was granted to the cabildo of Santa Fe, August 20, 1715, as appears by the following, on file in the office of the surveyor-general. File 4. Copy of documents of 1715 referring to the cienega, to the streets of Santa Fe, and their being obstructed) by buildings; mention is made of the ‘‘Calle Real de San Francisco’’ and of the old church of the same name on the plaza. There is also a grant to the Captain Diego Arias de Quiros of a spring and reservoir which he had constructed in the cienega. “I, Don Juan Ygnacio Flores Mogollon, governor and captain-general of this kingdom and provinces of New Mexico, and commander of its forces and garrisons for his majesty, &e. Wuereas, on the 24th day of the month of July past, the illustrious cabildo of this town made a presentation to me with regard to various matters, ancient signed himself for many days by farming likewise did I grant him a small spring of [torn] and on it; that he of this town, I order that testimonio of it with my secretary of government and war. ‘Don JUAN YGNACIO FLORES MoGoLLon ‘“By command of his excellency the governor and ecaptain-general : ROQUE DE PintTo [rubric] ‘Secretary of Government and War. ‘*T made the record on said day (toma la razon).’’ The question of title to lands in the finally settled until the Congress of empowered the City of Santa Fe to lands held within the areas prescribed title was in question shortly before the tion, during the administration of Martinez. of the said month of July, making provisions with regard introduced streets said proceedings shall be given to it literally, said proceedings being now in the office of the secretary of this government, in order that said illustrious cabildo may keep it in its archive, and that it may there always appear; and of this grant, with regard that the swamp (cienega) has been adjudicated to it record shall be made (se tomare razon) in the book of grants and entries of this government. It is done at this town of Santa Fe, of New Mexico, on the 20th day of August, 1715, and I one of them was that, whereas the swamp (cienega) that hes to one side of this castle, looking to the east, is royal domain, that it should be adjudicated as municipal land (propios) of the town, in the name of his majesty, so that the inhabitants may enjoy the benefit and use of cutting hay for their animals as they have done heretofore and are doing until now, and because in an order I issued at the foot of said presentation on the 27th day to the other points stated to me in said representation, I say that because this petition is so justified, and because the sald swamp (cienega) is royal domain, I make it the grant in the name of his majesty (whom may God preserve), and I order that a portion of it should be executed by virtue of the faculty conferred on me on account of my office, I grant to the said illustrious cabildo the said Swamp (cienega) in the condition in which it is at present, for the reason that a piece thereof has been adjudicated to Captain Diego Arias de Quiros, on which he has 11 9 ‘‘ctenega’’ was not the United States make quit-claim to by the act. The American OccupaGovernor Mariano a? JUAN ALONZO pe MONDRAGON and SEBASTIANA TRUXILLO to Francisca Antonio De Eguijosa. Villa Nueva de Santa Cruz, May 19, 1716. Before Juan Garcia de las Rivas, Alcalde. Conveyance of lands. This property is located present county of Rio Arriba, New Mexico. in the CRISTOBAL MARTIN and ANTONIO pe MORAGA to Captain Diego Arias de Quiros. 1716. City of Santa Fe. Before Francisco Joseph Cassados, Alcalde. |