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Show THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 3 * Pererare Li ee LS YT | Pre ee Ewe a rs cs Pd) far iy 4 Fea Ee a aad = * PEPE PLFL 7PG Pa c REF ereA Shee JaRt . ed ad J tet eo e.g 5 $26ar p bats bsPe Phe cBIAL Cd 4 reP 2os. 5 5 Anke. Bas bt PEPE) 49 ees .- ene o-8 Pil tat cee eeere Pee Pe Preoe- Pree r Cd “= ac- that the ees wae BETES Pt PP ng lands given to the persons contained in the accompanyi list, one should remain uncultivated.” ' the right But Congress of adjusting their Ee claimants (a Senate committee ) eer several rere s 2 m4 9 Tare re a eas 1-4-9 Poe to the titles in the courts. and duties the United States have ra NOAA rights ee ee Tar ie FIRE I BIOS. Pa ars 0-4-9- rare Ce eee oe oer) af ee) be eI , ee a ee ee ee) ress et rd SRmpd Pr to whose 2s the best did not agree with the surveyor-general as to be dismanner in which these conflicting titles should The committee said: posed of. ‘The claimants under the title to Baca have expressed of the a willingness to waive their older title in favor quantity of settlers, if allowed to enter an equivalent land elsewhere within the Territory ; and your Committee the procannot doubt that Congress will cheerfully accept been achave y undoubtedl would indeed, posal, which, ceded to by Mexico 11 f theth Territory had remained hers, suc- a rer art ee) .-. ied See ee Oe Se “o-@ ee et oe Se ceeded.’’ of Las Vegas Congress confirmed the grant to the Town the following and settled the claim of the Baca heirs in nguage: be lawful for : And be it further enacted, that it shall to the said the heirs of Luis Maria Baca, who make claim Las Vegas, to tract of land as is claimed by the Town of equal select, instead of the land claimed by them, an of quantity of vac ant land not mineral, in the Territory New Mexico, to be located by them in square bodies, not And it shall be the duty of the exceeding five in number. core Dee :oe oe Fa Pas ing elif: rasAP,euPeth3ho S The surveyor-general, Pelham, considered both of these titles good and recommended both for confirmation, leav- nd ee ee See of land, PPPS the piece the understanding * Shark PO ar ee ee ee ee ee ee etet ee oe * oe ers pk fe Port ee pe Sokee ek ee ek en we Ce of settling upon a gratuitous with * 4 Sk Pk pe tet of tetetetet privileges received to his means, ee bed oe eee ie the same grant as those who petitioned for it. On March 24, 1835, Francisco Sarracino, acting governor and political chief, directed the constitutional alcalde of El Bado to place the parties in possession, and adding: ‘‘It is also convenient to suggest to you that you should select for the settlers a townsite and provide them with lots for residence, together with such other steps as - tg deem ena tee te the security of the inhabitants | account of settling on indi i included in your es ene eases Will be individual cording 7? to be allowed each ar “ee ee ee o $a. a. 2s cultivation and pasture, situated in the county of El Bado and bounded as follows: on the north by the Sapello river; on the south by the boundary of the grant to Don Antonio Ortiz; on the east by the Aguage de la Yegua ; and on the west by the boundary of the town of El Bado. On the same day the ayuntamiento of El Bado sent the petition to the Territorial Deputation with the reeommendation that the petition be granted. On March 23, 1835, the grant was made by the Territorial Deputation with the boundaries asked for, with the further provision that persons who owned no lands were land, I took the measure from north to south, after which I made the apportionment according to that portion of the colonization law which refers to grant of public lands, ead +48 2 Pr J rs leta, Manuel Duran and José Antonio Casados, for themselves and in the name of twenty-five others, petitioned the ayuntamiento of El Bado for a tract of land for to jurisdiction, but also anyone who may present himself the me, who has no occupation, and, having examined 4 him in the premises. The claim of the Town of Las Vegas was based upon the following proceedings: : On March 20, 1836, Juan de Dios Maese, Miguel Archu- on ne the title of political chief, directed the alcalde of El Bado to place Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca in possession of the land called for in his petition, as the eight individuals who accompanied him in his first petition had placed no improvements on the land, and the alealde was required to certify at the foot of the order the proceedings had by Vegas, ed boundary of Don Antonio Ortiz. Governor Bartolomé Baca, on October 17, 1823, holding de Las ete titi summit of the Pecos de la Yegua and the de los Dolores Sefiora the sixth day of the month of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, jurisdiction of San Miguel del Bado, I, citizen José de Jesus Ulibarri y Duran, Constitutional Alcalde, the only one in this jurisdiction, proceeded to this town for the purpose of apportioning the lands to the twenty-five individuals mentioned in the petition dated March 20, 1835, and in general to those who are without lands, not only those within this ete. Bado; on the west the on the east the Aguage Nuestra ‘¢At report to * ary of El mountain; The constitutional alealde of El Bado made Governor Sarracino as follows: oe granted to him and to eight other persons, but as these persons already possessed land elsewhere they took no interest in its cultivation, and prays that the grant be made to himself and his aforementioned children, with the following boundaries, to-wit: On the north, the Sapello river; on the south the bound- 379 ge THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO F 374 |
