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Show 7 ( assorts 'Issarts Issarts ) ( ownership OWncrshiP ) since statehood ; ( denies daides ) title of ( United 19nited ) States ( and aild ) asserts navigability of the ( rivers rivews ) . Admits granting of oil leases by the State to the river beds and asserts the right to do so as the owner thereof in fee simple ; denies the ( United Mlited ) States will suffer injury if refused the relief prayed , because United States has no title , to the river beds ; alleges that Utah was ( admit admit- admit ) ted to the Union January 14 , 1896 , on an equal footing with the original States and upon ( ad- ad ) mission became the owner of the beds of the Green , Colorado , and San Juan Rivers ; that said ( rivers ri'vers rivers ) are navigable ( throughout ffiroughout ) the State of Utah and are well adapted for carrying freight and pas ¬ sengers in boats and other water craft ; that at and prior to ( Utah -Utah Utah ) becoming a State said ( rivers ri-vers rivers ) ( were -were were ) susceptible to navigation and had been ( actu- actu ) ally navigated frequently and regularly by boats carrying freight and passengers ; the answer ( prays pTays ) for a dismissal of the bill and foTfurther relief . ( Ill III ) ( SOTTBCE SOURCE ) OF ( THE TEE ) TITLE OF THE ( TJNITED UNITED ) STATES The territory , now comprising the States of Utah , Arizona , and New Mexico , was acquired from Mexico at the conclusion of the ( war -war war ) with Mexico . See the ( following followimg ) treaties : Guadalupe Hidalgo , February 2d , 1848 ( 9 Stat . 922 ) . Gadsden Purchase , December 30th , 1853 ( 10 Stat . 1031 ) . |