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Show THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 225 severalty, to the respective lot holders thereof, holding said lots in privity with said Santa Fe pueblo grant, without reference to the date of the claim under which they might hold. No assignment of lots was ever made by the city or pueblo to anyone. The lot claimants under the city are not parties to the suit, and no decree should be entered in their favor. ‘©A decree should be ordered conferring to the city the land granted to it by the governor of New Mexico, and the corplaza, streets, alleys, and other property held by the be poration for public purposes, and the petition should The court should exdismissed as to all other claims. claims amine the grants and evidence filed in support of subto land within the four square leagues which are and mitted with this case, and if such grants are genuine, to them entitles as interest an such have the claimants prosecute the suit, such grants should be confirmed. “OW. W. Murray, thereunder that juridical possession was given oF te Pe ord \ of e8 el sal Pk Fe eee ee ee oo * pe rk ae Poy be diliediaditied ee ee eee ek. ae pe. the central point grant of four square leagues, of the City of Santa Fe; plaza the of center the was in by the king of Spain ; made been had grant that such and that E capta tot and « governor Ped de Onate, Je Juan + Don Province of New Mexico. claims was created a When the court of private land 3, 1891, creatMarch of act the under petition was filed, the Villa de of ce existen the out ing that court, setting prior to that d declare was it Santa Fe. In this petition had received a pueblo the insurrection of 1680, the Villa of which Pa PEPERoeed oe BE PETER aPIN was not settled until The Spanish City of Santa Fe of New Mexico by 1605, when it was made the capital in-general of the dillaeaD a2 highes eee FEPa 5.) SD * wate ee Pe Fe, the Ok oo from oeSoe PS coming States. ‘dl i i Prd tify a statement of this sort, judicial tribunal in the United A Pes : a PE PEID IE A PEPE Pg OM rar ae we ae) e-* °EE ar +o ares Ph oe ete peeliza Pe Seer 6-4 Pe ear osSerre oe SS -PS PA Bie ee. Sot S5 8285859 wweore ete t.t Justice.’’ speaking The supreme court of the United States, through Mr. Justice White, declares that the origin of the ‘‘but the record town or city of Santa Fe is obscure, 676), indicates (United States vs. Santa Fe, 165 U. S., by deserters that as early as 1543 the settlement was made do, who from the Spanish military force under Corona his return to refused to accompany their commander on Mexico, and settled at Santa re.” in existence There is not a line of documentary proof can Jusation imagin the of stretch e which by any possibl t i ‘< Associate |