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Show THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO of pueblos or towns. That .. les. Those formed by the government independent os = contractors, were only limited by the disaie selva e€ governors of the provinces, and viceroys, ee disapproval by the King. There are Satine er have less and many. in Mexico that ha ve morepueblos than four Squarewhich leagues.’’ 817 VILLA NUEVA pz SANTA Settl ieee : ao Santa ge rien CRUZ. 1696. ve families in said place by order of argas Zapata Lujan Ponce ee April 12, 1695, de Leon. The Indians who had aati of their houses and 1 ither from Galisteo were deprived. and a grant made to the Spaniards. At the time of oo of the re-conquest, before a definitive title Attorneys General, and composiand if it appears that the price of the sale paid tax have been tion and the corresponding half annata performing whatafter and ries, deposito royal the into they may issue y, necessar appears service ry ever pecunia royal of their to them in my royal name the confirmationin the possession titles with which they will be established lands, and of such lands, waters, or wild and dominion neither the holders nor their general or individual rs extent at appropriate > oe extent of § was assigned to pueblos founded by contractors for ei pa oo by law 6, title 5, book 4, of the and suc- therein.’’ cessors shall at any time be molested 818 VILLA NUEVA pz SANTA CRUZ. Petition of Inhabitants 1 n regard 1696. to change Se at p. 51, on the Limits of Pueblos, € never existed any general law fixing four or collusion age ares ts HON fete | tle 5 Le seserese es rs are = square lea Law, without and hearing of the and equitable prices, with the presence so that, with attention to everything, il J cag ig made as to whether the sale or composition fraud of place 2 .. shall examine on Le an — and oe were subsequently made by the city to those holdin & possession of the tracts and lots within in th the area by the government. eo them, tes tee ard a e to the City of Santa Fe — the lot-holders kill their stock. Don account of poisonous herbs which Ponce de Leon, GovDiego De Vargar Bapata Lujan Rael de Aguilar; Doernor. Martin Urioste; Alphonso of Government and War. tary Secre da, Barre la de mingo court of private land This grant was confirmed by the than 4,500 acres. more of area an for yed surve claims and San Juan. of o puebl the to grant the of It lies south ee an act by which by it, passed ns spas eas grant Ps, 4 oPa po tk ae Sd ee States, the a . te pennies States, afterward, with United e ti oi es protecting the rights of the government ii been decided ‘came . City of Santa Fe having thus a rer of Pre teditndiede operation 7. eS Fw by acquired in the of the Audiencias of the several districts but those who time when this requirement was in force; shall apply for e requisit ry necessa this without them hold in their disthe confirmation thereof to the Audiencias is given power the whom to officers trict and to the other the proceedings by these new instructions, who, in view of regard to the surhad by the deputies, in their order in title issued by vey and valuation of such lands and of the Cw been ave laws.’’ presidents eatin say cae Bey ia Spanish the por sees four square leagues ke a a PAE PE IEG a + BI is AT Fe * Pn oe Pe oa I pl by the rejection now made of 8s ee tract ead 2 a Coe ot Bt A +e ee ph ee Se the asserted title of ‘the eit gente reference has been made ety oeof thispipsorte opinion,tid ar 8 © Possessory claims of lot-holders in the bycitythatof ed a ee eae a ee ote eh Ce Santa Fe trio bd the theory merel p four square leagues, vested in oly by ee ae and as the record contains no proof whatever a teed “‘The petition is framed upon ; ia fi of to the public lands passed against the crown, the acts Howthe colonial officers required royal confirmation. Novemever, this system must have been modified, for on requires ber 24, 1735, we find a royal eédula wherein it confirmathat all grants be referred to him specially for other some time that before that ng indicati tion; thus : royal official had that power. other The royal instructions of 17 54, October 15, among adjusted things recited that ‘‘the holders of land sold or to the presby the several deputies from the year 1700 up nor deent time, shall not be molested, interfered with, have they appears it if time, any at nounced, now, nor viceroys and been confirmed by my royal person, or by the - the completion of which de pended upon the mere gra t ee oe saalesincagar of Spain or Mexico oid of thd pear e ates as the suc cessor to the , rights of those gov- 229 ee THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO Pet a ee i _— 228 |