[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7582-7583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2361]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Proclaiming Certain Lands, Mt. Taylor Property, as an Addition to 
the Pueblo of Laguna Reservation of New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Reservation Proclamation.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 6,883.54 acres, more or less, 
to be added to the Pueblo of Laguna Reservation (Laguna), New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Division of Real Estate Services, Mail Stop-4639-MIB, 1849 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 208-7737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in the exercise of 
authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by part 209 of the Departmental Manual.
    A proclamation was issued according to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 
Stat. 986; 25 U.S.C. 467), for the land described below. The land was 
proclaimed to be an addition to and part of the Laguna Reservation for 
the exclusive use of Indians on that reservation who are entitled to 
reside at the reservation by enrollment or tribal membership.

Pueblo of Laguna Indian Reservation

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Cibola County, New Mexico
    All of the following described tracts of land comprising a total 
area of 6,883.54 acres, more or less, consisting of TRACTS ONE and TWO 
as described below, situated within the Cebolleta Grant, in Cibola 
County, New Mexico, to wit:
Tract One
    A tract of land situated within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cebolleta Grant (inside of which Grant the official U.S. Government 
surveys of the Public Land Survey System of Townships, Ranges, and 
Sections have never been established), in Cibola County, New Mexico, 
locally described as being within ``projected'' Section 18, Township 11 
North, Range 6 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian, more particularly 
described as follows:
    Beginning at the southwest corner of said Tract One, being 
identical with a corner of Tract Two, hereinafter described, which is a 
point locally described as being on the westerly line of ``projected'' 
Section 18, said line being the ``projected'' Range line common to 
Ranges 6 and 7 West, from which point the locally described southwest 
corner of ``projected'' Section 18, Township 11 North, Range 6 West, 
New Mexico Principal Meridian, bears S. 0[deg]10' W., 1348.82 feet 
distance, and running thence from said beginning point N. 0[deg]10' E., 
3931.80 feet on the west boundary of Tract One, being identical with a 
portion of the east boundary of Tract Two, to the northwest corner of 
Tract One, being identical with a corner of Tract Two, said corner 
locally described as being the northwest corner of ``projected'' 
Section 18, Township 11 North, Range 6 West, New Mexico Principal 
Meridian; thence N. 88[deg]35' E., 3491.10 feet on the north boundary 
of Tract One, being identical with a portion of the south boundary of 
Tract Two, to the northeast corner of Tract One, said point being 
located on the south boundary of Tract Two and also locally described 
as being on the line common to ``projected'' Sections 7 and 18; thence 
S. 12[deg]50'E., 458.10 feet; thence S. 10[deg]19' E., 257.70 feet; 
thence S. 13[deg]46'30'' W., 336.15 feet; thence S. 27[deg]20'40'' W., 
104.15 feet; thence S. 25[deg]00'40'' W., 161.00 feet; thence S. 
45[deg]46'20'' W., 184.25 feet; thence S. 26[deg]06'20'' W., 614.35 
feet; thence S. 33[deg]46'20'' W., 301.65 feet; thence S. 
18[deg]42'40'' W., 625.30 feet; thence S. 5[deg]54'20'' E., 189.10 
feet; thence S. 9[deg]49'20'' E., 141.20 feet; thence S. 13[deg]47'20'' 
E., 343.85 feet to the southeast corner of Tract One; thence S. 
86[deg]53'10'' W., 764.0 feet; thence S. 78[deg]33'30'' W., 858.6 feet; 
thence S. 79[deg]23'30'' W., 177.1 feet; thence S. 55[deg]51'20'' W., 
450.0 feet; thence S. 83[deg]47' W., 661.3 feet to the southwest corner 
of Tract One and point of beginning; said Tract One containing 261.51 
acres, more or less.
Tract Two
    A tract of land situated within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cebolleta Grant (inside of which Grant the official U.S. Government 
surveys of the Public Land Survey System of Townships, Ranges, and 
Sections have never been established), in Cibola County, New Mexico, 
locally described as being within ``projected'' Townships 11 and 12 
North, Ranges 6 and 7 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian, more 
particularly described as follows:
    Beginning at the southwest corner of Tract Two, being a point on 
the west boundary of the Cebolleta Grant, being also a point on the 
east boundary of surveyed fractional Section 15 (outside the Grant), 
Township 11 North, Range 7 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian, from 
which point the southwest corner of the Cebolleta Grant bears S. 
4[deg]14' W., 2185.00 feet distance, and running thence from said 
beginning point N. 89[deg]35' E., 3562.99 feet on the south boundary of 
Tract Two; thence S. 89[deg]40' E., 5267.37 feet; thence S. 89[deg]53' 
E., 2594.81 feet; thence N. 0[deg]10' E., 1348.82 feet; thence S. 
89[deg]53' E., 2695.00 feet to a corner of Tract Two, being identical 
with the southwest corner of Tract One, hereinbefore described; thence 
N. 0[deg]10' E., 3931.80 feet on a portion of the east boundary of 
Tract Two, being identical with the west boundary of Tract One, to a 
corner of Tract Two, being identical with the northwest corner of Tract 
One; thence N. 88[deg]35' E., 3491.10 feet on a portion of the south 
boundary of Tract Two, being identical with the north boundary of Tract 
One, to the northeast corner of Tract One, being a point located on the 
south boundary of Tract Two; thence N. 88[deg]35' E., 1644.90 feet 
continuing on a portion of the south boundary of Tract Two, to a point 
on the east rim of Water Canyon; thence northerly along the east rim of 
Water Canyon by the following courses and distances: N. 26[deg]33' W., 
362.9 feet; N. 6[deg]03' W., 793.92 feet; N. 17[deg]40' W., 646.25 
feet; N. 33[deg]30' W., 516.80 feet; N. 48[deg]36' W., 576.70 feet; N. 
55[deg]29' W., 441.21 feet; N. 37[deg]27' W., 230.03 feet; N. 
85[deg]54' W., 527.15 feet; N. 50[deg]55' W., 917.96 feet; N. 8[deg]51' 
W., 503.30 feet; N. 18[deg]15' W., 1097.28 feet; N. 26[deg]03' W., 
667.0 feet; N. 2[deg]40' W., 755.05 feet; N. 43[deg]01' W., 518.72 
feet; N. 14[deg]38' E.,

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378.53 feet; N. 6[deg]59' W., 744.3 feet; N. 11[deg]36' E., 428.34 
feet; N. 15[deg]06' W., 481.23 feet; N. 27[deg]20' W., 578.32 feet; N. 
25[deg]36' E., 1072.82 feet; N. 9[deg]46' E., 1104.33 feet; N. 
27[deg]01' E., 365.8 feet; N. 18[deg]32' W., 408.2 feet; N. 35[deg]48' 
W., 1009.6 feet; N. 28[deg]43' W., 246.15 feet; N. 51[deg]19' W., 
377.23 feet; N. 63[deg]17' W., 696.27 feet; N. 43[deg]57' W., 520.75 
feet; N. 27[deg]03' W., 680.15 feet; N. 54[deg]11' W., 470.7 feet; N. 
74[deg]08' W., 420.05 feet; N. 87[deg]44' W., 688.4 feet; N. 72[deg]26' 
W., 682.4 feet; S. 55[deg]03' W., 817.02 feet; N. 71[deg]21' W., 
1241.18 feet; S. 82[deg]41' W., 2523.0 feet; N. 15[deg]53' W., 1538.02 
feet; N. 25[deg]48' W., 265.05 feet; N. 65[deg]36' W., 2848.65 feet to 
the northwest corner of Tract Two (Note: The Mt. Taylor Development 
Company plat dated December 2, 1968, shows a tie of S. 48[deg]39' W., 
3750.25 feet distance from the northwest corner of Tract Two to the 
Government brass cap marking the closing corner of Sections 27 and 34, 
Township 12 North, Range 7 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian, on the 
west boundary of the Cebolleta Grant. This brass cap has geographic 
coordinates, in NAD 83 (CORS96), of 35[deg]13'55.312'' N. Latitude and 
107[deg]33'51.696 W. Longitude, as determined by the U.S. Bureau of 
Indian Affairs in 2004, using survey-grade Global Positioning System 
units. The above-described 1968 plat lists no surveyor and was never 
recorded in the records of Cibola or Valencia Counties, but has been 
recorded in the records of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Albuquerque Land Titles and Records Office.); thence from the northwest 
corner of Tract Two, S. 1[deg]15' W., 5048.84 feet on the west boundary 
of Tract Two, crossing Water Canyon, to a corner of Tract Two, being 
identical with the northwest corner of Lot No. 6 of the Mt. Taylor 
Development Company, Water Canyon Stockholders' Lots, as indicated on 
the three Mt. Taylor Development Company plats dated August 1967, 
September 1, 1967, and December 2, 1968 (Note: These three plats list 
no surveyor and were never recorded in the records of Cibola or 
Valencia Counties, but have been recorded in the records of the U.S. 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque Land Titles and Records Office); 
thence S. 88[deg]45' E., 100 feet continuing on a portion of the west 
boundary of Tract Two, being identical with the north boundary of said 
Lot No. 6, to a corner of Tract Two, being identical with the northeast 
corner of said Lot No. 6, as shown on the above-described plat dated 
August 1967, which is titled ``Mt. Taylor Development Company, T. 12 
N., R. 7 W., N.M.P.M., Water Canyon Stock Holder's Lots;'' thence S. 
1[deg]15' W., 150 feet on a portion of the west boundary of Tract Two, 
being identical with the east boundary of said Lot No. 6, to a point on 
the west boundary of Tract Two, being identical with the southeast 
corner of said Lot No. 6, and also identical with the northeast corner 
of Lot No. 5 of the Mt. Taylor Development Company, Water Canyon 
Stockholders' Lots, as shown on the above-described plat dated August 
1967; thence S. 1[deg]15' W., 150 feet on a portion of the west 
boundary of Tract Two, being identical with the east boundary of said 
Lot No. 5, to a corner of Tract Two, being identical with the southeast 
corner of said Lot No. 5, as shown on the above-described plat dated 
August 1967; thence N. 88[deg]45' W., 100 feet continuing on a portion 
of the west boundary of Tract Two, being identical with the south 
boundary of said Lot No. 5, to a corner on the west boundary of Tract 
Two, being identical with the southwest corner of said Lot No. 5, as 
shown on the above-described plat dated August 1967; thence S. 
1[deg]15' W., 70.9 feet on the west boundary of Tract Two, to an iron 
pipe, as shown on the Mt. Taylor Development Company plats dated August 
1967 and September 1, 1967 (Note: Both of these plats show a tie of N. 
41[deg]59' W., 3956.2 feet distance from this iron pipe to the 
previously described Government brass cap marking the closing corner of 
Sections 27 and 34, Township 12 North, Range 7 West, New Mexico 
Principal Meridian, on the west boundary of the Cebolleta Grant. The 
September 1, 1967 plat also states that this iron pipe is located 
approximately 410 feet South of the Water Canyon Creek.); thence from 
said iron pipe, S. 1[deg]15' W., 4211.72 feet on the west boundary of 
Tract Two, continuing across Water Canyon, to a point near the east 
ridge of Timber Canyon; thence WEST, 2750.01 feet to a point on the 
west boundary of the Cebolleta Grant, being also a point on the east 
boundary of surveyed fractional Section 3 (outside the Grant), Township 
11 North, Range 7 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian; thence on the 
west boundary of the Cebolleta Grant, being identical with the west 
boundary of Tract Two, as follows: S. 0[deg]58' W., 1043.54 feet to the 
true point for the 6 Mile Corner (Note: The official U.S. General Land 
Office plat and field note records for Township 11 North, Range 7 West, 
New Mexico Principal Meridian, approved May 13, 1935, which describe 
the 1930 resurvey of this portion of the west boundary of the Cebolleta 
Grant, indicate that a witness corner, monumented with an iron post 
with brass cap, was established 12 links (7.92 feet) S. 0[deg]58' W. 
from the true point for the 6 Mile Corner. These records are on file at 
the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, in Santa 
Fe, New Mexico.); thence from the true point for the 6 Mile Corner, S. 
0[deg]58' W., 4871.46 feet to the 7 Mile Corner; thence S. 5[deg]34' 
W., 5184.3 feet to the 8 Mile Corner; thence S. 4[deg]14' W., 2527.4 
feet to the southwest corner of Tract Two and point of beginning; said 
Tract Two containing 6,622.03 acres, more or less. (Note: This total 
area for Tract Two includes the formerly designated Lots No. 1 through 
4 and Lots No. 7 through 15 of the Mt. Taylor Development Company, 
Water Canyon Stockholders' Lots, as shown on the above-described plat 
dated August 1967, which are totally within and now a part of Tract 
Two, making it unnecessary to describe them herein as separate 
parcels.)
    The above-described lands contain a total of 6,883.54 acres, more 
or less, which are subject to all valid rights, reservations, rights-
of-way, and easements of record.
    This proclamation does not affect title to the land described 
above, nor does it affect any valid existing easements for public roads 
and highways, public utilities and for railroads and pipelines and any 
other rights-of-way or reservations of record.

    Dated: June 19, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    Editorial Note: This document was received in the Office of the 
Federal Register on February 5, 2008.
[FR Doc. E8-2361 Filed 2-7-08; 8:45 am]
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