Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1858-01-30
QUEENSLAND HARDWARE.
NOTICE TO THE INHABITANTS OF NEW
MEXICO.

@nT4AltO.
The Surveyor General OF New Mexico by an
Of Congress approved on the 22nd July 1854, il re-
al Hrd TO make full report on all such claims os
originated i'before the cession of the Territory 10
the United States "by the treaty of GuadaluDe HI.
dalgo of ls4S, denotmg the various grades of title
with his descison thereon as to the validity or in
vaIds of each of the same under the -sswplass
ges, and customs Of the country before cesson .tq
10 the United states,"-And he is also required IN
mike report in regard to all Puetlos existing IN
!he Territory, showing the extent and locality Of
each, stating the number of inhabitants in the said
pueblos respectively, and the nature OF their titles
. the land. such report 10 be made according TO
the toim which may be prescribed by the Secreta-
~ Of the Interior; which report shall be LAID before
Congress for such action thereon a3 may be deem
| ed lust and proper with view to confirm bona 6je
grants and give full effect to the Treaty of 1913.
between the United States and Mexico
Claimants IN every case will be required to file
,wrtten notice, setting forth the name of the
''present clamant,' name Of "orgnal claimant"-
nature OF claim, whether lneDhate or perfect-its
date--from what authority the original title was
donved-Wilh reference 10 the evidence of the
power and authority under which the granting Of
llcer may have acted--quantity claimed, locality
style and extent!of conflicting claims, f any, with
reference to the documentary evidence and testp
mony relied upon to establish the claim, and to
soow transfer Of right from the ''orgnal. .grantee'-
the present claimant"
Every claimant will also be required to furnish
an aulheniical plat Of Survey If survey has been
executed, or other evidence, showing the precise
bounds and extent Of The tract claimed.
To enable the Surveyor General to execute the
duty thus imposed on him, by law, he has to re-
quest all those individuals who, claimed lands in
New Mexico before the treaty Of 1913, to produce
the vidences Of such claims at this office at Santa
Fe,as soon as possible.
TO DONATION CLAIMANTS.
The act Of Congress, above refer ed to, grants
100 acres of land to every white male citizen of
the United States, or every white male above the
age OF Il years, who has declared his intention to
become citizen, now residing In New Mexico;
and who was so residing ":or to lst January 1853,
and to every white male citizen of the United Sta.
es and to every white male above the age of II
years, who has declared his intention to become
citizen, who was residing IN the Territory on the
70 January 1859, or who shall remove 10 and set
tie here at any time prior TO the lst January 1858
the same law also grants l6O acres Of public land,
No claim to anv such donation is valid unless the
and has or shall be settled on, and cultivated flor
four successive years; and no such donation claim
is allowed to interfere in any manner with any
clam recognized by the Treaty Of Guadalupe Hi
daigo.
All individuals claiming the benefit Of such do.
atlon will find tito thevinterest to give the ear
hest possible information 10 the Surveyor General,
as to the localities Of their settlements, in order to
enable him 10 direct his surveying operations &C.
cordingy, The localities in each county shall be
described as distinctly as possible in reference to
any and all notable objects in the vicinity.
Given under my hand at my Office at
Santa Fe this Is day of Jan. A. D. 1856.
VIM. PELHAM.
Surveyor General of New Merico
Santa Fe, Jan. 27, lS55.-1yA.