Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-28
THAT GRANT. .A Trumped-Up Claim in
 Tucson. Al Old Document Filed Yith thG Surveyor General. The Document in Spanish and English, Together With Translation, of span
 .Sn Laws. Valuable information for Our Property
 
Together With TranslalIons ol sYaa-
 .sh Laws.
Valuable Information for Our Trapes.y
 Owners.

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 However much the people 0i Tucso may have heard of "old Spanish grants, that for the past fifty or a hundred year have banned and becloudeG titles L lands on the Pacific coast, that becaus of them are now deserts which other wise would have been cultivated an, improved, they litl, thought that at S, late day az this an attempt would b, made to locate one ot the grants n question within the corporate limits c Tucson. Such, however, is the ease, al the time worn document now on fife IT the Surveyor Generals office gives evi dencs. It was filed by c. liill Howard Court Commissioner at Tombstone. il which city he now Is. So far as known the document was obtained from an old Mexican woman at pres Ut residing II or about Hermosillo, Sonora. She claim, to be the adopted daughter of one Vii laescusa, to whom The land was trans ferred by Pacheco, the original grantee in 1874. The transfer, as is also the will of Yillaescusa deeding same to his adopted daughte-, gre on record and can ! be seen at the Surveyor Generals office, together with tho original deed ol grautor. also the appointment of How ard As attorney in the case. The woman ] claims never to have made any transfer ! or her rights vhate
 Under the Spaui-l dominion ID Mex ! leo the frontiers W -s protected from Indian ravages by ,sidI0s, or military posts.
 IL being he poLes the government ! Go encourage settlement around these | military posts, tEe Ts--iat..l- for tl- i government oi PresidIos gave authority to the Captains and Commandauls l thereof Co grant and distribute lands to soldiers and other persons who Jes!red { to settle themselves under the pr.slliai | prote ,tiou.
 Tn 17S6 were issued the -.Drdenauza de Iutendeutes." which gave 60 the iu- t-ndeutes Governors Of prUyIucesl ex- elusive jurisdiction over all matters re lating to tue sale and distribution of the realengo lands within th--r respect we districts, the Commaudants oi Pre- sldios beng directed Jo cease making such grants and distributions, as the, had eretofure done uuder the authority given by Article J, Title n. ot the Reg uiations of PresidIos.
 lt being found, probably, that the order directing the cJmmaulauts of Presidios, to csass granting and Iis- trIbuting lands. to soldiers and ssttlers in the nsighbOrhood of Presidins, was pre- judicial to tLe settlement of the frontier: Ou the 2-i Oi October l19l, the the CJmmandgat General Don Pedro de Maya, issued an order, that uotvIth- standing the provisions 0i Article Sl, of the Ordenanza de lnteudeute=, the ca2- taius of PresidiOs were authorized. Co distribute lots and lands to soldiers and other persons, who desired to settle themselves thereon; limiting, however, the te7ritorv. within winch he could exercIss thIs D. wer, tO four square leagues. measuring from the center Of the plaza of the PresidI..
 On the 18th of January ll5., te fore going order of Commandgnt General Maya, was apporOed by the VIcerOy.
 Under this authority the Command ants of Presidios continued to make grants and distributions of lands Co soldiers and settlers within tbe fuur square leagues Of his presilial jurIsdlc- ton. until the Spanish dominion was lost in Mexico, but thlt all may read, judge and understand for themselves, we here append and publish a traus.a- ton of all the original laws and docu- ments referred to, together wIth yer batim copy of the grant In question in Spanish language, as now oa file ln the Surveyor Generals office;
 ORIGINAL DoCUMESI.
 Sor. C0mte. del Preso. del Tucson: Reyes Pacheco, veciuo de dho. Pres;dio. parece ante la Not0rIa Justification de Em., suplica SC slrvl darle gOseciou de Un psiasO de tIerra reslenga, que se haia en las iumediacIones del onto; tIeue ciontO oehenta ochO varas ds largo. y de anchO, quatrOcIentas; tIene DOT inderos. DOT el Norte, la labor de Manuel Rodriguez; DOT el Pouieute. el camiuo real del ojo de agua; DOT el SUr, una Loma. DOT el Onente otra. obll- gandome cultivarla, y mantener Arms. cavallOs, para salIr c1utra los enemI- gos, como io maude el RI. ReglamtO. d. Presidios Por tanto,
 4 Vm. renGidamente, suplico, hacer como pido, CD que reclvene merced. Tucson MarzO I3 de 1892.
 REYES PACHECO
 Dn Mariana de Urrea, Ieuiaute de Cavalleria Y Comte Orid-Ltal de ll Compa. qe. guarnese el RI PresidIo de. Tucson. usando de las iacul-a1rs, que :. M. concede a l1s C8pIanes y Comtes. 6e los puestor militares, pd-age. puedan repartir las tierras de pan yehar los Becinos Y moradDres de los Presidlu=. doi Ia poseslon del pedaso de tie-ra, que denuucia el vesiuo Reyes Pacheco, el que queda con Ia obhgaclou de man tener Armas cav 8lios, pd. ssllr eu per secucIOn de los enemIg0s, como To man da el RI Reglamonto de PresIdlos.
 Presidio del Tucson, F de Marzo de 1892. MARIANO DE CRHEA
 THE TRANSLATION.
 To the Ccmmandant of the Presidio of Tucson:
 I, Reyes Pacheco, a resident of said Presilio, before Your Honor, present myself and pray thaty be pleased to give me possession of a tract Of Royal land, situated ID the immediate neigh borhood of the little spring CO!Itc,) being in extent one huudreI and sighty-eight varas in length, and four hundred in width, the bound aries on the north being the sowing grounds of Manue. E0drig- nez; on the west the high road from the sprin, Oio de Agua; on the south nIli, loma, and on the west another. ObE- gatins myself to cultivate the land, aud to keep cows and horses, aud Co use them in defense of the country against enemies, as ordered by the Royal Regu- latious of PresiilOs.
 Wherefore I earnestly pray Your Hon or. to toe pleased to grant my request, m which 1 shall rscelve favor.
 Tucson, March l5, l,l2.
 REYES fACHECo. Don Mariana de Urea. LIeutenant of Cavalry, ant temporary Comnantant ef tue company winch garrlsonS Royal Presidio of Tucson, m exercise ot the authority which His MaIe-ty comedies tO captans and comm1udants of tine military posts, for thC diStuhu- tion of sowing lands Co t1e reside t~ald dwellrrs of Bresillos, glEes the In-srS- sion of the tract of land denounced by the resident Reyes Pacheco; he being obliged to keep horses and COWS. and to use them in defense Of the country against enemies, as ordered in the Royal Regulations of presidIos.
 PfeSidio of Tucson, l3-h day of March. 1892 MARIANo DE tURE4.
 TRANSLATION
 Of order of ?. de Maya, Commandaute General, authorizing Captains Of Pres.- dios. to grant land to soldiers and set