The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-26
GREER COUNTY.
10 HANS Land Official Documents In
the Case
A Letter from Gov-rnor ireland on the
Subj. OF.
The Dthaiiion " tho Boundary

pondence 1.-The FOL OWING subject matter
hearing Oh the Greer county dispute Will De
OF int,Te t. N'ur r"sdsri
Message from III Piefldort ~ the lied states
trinsmiu nGo m nun eaton - -" seofr,n'y
oftre lpIcilnr ,rla M 10 the b 'unisy ne
between the United states aud me s'"'o OF
TNaE 49, -. d, a, -
ESrouryEM ssioS February ~ 1881 To tho
SenAl0 aud II US. OF tepr stiui ve,'
transmit nrtesith - communication oi
tina Sth nltimo ON the secretary OF the
Interior, and the accompanying papers
ielating To tne estsbh.hmrn' n' mo Dnun-
ary line heiw een tho Uni I'd States and the
The matter Il presented Tor tho consider
CngsTER A. Arthur.
Department Of tho I terror Washington. JAN
Sill h ~. consiierot the oommunics-
ton Of August litb lat addressed To you
by Hon. John Ireland, governor OF Texas
and referred by you TO me, relating 10 the
boundary line between tho United States
and Texas.
Said communication s'atoe that the gov
ernor OF Texas IL authorized 10 form joint
commission with the u ,itrd States u run
and define said boundary line, AND print
cd CODY OF an sot OF the legislature OF sad
state 10 that effect, approved May 3 1882,
10 encoesd with thu Communication. The
act provides hat the line shall be run IA
follows, viz:
Beginning at point where line drawn
norm from the intersec m OF the thirty
econd degree ot north latitude with the
western bank OF the Sabine river Gro SOS
the Red River, And thence follwing the
course OF said river westwardly to the de-
gree of longitude one hundred west from
london aud Jwen,y.ihrre degrees west
from Washington, ~ snid line Was lalu
down In M,lisn'r man OF the United states,
published ut Pnilaieph improved 10 the
lat Of January. 1878. aud designated In the
treaty between the Unted States and
Spait made February y a. ID lSlS.
THE obi, OF OF the act ~ rccited therein to
be that "the question may be dehnittly
setilei an 10 tue true location or the one
huudred,h decree OF longitude west from
London and whether the North Fork oil bed
river or the Prairie Dug fork OF said river 10
the true Rsi.river desle eted 10 the treaty"
aforesaid. Tho act farther provides that
in locating esid line said commissioners
shall De guided by actual surveys and
measurements, together with such welt
establishsd IN arks, natural and artificial az
NAV be found md such we'll authenticated
MACS az may throw light upon the subject.
The act sl.o provides that the commission
or commissioners on toe part OF te1as SUM-
the first day OF July and the first day OF
October of the year In which said survey
is made, when the ordinary stage OF water
in each fork Of said Red river may be OBJ
served, and when the main or principal
Red river is sscp,t sined AS agreed upon In
said treaty OF 1919, aud the point 10 fully
des grated where the one hundredth de.
gree of Longitude west from London aud
the twenty.third degree OF longitude west
from Washington crosses said Hed river: the
same shall be pl.inly marked and dehoed
"a corner in said boundary. The com-
munic,t on from the governor states that
sin view Of the fact thsL The U nitcd S.a.sa
IL acting up some sort ~ claim to this terri
tory, known as Greer county. in tnls state
and inasmuch ~ this state feels that sne
has perfect It'll t. tho territory. rospec'
fully and earnestly urge such steps on the
mart OF the United States as wall enable the
io,nt com mission to be raised. There are
now large number of people settled III
the territory, aud il the respective claims
OF Texas and the United Sts,es were setueo
The country would rapidly bil no
on the 9Th day o. january. 1882, the sec
rotary OF the Interior was in'tructed by
senAte resolution of that date TO iurnish
the senate with the report, II any, o, tne
survey OF the United States END Iexss
boundary commission, m tde under the pro
visions Of the ect OF congress approved
June 8, 1858, and, il no tina report Of sa'd
commission was made, to report that fact
together with the maps, surveys ano TO
port OF work, 30 far rs ut WAS prosecuted;
Ny predecessor accordingly, on the
l0h oil the same month, made puch
as part thereof tho report O
the com missioner of the general land office
Of January II, together with maps and "a
pers. (Sena,e Elk Doc No. 20, Forty-sev-
epth congress, tir.t SESSION..
From such report II appears That IN tn'
wear 1859 the JOINT commissiou on the par
of the United States and The state OF Text
commenced work together on the Nv
G-Ande, but the Texas commissioner dit
not remain long in the field on account o
personal differences between himself she
the United states commissioner. n new
Texas commit sloner caue ana assisted III
the survey Il "A part at The west boundary
or 1884 meridian we.l longitude.
The next year the United $ stes commits
sioper surveyed The north and east Dound
aries. bntit does uot appear ina. .ns go rsH-
commissioner took any part In the WORK
On the 1874 day of January, 1867 tho se,
ret.ry of the interior dreole ed that the wor'
OF tho Texas D0u lonTy commission
be term mated, eud during that mont
the work was terminated according
The office work WAS never completed IN
field work seems 20 have been execu'eu
except a part Of the west BOUNDARY, whict
was not run from SO north latitude u
80 , 45 minutes nJfth attitude.
No part of SAID boundary survey has eve
be, n officially agreed upon or accepted b.
the TWO governments ga contemplated d
thu act OF ooupress authorizing the survey
Itistrue as stated In the SAID letter &C
dressed TO you by the governor OF Iexs,
"that the secretary OF The interior Dno
that the territory beones to the Unte
Sass. Such claim Is set forth in c LETT
addres,en to NV predecessor, Secrttar
Schulz, May 10, 1877 Nv the commissions
OF the general land Office, substantially
follows, VIE: q,
Article Q OF the treaty Of February 2.
1919, bet we-D Spain aud the United Stat,
Is Sat. 254) describes the line, 81 lar rs
relates TO the territory IN question: rs DC
Oa tho Gulf OF Mexico. at the mouth
the river Sabine, 10 the sea, coutipuib
north, slong the western bank OF that rive
TO the thirty.second desres OF li,itud'
where 1t strikes the Rio Roxo o. Mac
tochey cg Red river; then following tn
course OF the Rio Roxo westward to the d
gree OF longitude 100 degrees west froi
London and % degrees from WashinttoI
and crossing the said Red river aud ruI
ming thence by line due north to the h Iiv,
A laid down in Melish's map Of the Unite
States, published at Philadelpni
imnroved 10 The let OF January, 1871
Alter the acquisition Of Independence
Mexico. the treaty between that couafv
and the Unit,d states Of January IL, 1872
recited and confirmed the boundary
ahoye quoted from the treaty between u
United States and Spain Is Stat, 81, A
Nv the Joint resolutions # March 1
stat.. 1871 aud Of December % lSf6 u Stat
IOsl. Texas was admitted into the unic
with ''the territory properly included VIII
ia and rishtfully belonging to the repuo'
Of IT. xss."
In the month OF April. 1859, under AGO.
tract between Jones and Brown and u
commissioner OF Irdian Affairs, - sttn
nomical survey was made OF the iVV'
meridian vest from Grecnwico, os,ns "