The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-05
-'t0UNTRYS CAPITAL.
M once Herambl" Among the Fa''h-
fsl IN Texas Continues.
UssvsutfuD, bat Business Like Sessions
Of he nouses.
ulsesllssesus Washington News Items.
GREER COUNTY.

VloV OF the favorable report oi the senru
commit,se on territories &C -uay gu ~.
0reef county com mission bill TN" Io!'o"ins
SoSrsspordrnce viii prove Of isterest;
6s.sy,uent OF The Interior, Washington ysnn-
AZ q 1884 re Ills nxcellency the ftesiusnI
~ 0is: have considered ne clmmuu,o
81 Of August 24th last, ADDRESSED 70 uon
John Ireland, governor OF Texs.. anu
SSrred bv YOU TO me, relating To the poun.
6SSy llss between the United States ana
ssid communication states that the gov
erpor OF TeIa, IL authorised 10 form JOIN.
\ comm,ssion vi .hs un'tsa oss Ns 70 n, IN
4 coy OF an act Of the legislature OF , ss'
sfate 10 that eject. approved May ~ 1922,
Il inclo.,d with ths CONTAMINATION Ihs
act provides that the line tha'i Do run ~
follows, via ,,oa dr.vn
,,c,,s from ,he intsrsection OF t1e thirty
sscoad n.g,aa of moth lst,tnde win tae
wss,orn hsok of sbe 5.bine River cross
the Red River, and lheucs i1ilp"lns W"
course OF raid river wettvafu'y u me u.-
gree oil lon situdo one hnnurtu We.s To-, ,
Tandem AND TWEEN y-three degrees wa iroa
Wsshinotop. As asld liGo Wa, I'd down "a
uslisb,s msp OF the Uai' ed Sta es pnolen,
"a ~ PM a'.lphia, improved to tho Il fst OF
January 1919 AID dssisnated ~ the frenzy
betwt N the Unhed Stats and SPAN MADE
February "a. A. ID. 1919 ,.,,...
Tile O1tfCt ! lut tOh - A'Nff
bs that ",no question may be dshnitely
sstilsd IN tue trua location oil the one
hwr6r.d h dss,es ~ longitude west rom
T.ondon.sn whether she North Fork OF ksh
river on th- pratri. Dog iork OF saio river ~ y,
the trns Rid river dssisnatsd In the treaty
The act further provides that IN locating
sajd line said coon tniosioners snail 90 guln'
al bv actual surveys ana msAsur'msnts'
torsthsr with such vel established marks,
natural and artificial as may be touud, anu
euoh we'll authentica ed msps 40 may thro"
light upon the subJtc'. ,,i.
sion or mmi ssooers on the part o! rexss
| anal, attempt to have said survey maze
hetween the first day OF July and the hrst
dsy OF o. oDrr OF the year IN when sal , /,
survey is IN sds, when che ordinary sssee OF
.Hstsr Ia each fork OF said r ed river may be
bscrvsd, and when the main or principal
I'd river 10 ascsrtained a. agreed upon "a
id treaty OF 1919, and the point ~ iuliy
6esIensted where The one hundredth degree
Of longitude ives. FROM London. ana me
twenty third degree OF long,,uae VEST ron n
Warrington crosses said Red River; ths
esmo phali be plainly marked and denneu
a. corner Ia said boundary. =,
Tho commune alton from the governor
sastes that. in view OF the fact that TINT
AIJnited 81 ates Is :setting up some sort
lain to this territory, known as gree .s',
W.
stste fsels that sne has perfsc. lisle to tn
terntory, 1 respectfully and earnestly ure
suoh oteps on the part OF the U nited STATE
a. viii enable the joins commission to
raiaed. There sIs now large numoeI g
people ssttled In the territory ana n y W
Gtsfes we're s.t,led the country would raE
~ ~ The t.h Of January, 1882. the secrstar
az the interior wes instructed ny eenasc is
oiutions OF that date, to furnish the ssnn !.
With the report, ifany. o, tno su.vsy o y. ~, ~
~. meds under the provisions Of the sos
c0nSceaa approved June b, 1888; and, II 2
mil report or said commission was mao
70 report that fact, together with t-e nap
surveys, and report OF work. no lar % ""'
~ Predecessor accordingly, on The l9s
n ths same month, made such report 90
trsnsmitted herewith, as part tnereo
~ ysnort OF the CON missioner OF the gel
ssnefsI land office, Of January IL togenIn
With mans and papers (csnste a 20 .,
No. 70, Forty-ssvepth congress- A's' 10
From such report 1t appears that IN y
vssr 1870 he Joint commission On the ps
1.-the u uitsd States and the state o. Tex
oommenosd work together on the =
Grapds, but the Texas commissioner q
not remain Ioug 10 the aeia, on ,1 sccI9n a,
khe limited States commissioner. "A ~
Tsrss com missioner came and assisted
ths survey OF pat OF the west bounda
or 1854 meridian ives, Ion gttu1e.
The next year the United States comm
sioner surveyed the north ana cas-, D. ~.
.aries. but It does not appear that the re,
9corc vnIssinuer took any part In the work.
On the 10Th day Of January, iooI,
.ecretarv OF the interior directed that !
Vork Of the Texas boundary commissi
IS Terminated, and during that monIh y J
work was terminated accordingly. =
Srhs ieId work seem TO hi
hseu executed, except u part OF the
honndarv. which was not run rom 50
srees north latitude 10 s. degrees 10 m
\, utos north latitude.
10 part OF said boundary survey mas
~ officially agreed unon or accepted
~ the two governments as contemplat
the act OF congress authorizing
I. true, as ct .tedi in the said letter
dressed to you by the governor OF Lex
s.that the secretary O. the in, .h un ny
States." Such claim 1, set forth IN LEI
addressed to my predecessor. oscre.s
6ohn,s. Nav 10Th, 1877. by the CONN
iSioner Of the General land office, subst
<tially as follows. VIZ r q
Article Of The ueA,y OF rs1,usGy q, q
X{ok0. OotWccu ppoin e"s D.. 4.
IN 6tnt. 25l). describes the line, 40 far
olatss to toe territory In question, 40
WGinning on the gull OF Mexico, al tne mo
n a the river Sabine. n the sea, conlihu u
Moorfh. along the western bank OF tnai y
- The thirtv-second degree OF iat,,t
<Ehere Il strikea the Rio Roxo oi M
;oohee or Red river; then following
Surse of the Rio Roxo westward 80
<Sgree of longitude 100 degrees west I
&YSndon and twenty degrees from Wash
Tan. then crossing the ssid Red river
canning thence bv lire due norm TO
L., Alma Use wboie hs
a. aid down IN Mslirh's map ~ The Ia
- tes nab ished ~ Pail ''~lphil, imp
"a 4, ,he 1T of January, 1878
Aver mo scquistion of indepsndenc-
Ner,co the treaty between int ruu'
.na me United STATS of January IL. |
~sc,,sd and r,ufirmed from tho bound
A. above quoted from the freely pet"
thu listed 6tates and Spain 70 s'a''
AZ tns Joint revolutions ~ Msrch
ret. 7g7) and Of lfecembsr 70 1919 %
ios,.' II las vac ADMITTED to tue Y
rItn "tne territory pr,p.ny nc =
vifhin soS zig fully beio egins to tho
In lie mouth Of April, 1859, u
-. tract between jo8es
Trovn ami the Commissioner Of IN
sR>iro. en- arron micai survsy wss
Of the l0,tn meridian west ironi Si
vicn. bains the oounc sfy hne oet~e
r,o.c 40 aud Cnrkss.w cnuniry aud
IT, l.srI.. u.Inf.rf The Boundary