The Arizona champion., 1886-06-26
Kinsley and Dwight k. Tripp, Com

On December 4th, 1884. the said Commissioners made their report to the Secretary of tNc Interior recon mcnding the acceptance of the sec tions examined by them, which was fled in the Department of the Inte. rior December nth, 1882 and sub. mltted by the Secretary of the lnte, rsar to the President December 13,h, 1882, with recommendation that the said ten sections be accepted aud that patents for lands earnel by the construction thereof issue to the X. X P. R. k. Co.,, on their compllince with the law and regulations in such cases made and provided. This re- celved the Presidents approval De. Cember I4th, ISS2, anl copies of the documents together with maps and proiiies were sent by tn: Secretary of the Interior to the Commissioner ol the General Land Office on Deccm- Der roth, 1882, With d direction to take appropriate action thereon.
 The Atlantic and Pacific x .ilroad Co. has duly applied for patents for all the surveyed land within its forty mile limit winch Is included and de- sCrlbed m the CoRtrlCt of slte be- tween it and the AE:ec Co. dIted Feb. 3rd, 1886, and has pail all the fee, ot the various land offices as wei. ils it's share of the cost of survey, thu, complying with all he reaulrem.utS of the law and the regulations of the Department of the Interior. How. ever, we must refer you to General Sedgwick, the R. R. c. $ attorney at Albuquerque for proot c! the various appncations for patents and of the various payments above mentioned.
 By Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to enable the Atlantic X Pacific Railroad Company to Mortgage Its Road" approved Aptil soth, 1871 the Railroad was authurized 70 is,u. bonds and secure them by mortga ge of i;s lands and other property and franchises, and in pur$ua rce of said Act, the R R. O. did, on July I,t, ', IS8o, mortgdg- to the United States Trust Co, of New York, as Trustee, all its lands and other propeCty and franchises, reservlng the power to sell the lands subject to certain conditions contained in the mortgage, which ls filed and recorded iu lhe off .e of the Secretary of the Interior, as required by said Act of 1876.
 By contract of sale dated Decem- Der 27th, 1881, the land claimed by the Aztec Co. and uvOa which the treSpasses are being committed, was sold by the A. & P. K. R C.. 10 E. W. klnsIey, as Trustee, for the sub ScrIbers of the capital stock of the Aztec Co for $500. 600 cash. and was on Dec. 3oth, 1884, released by the United States Trust Co. from the operation of the a)ove menti )ncd mortgage Tn pursuance of the terms thereof and immediately upJn the purchase WIS "ati.ie al l Accepted by its stockholders.
 This contract has been cancelled by the making of a new contract on Feb. 3rd, 1886. between the K. R Co. and ,h: Aztec C.. whIc h em. braces nearly the sane land IS in the former contract but defines It more accurately. Nrl;her coltr4ct has Yet been recorded.
 Having ,nus giv.h you the chain of title by which the Aztec Co. lays claims to its land, We refer you to the following facts and documents. copies of which are enclosed, to prove tne Validity of the Railroad Company , clam to the land sold by it to the Aztec Co.,;
 ISt: The Act of 1866 grantin : lands :o aid the construction of the A. x P. R. K.
 and. Copy of the Commissioner reports concerning the acceptance ot 10 sections of tue road and of the action oi the Secretary of the llterior thereupon.
 3rd! Copy of opinion of Attorney General Deyens to Carl Schurz, Sec retary of the Interior, dlted Oct. a6th. 1886.
 4th: Copy Patents of the United States to the A. & P. R. R. Co. to Township 8, Range 4, and Township 8, Range 5, N. of base line and w. of New Mexico. Principal meridian Territory or New Mexico.
 sth: Copy Act of 1871, authotiz- ing the A. x r. K R. Co. to mnft-