The Arizona champion., 1886-07-24
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THE AZTEC" CUMPANy's TITLE,

the Lands Claimed by Them In Arixona.
 We publish below the Act of Con- gress, which has finally been signed by the President and become law, forfeiting the anea,ned land grants of the Atlantic x Pacific K. K. Con- pany, which are all east of Albuquer- que, and eonh,ming all the lands granted west of that point, which have been earned and built upon- thus setting at rest forever the titles of the Aztec Cattle Company to their lands in Arizona, which were derived from the A. X P. R. K. The Interior Department has strongly recommend ed that patents be issued tor all the lands thus confirmed which will be done shortly after Congress adjourns. The public is finished the following documentary evidence as additional proof of the Aztec company's right and title to the land purchased rom the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company.
 The first article quoted is true extract from the Act of incorporation of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company.
 The second article so quoted is a copy of the bill forfeiting the land grant, exactly as 1t passed the Senate and the House, after full debate.
 The bill as passed virtually con- hrms all the land grant between AL buquerque, on the Rio Grande. and The Needles on the Greit Colorado. It is so intended and in strict accor. dance with the intention of the Act of Congress making the grant.
 Extract from act of Congress incor.
 porating the Atlantic and Paci-
 fc Railroad company. Thirty
 ninth Congress. Session I, Chap
 ter 27S, Section 4, 1866.
 And be it further enacted, That whenever said Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company shall have twenty five consecutive miles of any bOi7lon of said railroad and telegraph inc ready for the service contemplated the President of the United States shall appoint three commissioners to examine the same, who shall he paid reasonable compensation for lneil services by the company, 10 be de, termined by the Secretary ot the In terior; and if it shat appear that twenty five con secutive mlies of saiu road and telegraph llne have beer completed in good, substantial and workmanhke mlnner. as in all other respects required by this act, the commissioners shall so report under oath, to the PreSid .nt of the United States, and batentS qf Ms MNls, as aforesaid, ShuU bc iJS4slto saii com. Pany, confirming to said company the right and title to sail land, situated opposite to and coterninouS with lid completed section of said road. And from time to time, whenever twenty. five additional consecutive miles sh al have been constructed, completed, and in readiness as aforesaid, and verified by said commissioners to the President of the United States, the, patents shall be Issued to said com. pany conveying the additional sec tlons of land as aforesaid, and so o. as fast a, every twenty-five miles 0, said road is completed IS aforesaid.
 ANAGT.
 To forfeit the lands granted to the Atlantic X Pacific Railroad Com. pany to aid in the con,tructip
 of railroad and telegraph lin,
 from the States of Missouri and
 Arkansas to the Pacific Coast,
 and 10 restore the same to settle
 ment, and for other purposes.
 Be H eaaftei 6y M, Seulte ani HonSe 0f RebyeSenhlhy>s gfMe Uu:te / StateS Qf Ame,1ea M Co,4gyess assem 6le9, That all the lands, cxceptingt e right of way, anlMe ,is,H ef bO;o.y ana authority glvea b saiI fo,porah'H 10 'ake from Me bnbhc hub a1aeeat Io Me fine ef SaiI ro1I materlai O. rarM, stoae, hmber, and SO fo,M, f1y Me construction Meye0f ineluANI qY NECESSARY gronnA J0r stahOn 6MAhA,Y, 7Vorkshobs dtpots, mathine shoas, siIe- ratks, szOifeAcS, Mra-hrbles, an.l zvi- ter stahonS, heretofore granted to the Atlantic & Pacific Rlilroad Com ,,lnv : by an act entitle "An act granting 2 land, to aid in the ,nstructlon of a railroad and telegraph line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the