The Arizona champion., 1886-07-10
[AdvertiSement.1
THE AZTEC" CoMPASY's RIGHTS.
Letter of seligman, of New York. to c. l..
 Gutterson, of Apache County,

THE "ALTEC' COMfANhs hAShhs' Letter of seligman. of New York, to c. l..
 Gutterson, of Apache County,
 NEW YORK, March a5, 1886. C, L. GUTTERsoN, ESQ.
 Attorney and Counsellor,
 ST. JOHNS, APACHE Co.,, ARIz. DEAR SIR:
 We have been notified that several sheep-herders are now trespassing on the lands of the Aztec Land and Cat tie Co.,, Ltd, and that others are threatening to follow them, and as MT. Henry Warren, v. President and Genl. Manager of that Company, has informed us that you were looking af- ter the Company's interests in Apache County, we request and instruct you to see to it that all proper and nee essary measures are taken to protect the Company's property and rights, and send you, at Mir. Warren's re- quest, the following notes, in order that you may understand the Com pany's position with regard to it's land, by what title it claims and what its policy is.
 By act of Congress entitled "An Act granting Lands to aid in the con struction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific Coast," ap- proved July 27th, 1866, Sec. 5. There were granted to the Il antic and Pa cihc Railroad Co. all the odd num- bered sections to the amount of twen- ty alternate sections per mile on each side of its line, whenever said line should pass through any of the Terri tories of the United States, whenever the United States should have full title thereto, not reserved, sold, grant ed or otherwise appropriated and free from pre-emption and other claims or rights, at the time of the designation of the line of said road, by plat thereof filed in the office of the Con- missioner of the General Land Office; and when. prior to such time, such lands shall have been sold, granted, pre-. e.empted or otherwise disposed ot the Company has right to select odd numbered alternate sections, not in cluding reserved numbers, not more than 10 miles beyond the limits of the regular grant.
 plat of the line of road was duly filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on Mareh L2, I872, and the right of the Com, pany to all the land within the forty mile limit, i. e. the regular grant, at. taches from this date. AH the land granted by the Act of 1860 above re ferred to, within the forty mile rcgu lar limit and the 10 mile indemnity limit was withdrawn from public sale or entry or pre-emption by attioH of the DrbarfmeHt QfMe HterlOr or /unt I6, I572 in accordance with section ( of sald Act which provides for the SHyVey of the lands by the President of the United States and that these 0da Rambered sections shaN nOt 6e Ha, 6ke k0 sale or eat,y or prs "mbhion eifh, 1 6Store or after Sgr0ey. careful search in the records of the Depart ment of the Interior a, Washington showed that no liens of any kind at tached to these odd.numbered sec tions before June 18th, 1872,
 Some time during 1881 and I88. that portion os the Western Division of the Atlantic and Pacific to which the land claimed by the ztec Com pany attached, was built. H. C. Mutt President of the .& P. R. R. Go. sent a letter dated October r2, 1872 to the President of the United State, requesting the appointment of Com missioners to examine TO sections O. 2s miles each of the said Railroad being 50 miles of the-Central Division and 200 miles ofthe Western Division of the Railroad, the latter portion beginning at point 200 miles wes Of lsleta, N. M., and running thenc, 200 miles in westerly direction.
 In response to this letter, the Pres ident on Oef06er 25M, .I2, appointed William Cory S.Ai.l, LIalrd "