The Arizona champion., 1886-07-03
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THE AZTEC" COMPANY's TITLE,


 Additional Proof Regarding tn. Title tO the Lands Claimed by Them m Arisuna.
 In addition to the facts set forth in the letter of Seligman and Seligman, attorneys for the Aztec Land and Cattle Company, Limited, New York, to C. l.. Gutterson, Esq.,, attorney and counsellor at law, St. Johns, Ari- zona, the public is furnished the following documentary evidence as additional proof of the Aztec con- pany's right and :itle to the land pur- chased from the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company.
 The first article quoted is true extract from the Act of incorporation of the Atlanuc and Pacific Railroad company.
 The second article so quoted is a copy of the bill forfeiting the land grant, exactly as it passed the Senate and the House, after full debate.
 The bill as passed virtually con- firms all the land grant between AL buquerque, on the Rio Grande. and The Needles on the Great 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-
 fic Ralroad company. Thirty
 ninth Congress. Session I, Chap
 ter 27S, Section 4, IS66.
 And be 1t further enacted, That whenever said Atlantic and Pacific Rall;oad company shall have twenty five consecutive miles of any bo,1icN of said railroad and telegraph liic ready for the service contemplated the President of the United States shall appoint three commissioners 10 examine he same, who shall be paid a reasonable compensation for their services by the company, to be de- termined by the Secretary ot the h. terlor; and if 1t shall appear that twenty-five consecutive miles of said road and telegraph line have been completed in good, substantial and workmanllke manner, as in all oth,r respects required by this act, the commissioners shall so report under oath, to the President of the Unted States, and paffnfS Ct Me MnlAS, as aforesaid, SAAN bc iSSNcd 70 SaiI s0m- baAy, confirming to sad company the rlghl and title to said lands situated opposite to and coterminous with sald completed section of said road. And from time 10 time, whenever twenty live additional consecutive miles Sh all have been constructed, completed, !, and in readiness as aforesaid, and verified by sad Commlss;oneIs to the President of the Unl,ed States, then patents shall be Issued 10 said com pany conveying the additional sec tons ot land as aforesaid, and so on as fast as every twenty five miles of said road Is completed as aforesaid.
 AN ACT.
 To forfeit the lands granted to the
 Atlantic x Pacific Railroad Con-
 pany to aid in the construction
 ot railroad and telegraph line
 from the States of Missouri and
 Arkansas to the Pacific Coast,
 and to restore the same to settle
 ment, and for other purposes.
 Be # enaeted by Me SeNate and HOuse Of Representatives ef Me UMted SfafeS Qf Ame,7ea " CoMgress aSsem bled, That all the lands, excepting the right of way, anu Me right ef p0wer and auhho,7ty ga0en to saia exploration 10 iake from Me bnbHr hands a.yacent to Me} Hae of saia roaa matey1al gf earth, stone, hmbey, anu 90 .f~M, Er Me eonSt,ztkon Meyeof, MrlualAg az nefeSsary SvOunds f0y stahOn bmhlingy, aOoyksAQps, dtbots, mafAine-shops, Sae- haeks, sWlffhes, Myn-tables, anu aOa- fer stahons, heretofore granted to the Atlantic X Pacific Railroad Company by an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast" approved July twenty. seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty six, and subsequent acts and joint re- solutions Of Congress, which are ad- iacent 10 and cotermlnous with the uncompleted portions of the main line oi sad road. embraced within both the granted and indemnity limits as contemplated to be constructed un- der and by the provisions of the said act of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and acts and joint resolutions subsequent thereto and relating to the construction of said road and tele graph, be, and the same are hereby. declared forfeited and restored to the public domain.
 Passed the House of Representa- lives February $, 1886.
 P4..vd las SsSare May 'S,rss9.