The Arizona champion., 1886-07-24
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THE AZTEC" CoMpANY,s TITLE,
Additional Proof Regarding the Title t the Lands Claimed by Them m Arizona.

Additional Proof Regarding tn. Title to the Lands Claimed by Them In Arizona.
 We publish below the Act of Con. gress, which has finally been signed by the President and become a law, torfeiting the 1nearned land grants of the Atlantic & Pacific R. K. Com. pany, which are all east of AIbuquer- que, and eOzf,miRg 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. & P. K. R. The Interior Department has strongly recommend ed that patents be issued for 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 from 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 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 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-
 fic Railroad company. Thirty
 ninth Congress, Session I, Chap
 ter ?7S, Section 4, 1866.
 And be it further cnar,ed, That 
 whenever said Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company shall have twenty five consecutive mile, of aRy borIoH of said railroad and telegraph inc ready for the service contemplated the President of the United State, shall appoint three commissioners to examine the same, who shall he paid a reasonable compensation for tneir services by the ompany, 10 be de termined by the Secretary oi tus In. terlor; and if Il Sha appear Ina twenty five con unsecutive miles of Sai road and telegraph lIne have beer completed in go l, ,u ,5t ,nsial md workInanhkr mtnner, lS ir all U.aeI respects required by this act, th, commissioners shall SD report under oath, to the President of the United States, and bateHkS Qf hs lHG, a, aforesaid, MIN 6t i35usID saH cJm bany, confirming to sad company tn, right and title to sail land, situated opposite to and cote; uinols with saio completed section of said road. An, from lime to time, whenever twenty five additional consecutive miles sh al have been constructed, completed, and in readiness as aforesaid, ana verified bv sad commissioners to the PresIdelt of the United States. thei patents shall be Issued to said com. pauy conveying the additional sec tlons of land as aforesaid, and SO o, as last as every twenty-five miles ". slid road is completed as aforesaid
 ANAIT.
 To forfeit the lands granted to the
 Atlantic X Pacific Railroad Com.
 pany to aId in the construcii
 of railroad and telegraph In,
 from the States of Missouri and
 Arkansas to the Pacific Coast.
 and io restore the same to setti~-
 ment, and for other purposes.
 Be # eaatteoi 6y Ms SeAIfs aw H0aSe of Representatives qfh4e UHh'f StatcS Qf Ame'7ea M C0Ngress dSyeW 6ied, That all the lands, excepting e fight of way, mihis tigt ef POlo.r and aaMo1y giOea t7 s@i fO,pordHm 70 'ake from Me pa6he aAS aJlcfm 70 he fine Qf saiH roli mrterIaI Qf earth, stone, hmber, a1d 90 fWM, Ir Ne eoHSf'Dfh0H MeTe0f, HthI hH5r EH neerssayy grOnab for ShzhoA 6uikhHSs, workshopS, debotS, machiae. shops, Gie- hackS, szOltcheS, Hru-kablss, aaR Wt- fe, stahOns, heretofore granted to rhe Atlantic X Pacific Riilr oad Com any by an act eniitle "An nct granting lands to aid m the construction of