The Arizona champion., 1886-06-26
LA4ycItIoc.n :,it.
THE AZTEC" CoMpANY's TITLE,

the letter of SelI nm 2nd nan, attorneys for the Aztec Land and Cattle Comna ". LimlteI, New York, to |. l.. Gutserson, Esq, attorney lad counsellor at lIw, St. Johns, ArI. zonl, the public IS furnished the following d 'cumertary evidence tI additional proJt oi the hiteC com pany's sht anI ;lt.e to the land pur- chared iron the \:ienic and Pacific Railroad company.
 The fist arucl: quoted IS true extract rom the Act of incorporation Ot the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company.
 The second article so quoted is a ccpy of the bill torfeiting the land grant, exactly as il pls,ed he Senai' and tae House, alter full debate.
 Tre b'll is pa,sed virtually con. firms all the land grant between A = OuT rcrlrr, on the Rlo Grande. al d The Needles on the Gre 1t ';oIor3Go. IL Is so attended and in strict acc r. lance with the intention of the Act of COngrea, making the grant.
 Extract from act of Cor gress incor
 pOrating the Atlantic and PaCi-
 hc Railroad company. Thirty
 nrAln Cpogrcss. Sss'lon I, Chap
 ter 27S, Section 4, 1866.
 Au1 Ue It fl'tNer enacted, ! hat whenever sad Atlantic anI F., fife RlI.fOad company shall have t' epty- i've consecutive mites Of aRr crtf0a of sard raiIro ad and telegral h line ready for thc strNiGr COureE ated the President Of the United >tates hal appoint three commission IS to examine tue same, w1O Sha:I ba paid d reasonable compensation fot their ser.iCes by l.c company, 10 b. de- ,etminrd by the Secretary 0t th ln- ter 1T; and if 1t Shail ap2e4 that twenty five consecutive m,e3 uI >aid road and telsgrtph llne nave cen completed in god, su1,tlAt'a and wurkm tnlIke mann:r, d, in all ther re,ylcts required by thIs act, rhe commissioners shall so report II der cath, to the President uf the Ulted 5, ates, and pafc"h J Me (G"ss, as af1resaid, SAlN 6. iEsHcRE0 SaiI tom- bURy, continuing tO said compd y lhe rynt nd title 10 said lands >l | ated ! OppOsI.e to aud CUtermInOaS wIln ald completed seGIIOn tf salJ road. i nd il0m tlm@ to tlme, whenevt" twtI iy- i've dudltlUnai cDn,eCItIve miles >hall have been Cnnstruyte ted, Cump,rltd q and in readiness as aforesaid, al d verliied by said commissioners [" Il e President of the U nIted States. then patents shlll be issued to sud com pany conveying the additional stC- tIons ot land as aforesaid, and so on as last a, every twenty-five m'l of Sald road Is completed ds aiO.cs4ld.
 AN ACT.
 To forfeit the lands granted to u t Atlantic x Pacific Railroad Con ,
 pany to aid m the Constructir
 of rallro i'd and telegraph line
 from the States of Missouri ana
 Arkansas tJ the Pdcihc Coast. and 10 restore the same to settle. 1 ment, and for other purposes.
 Be # rnacte2 6y Me Senate ana HoHse 0f Representatives ef Mc Oafea .StlteS 0f Amer1ca m C0MsreSs asSem l 6ic.i, iu4t dt, the laGds, excepting tht right of way, and Me ,ight qf pO70e, ana autb '1y gi0eH fo Sdla t0ii6oraki0'' 70 ldkc from Ms babHc haaaS ayaceH. to Me fine gf sAd ,iOaf matey2aI 9j rarh, StoAe, hm6ej-, aad SO to'M, Jo' Me construction Mr,e0f, including ah necesSa,y .grounas Jor sfahioH bmknAgs, at2rksh4ps, depokS, maehtRe shops, shle 1 harkS, S592kthsS, kara.ta5LeS, and a0a = fer sfati0AS, heretofore granted tJ tn: 1 A,lanuc X Pacific Railroad Company by an act entitled "An act granting lands to aid in the construction of d railroad and telegraph line from thc States ot Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast" approved JuIy t%enty seventh, eighteen hundred and slxt! six, and subsequent acts and mt re solutions of Congress, which are ad- iacent to and coterminous with the uncompleted portions of the main line of sal Toad, embraced withln both the grant,:d an ln l.nnity limits as contemplated to De constructed un- 1 der and by 'he provisions ot the said act of july ,@enty.seventh, eighteen hundred sRd sixy->ix, and aCts and joint resolutions subsequent thereto and relating to me construction Of sa d road and teIe graph, be, and tie same are hereby, declared forfeited and restore1 to the public domain. 1 Passed the Hou,e ot Represents lives February D, IS36.
 ] Passed the Senate May as, 1886.