The Arizona champion., 1886-07-17
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THE AZTEC" CDMPANY's TITLE,
Attorneys AL,cG C ,ttle Co

Additional Pro"t Regarding th: Title to the Lt'9,s Chtimed by Them in AFizona,
 In addition to.the iacis Set forth in the letter of Sellgman and Sellgman, attorneys for tne Aztec Land and Cattle Compl y, Limited, New York to L. l.. GuttcrsJn, Esq., attorney aud counsellor at Law, SI. Johns, Arl- zonl, the public Is furnished the following do, unentary evidence as addltlonal proof vf the Aztec com pany'S right and ;tIe to the land pur- chased from the Atautc ald Pacific Railroad company.
 The Drst arllcIe quoted is true extract from tue A Oi IACJrVorstlon ot the Atlantic and rdClllc Railroad company.
 The second article so quoted is a copy of the blIl torleltl"g the land grant, exactly as II pissed the Senate and the House, ,,Iter tuli deDate.
 The bill as 1 aSaed virtually con firms all the lanu grant between AL Duquerque, on the Rlo GIande, and Inc Needles on rhe Great Colorado. It Is 50 intended and m strict aC, or dance wl.h the mention Ul the Act of Congress making the grant.
 Exua rom Act q Congress incor.
 loratlhg the Atlantic and P, ci-
 tlc Railroad conn any. I'm ty-
 nn.ih Congress. Session [, Chap
 teI 276, >eCtlOu 4, IS60.
 And De Il turtlIer enacted, That whenever saId Atianllc and Pacific KaI.roao company snad have i've ty- nYc cohSeInlivc mucs of dHy bOrIOH of sad laIllUad and telee rapn llne ieady for he senicc contemplated tae PIealdcht O. iIe United States shal al polat three commissioners to cxdmlme the s4 ne, wAo shall be paid a reasUnable .Jmpe isalion for tBelr ser.icea by the to npany, 10 be de- term!ned by tae , cictary Of the h. terlor; and ii i, shall ap pear that twenty i've cjlsecI i've mItes of said road aud telegraph lIne have been completed in goJI, suDstantial and worknrnlIke mtnner, as Ir all other respects required by this act, the commissioners shall 80 report under oath, to the President of the United States, and b.lfcan gf Me Mnay as aforesaid, MaH 6t isSHII0 SaiX c0m- baRy, confirming lO said Co,upany the rlgnt anQ tItle to said lands situated opposite lu and cutermlnoas with said completed section of sald road. And from tmc to tune, whenever twenty live additional consecutive miles sh all nave been constructed, comp eted, and in readIness as aturesaud, and verified by sdId CummIss .oners to the President ot the U nted States. Il en patents shall be issued to sad con- pany conveying the additional stc- tons Oi Idnd as aforesaid, and so on as last as every twenty-five mules of sald road Is completed aS atofesa d.
 AN ACT.
 To forfeit the lands. granted to the
 Atlantic x P ,cltic Railroad Com
 rany to ald ln the construction
 oI railro ,d and telegraph hne
 from the States of Missouri and
 Arkansas to the Pacific Coast,
 aud to restore the same 10 settle
 ment, and for other purposes.
 Br # eRactrf by Me SeAate ana HdaSe @ Representatives. gfMe Umied SEitcJ G1 AmcrS-a " C0ngrfSJ aSScm. bLra, That all the lands, excepting the right of way, ana Me ,ighf ef bOarr GAd aHHt"rft g7aea h said exploration k0 .a,;e f.~Jm Mf bH6Hc EaAAs aIjaceRt k1 Mc HHr gf SaiR r0ad matrr7al 0f rarAi, st0,iS, Hmbe,, and 60 Jo1M, Jor Mc c0aStIuth0a Mereof. mcIaAiAg GH RercSSary g,0HaRS for Statf0n 6uiAthsS, a,orkSA@bs, aSbotS, machiAe-Sh9pS. aae- hatks. S7cqtcheS, MiW-ka6keS, aHH zOa- Ter Stah07S, heretofore granted to Il e Allanuc X Pacific R,ilroad Company nv ar act entitled "An act granting land, to aud in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from tfe States oI M ,sS.lri and Arkansas to the Pacific coat. approved July twenty seventh. iga,rcn hundreh and sixty SIX, and subsequent acts and joint re solutions ui LJRgIess, which are ad- jlCcit to and Cotermlnous with the iuromr leted petitions of the man line of sad rold, embraced within botn the granted and indemnity limits as contemplated to he constr It ted nr- der ani by the provision, ot the sad act of juty twenty -sevedn, elgbtet n huatlreu and slX y-slx, and acis and AouH resolaTionS ,ubsequrnt ihere,, and telatl Z 10 Iie construction q safe road and teic ;raph, be, and th same are hereby, declared foitelte' and restored to the public do nam
 Passed tuc House ol Represent. tlves Feb-narv a5 1886
 Pissed the Senate Ma, 3s, I8o6