The Arizona champion., 1886-06-26

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 THE AZTEC" COMPAXy'S RIGHTS. Letter of Seliginan. of New York, to c. l..
 GuttersUH, ct Apache County.
 NEW YORK, March 25, 1886. C. L, GurrERsoN, ESQ.
 Attorney and Counsellor,
 ST. JOHNS, APACHE O., ARIz. DEAR SIR:
 We have been notified that several sheep. herders are now tresraSslng on the lands of the Aztec Land and Cat tie Co.,, Ltd, and that others are threatening to follow them, and as NIT. Henry Warren, V. President ani 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 o see to it that all proper and nec- essary measures are taken to protect the Complny's property and rlgEts, and serd you, at Mir. Warren'S re- que |, the following notes, in order that you may understand the Com. pany's position with regard to its land, |, ny what title it claims and what its policy is.
 By act of Congress entitled "An Act granting Lands 10 ald in the con- struction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific Coat" ap proved July 27lh, 1866, SC. ,. There were granted to the Atlantic and Pl- cifc Railroad Co. all the odd num- bered sections to the amount of twen " alternate sections per mile on each tide of it's lpe, whenever said llne should pass through any of the ierrl- tories of [; e United States, whenever the United States should have full title thereto, not reserved, sold, grlnt- d or otherwise appropriated and free frc.n Pre-emptlon and other claims or rights, at the time ct the designation 5f the line or said road, by pat thereof filed in the ufflCe Of the Com. missioner Gf the General Ltnd OiiGe; and when. prior To such tune, such lands shall have been sold, granted, pre. emptcd or otherwise dl,posrd o' the Company has nght lo select odd numbered alternate sections, not h. ctudIng reserved numbers, not more than 0 miles beyond the limits of the eguiar grant. g
 A plat cf the line of road was duly ,iied in the Ulfiae of the Com missioner Di the General Land O.fGe on MIrch I2, I672, and the right of the Com papy to all the land within the forty mile limit, i. C. the regular grant, at. aches from this date. .AH the land granted by the Act of 1860 above re- ferred to, within the forty mile regu- ar limit and the 10 mile indemnity limit was withdrawn from public sale ur entry or pe-emptlon by afEI0a of the Dcpaytmeaf ef he hte'ior 0A /4ne I5, I672 m accordance wIlh seclIon 6 ut sad Act which provides for the surVry uf the lands by the President ot the Uated states and that these 0ad RamGereQ sections shaH Ecl be Ra- 6ke to Sake or entry or ore. "m.btoA eihh cr 6ctore or atter sW0cy. A careful ,ear.h Tn the rccords of the Depart nent of the Interior al Washington showed that no liens of any kind at. lached to these odd, numbered sec. tions before June 18th, 1872.
 Some time deiing 1881 and ISS. that portion o. the Western Division of the Atlantic and Pacific to which the land claimed by the Aztec Com ] pany attached, was built. II. C. Mutt, President of ,h: 4. X P. R. R. Co.,. [, sent letter dated October r2, 1872, to the PfeadlAt Jf the United States requesting the appointment ot Com rnissloneis 10 exa,hlne 10 sections of 2s ialles each Of the sad Railroad, being 50 miles of the Central Division aud 200 miles of the Western Division of tnc Railroad, the later portion beginning at a point gee miles west oi lsIeta, N. M, aud running thence 200 miles in westerly direction. ! h response 10 this letter, lhe Pres ident on Ortobe, z5ha, I87a, appointed WIbam Cory smith, Edward w..