Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-04
A BURSTED BUBBLE.
Judge Brewers Decision In the Beales
Grant Case.

In the circuit court of the United States
for the dis riot of Colorado
The Inter State Land company against
the Maxwell Land Grant company also,
the Maxwell Land Grant company against
Vicente Preteca ct al.
Alexander Graves, Aaron s. Everest
John l.. Gerome, counsel for Inter State
Land company.
Frank Springer, Chas. E. Cast, coun-
sci for Maxwell company.
Opinion. Brewer, G. J.
The single question in these two cases
arises upon what is known as the Beales
grant, grant made in the year 1882 by
the governor of the state of Coahula
and Texas. The petition and gram are
as follows:
petition and grants to Jose Manuel
Reyuela and John Charles Beales. For
the year 1882 and 1888.
To his excellency the governor of the
state OF Coahuila and Texas. Sir: The
citizen Jose Manuel Reyuela, a
native of Saltillo and there married. and
John Charles Beales a native of England,
settled in Mexico, and th-re married to a
Mexican SUBJECT, having children, with
all due respect represent to your excel
lency:
That being very DESTROYS of augmenting
the population, wealth and power of the
MeXlran nation, and at the same time OF
attording to certain number of virtuous
and industrious families the means OF
acquiring an honorable subsistence bv
"ultivating a tract of land in the ancient
province of Texas, and being moreover
acquainted in full with the law of coloni.
cation passed by the honorable legislature
of this state, on the Oath of March, 1925
by which "empresaros" or cOlonizing
contractors are allowed t. undertake tC
COLOMBO under the conditions and slipula.
tons by said law prescribed, and b. ing
anxious to form an estab iShment that
may he useful to a new colony, and al
the same time beneficial to the state on
account of the advantages to accrue there
out
We pray your excellency to accept us as
such "empreSarios" or colonizing con-
tractors, and to permit us to introduce in
to this state. within the time that may be
stipulated, 200 Catholic families of mora
and industrious habits, and for the object
your eXcellencv will be pleased to gran,
us the tract Of land included within the
follow ing limits, viz:
Beginning at a land mark set up on 8
spot Wfiereat the 32d degree of north lati
tude is crossed by the meridian of the 1926
degree of longitude west from London
said spot being at the southwest corner Of
the grant peiitioned by Col. Reuben Ross
from thence proceeding west along the
| ,,ornl1oI La a Il e la: l.
far as the eastern boundary of New Mexi
co; from thence running north on the
boundary line hetW cen the provinces O.
Coahuila and Texas and New Mexico, as
| far as twenty leagues of the river Ar
kansas; from thence east to the nerd ar
OF the 1921 decree of longitude, which is
The western boundary of the grant peti
toned for by said Col. Reuben Ross, anC
from thence proceeding south as far al
the place of beginning.
Your petitioners as ''empresarios" pray
for this grant on the same conditions tina
it was formerly given to the late StepheI
Julian Wilson, VIII So term OF six years il
about to expire. on May rs of this year
without the conditions of the grant havin,
been fulfilled in consequence Of thu
grantee.
Besides the conditions which are re
quired by the colonization law of the state
the empresarios and their settlers agree t.
observe the constitution of the Mexican
nation, and the private constitution Of thi
state, as well as the general and local law
that have been or shall be hereafter pro
mulgated. They further bind themselve
to comply with the conditions on which
this petition is granted and to take VI
arm. in defense OF the rights OF the nation
against the savage Indians. or any othe
enemies that may attack the country, o
in any manner to alter its form of govern
ment, or to disturb the public tranquility
And finally to prevent the inhabitants O
the United States of North America from
trading with the said Indians and pro
vidIng them with arms and ammunition
in exchange for horses and mules.
Wherefore we pray your excelency t,
be pleased togrant this respectful petition
which we shall consider as a favor con
ferred on US.
Dated at Saltillo, the 18th OF March
1882. [Signedl JOSE MANUEL RoYuELA
JOHN CHARLES BEALEs
CONDITIONS OF THE GRANT.
Terms on which the supreme govern
ment of the state accept the proposal G
the citizens, Jose Manuel RoyueIa an,
John Charles Beales, for colonzing ce,
tain land with 200 foreign families sucl
as are not excepted by the law of the 1T!
of April, 1880:
Article 1.-The government accepts tn
proposal made in the foregoing petition
as far as it is conformable with the law
Of colonization passed by the honorable