Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-03

and Aris0Rd.
"Private land claims in .Nrizona
shall be settled in the following uan-
! ner:
THAT il is b Shy declared that in
assuming the obligations OF Mexico to
her citizens within the Territory OF
Anzona ceded TO the United States,
it was the intention OF the United
| States, as expressed il the treaties OF
cessiOn, and rs required by the comfy
of nations, 10 assume such obligati"ns,
and none other, as were incumbent
on the Mexican Government at the
dates respectively mentioned in the
treaties of cessiOI and it shall not be
competent for any officer or tribunal
OF the United States 10 presume by in
ference, conjecture, or construction, in
any case, an intention of Congress, by
any statute passed in pursuance Of
treaty stipulations or acts Of Congress
hereunder, to make a grant de moro
to any claimant in Arizona under a
Spanish OF Mexican grant, or to grant
or confirm TO any such claimant any
thing not individually possessed under
Spanish or Mexican laws, or 70 con-
firm any claim for any quantity Of
land greater in any case thaa the
quantity authorized TO be granted and
actually granted in that case under
the laws Of Spain or Mexico; nor
shall any grant be respected or recog-
nized which had not been located, and
duly recorded in the archives Of Mex
leo. and reduced TO actual possession
as private property at The date fixed
by the respective treaties Of cession
for the recognition and aeknowledg-
ment Of legitimate titles, nor shall
mineral lands, nor lands occupied or
reserved for public purposes or ma.
tional defense, nor lands in the occu.
patton OF native Mexican or Indian
inhabitants at the date OF grant be
held or deemed TO have been included
in any grant or concession by the
Spanish or Mexican Governments, or
TO be embraced within the general
terms OF any confirmation by the
United States, in the absence OF an
express grant and confirmation oi
such particular lands; nor shall grants
or concessions comforting a common
right OF occupation only be held OF
deemed TO be a conveyance of the fee
simple title, or as vesting any ndiyid.
ual right ia or 10 such common lands
"SEc. 2. That no claim under any
alleged Spanish or Mexican iand grant
within the Territory of Arizona ceded
by Mexico to the UNITED States shall
be entertained or recognized by any
surveyor general or other officer oI
the United States before the original
evidences Of grant, or duly certified
copies thereof from the original rec
ords OF the Government under which
the grant is claimed, shall have been
filed IN the office OF the surveyor gen.
eral, and the authenticity thereof sat.
isfactorily established; nor shall any
segregation survey be made or reser.
vation created or hereafter main aimed
on account of any Spanish or Mexi-
can private land claim until Congress
shall have confirmed the same as a
legitimate title under the laws OF Mex
ico as the same existed at the date
fixed by treaty Of cession for the rec
ognition Of legitimate titles; nor shall
any survey be made or reservation
created or maintained, or patent issued
for greater quantity OF land on ac.
count OF any confirmed private land
claim than the quantity expressly
mentioned in the act OF confirmation,
nor, in case of con6rmatiOns hereto
fore made without express mention OF
quantity, shall any claim be surveyed
or patented or lands reserved therefor
for a greater quantity OF land than the
quantity lawfully granted and claimed
and actually possessed rs p ivste prop