Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-01-29
Pecus National Park.

| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Jan.
| IA, 1S92.-The following is a description
of the lands in the territory of New Mex
leo known rs the Pecos river forest
reservation, reserved from entry or set
Element and set apart as a public reser-
vatiOn by proclamation OF the president
dated January II, 1892, as provided in
section "a of the act of congress, ap-
proved March 3, 1891. Commencing at
the standard corner to townships seven
teen (l7) north, ranges thirteen (13) and
fourteen (14) east, New Mexico principal
base and meridan) on the fourth (4th)
standard parallel north; thence norther-
ly along the range line between
ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen Q4)
east to the closing corner between
ranges thirteen Q3) and fourteen Q4
east on the fifth (5th) standard parallel
north thence along the said fifth 9th
standard parallel 10 the southeast corner
Of township twenty-one CID north, range
thirteen (13) east; thence north six Co.
miles; thence west twelve miles; thence
due south to the fifth (5th) standard
parallel; thence westerly on said fifth
(5th) standard parallel to point due
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ship seventeen Q7) north, range eleven
QD east; thence south to the fourth
| (4th) standard parallel; thence west
erly on said fourth I4th) stand
ard parallel north seven and
sixty-two one hundredths (7.62) chains to
the northwest corner Of township sixteen
Q6) north, range eleven (1D east; thence
southerly on the range line between town
ships sixteen (l6) north, ranges ten (10)
and eleven (1l) east, three (3) miles and
three and forty-three hundredtts g 49,
chains to the corner of sections thirteen
13), eighteen (lS), nineteen (l9) and
twenty-four ga on said range line thence
easterly along the section lines to the
range line between ranges eleven H. and
twelve (12) east; thence northerly three
80 miles and three ~ chains to the
fourth (4th) Standard parallel north;
thence easterly on said fourth az Stand
ard parallel eight 49, and fifty hundredths
$3.50 chains to the standard corner to
township seventeen an north, ranges
eleven (ll) and twelve (l2) east; thence
northerly on the range line to the south
west corner of township eighteen (1S)
North, range twelve Q2) east; thence
easterly on the township line six (6)
miles one and six hundredths Q.O6)
chains to the southeast corner of township
eighteen (lS) north, range twelve (12)
east thence south six (6) miles to the
fourth (4th) Standard parallel north;
thence east along said fourth
az Standard parallel to the place
of beginning. Excepting from the force
and effect of the proclamation all land
which may have been, prior to the date
thereof, embraced in any valid Spanish or
Mexican grant, or in any legal entry or
covered by any lawful filing duly made in
the proper United States land office and
all mining claims, duly located and held
according to the laws of the United States
and rules and regulations not in conflict
Herewith Provided that this exception
shall not continue to apply to any parti-
cular tract of land unless the entryman or
claimant continues to comply with the
law under which the entry, filing or loca-
ton was made. Warning is expressly
given in the proclamation to all persons
not to enter or make settlement upon the
tract of land reserved.
JOHN W. NOBLE,
Secretary Of the Interior.