Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-11
OFFICIAL GRIST.
Survey of Confirmed Grants-WOrk
of the Special Agents, and Other
Capital City News.

Regarding the appointment of re-
ceiver for the Albuquerque National bank,
the Albuquerque papers have it that
Capt. W. M. Eads, of Carrollton, Mo-, late
candidate for governor, has received the
appointment, but the New MEx1oAN's in
formation from Washington Is that j. w.
Schofield, of Santa Fe, was this afternoon
designated by Comptroller Eckles as the
receiver for this bank.
CONFIRMED GRANTS.
The commissioner of the general land
Office has written Surveyor General Easley
| a letter having an important bearing
upon those land grants confirmed by the
U. S. court of private land claims and
which must be surveyed before title
becomes perfect. Under the law the
United States stands one-half of the
cost of survey and the land claimants
the other half, though the government
does the work and must be reimbursed
for the one-half due by claimants within
one year otherwise its claim becomes a
lien upon the property.
The commissioner writes regarding
these surveys: "Detailed estimates should
be furnished this Office of the probable
cost of the survey of claims finally con-
firmed by the court, and for the survey of
which applications are now pending, or
hereafter may be filed, in your Office, and
you are hereby instructed to that effect"
WORK OF THE SPECIAL AGENTS.
Special Agents Easby-Smith and Chal-
mers. of the department of Justice, have
finished their inspection of the Office of u.
s. Attorney Fiske, of the accounts of ex-U.
8. Marshal Trinidad Romero and of the
clerks offices in the lot and 4th districts.
The New MEXICAN has it from a very re-
liable source that the Office affairs of Mr..
Fiske we're found in frst-class condition
and very satisfactory; that the clerks
offices here and in Las Vegas have been
conducted properly, honestly and in ac-
cordance with law; also that the accounts
and conduct of Mr.. Romero as marshal
in the two districts examined have been
found straight and honest, and that the
charges made against him are not borne
out by the facts as found in the two dis.
tricts examined.
The special agents.. so this journal il
found a bad state Of affairs to
exist in the Las Vegas jail and have been
furnished afidavits showing that women
prisoners have been maltreated and
abused there.
Messrs. Chalmers and Smith have gone
south and will thoroughly inspect all
matters connected with the administra-
ton of the department Of justice in the
I'd, Sd and 9Th judicial districts in this
territory.
THE CANON DEL AQUA CASE.
In compliance with Instructions
from the general land Office, the surveyor
general yesterday forwarded an estimate
for resurvey of the celebrated Canon
del Aqua grant in south Santa Fe county
according to the findings of the U. 8.
supreme court. The grant originally
covered $500 acres. Under this decision,
however, the grant is cut down to about
400 acres and it's exact location is such
that it includes only about $50 acres of
the old grant, as claimed, 50 that 8, 100
acres of the rich mineral lands heretofore
claimed under color of this grant title
will soon be thrown open as public do
main, subject to entry under the U. 8.
land and mining laws.
OFFICIAL NOTES.
New inspectors appointed by the cattle
sanitary board, are: George T. Parker,
Roswell; VIM. p. Shields, Tularosa; Alex.
D. Goldenburg, Dona Ana.