Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-04
OFFICIAL GRIST.
Small Holdings Under the Land Court
Act-Official Gossip Of the
Day.

On Saturday night the time for fling
with Surveyor General Easley small land
holdings expired.
The law regulating these filings as
passed by congress provides that each
and every owner of piece or pieces of
land in New Mexico, amounting to not
more than 16O acres, and who, through
himself, his ancestors or grantors, has
been in actual, continuous, adverse pos
session thereof for twenty years, where
the title to said land has not been recog-
nized BY the United Stated, and where
said land is not part of grant that has
been confirmed by the United States, ia
required by law to file with the o. 8. at
torney general of New Mexico, at Santa
Fe, N. NJ, a claim for said land, which
claim shall contain true description
thereof.
If such claim is not duly fled within
two years next after the first day OF De-
cember, 1892, by such owner, his claim
will become invalid, and will not be en-
titled to recognition by the United States.
Under General Easley's construction of
tho law this time included the first day OF
December, 1895. so that claims filed under
this law up to Saturday night were re-
ceived. That the approach of the end of
the time for filings was recognized by the
public is shown BY the fact that on last
Friday and Saturday filings came In at
the rate of several hundred day.
The total number of filings up to Sat
urday night were In the neighborhoed of
5000. As, in General Easley's opinion,
there are between 5000 and 10000 such
small holdings in the territory, it will be
seen that worry many people have neglect
ed to claim their rights under this law
with the result that they will probably
have tr suble about their titles.
1t is stated that Delegate Joseph will
introduce bill to proleng the time dur
ing which filings can be made for year
SO as to permit filings by those having
small holdings included in grants which
have already or may hereafter be rejected
by the land court. This bill would prob
ably be SO drawn as to enable all present
delinquents to make filings.
| OFFICIAL BITS.
The upper Rio Puerco election pre-
cinct cases again come up for hearing
before Judge Collier at Albuquerque to-
day.
Private John Denny, troop G, 9th cav
airy, has been awarded a medal of honor
by the government for distinguished
services against the Apache Indians at
Las Auimas canon, N. NJ, September IL,
1879, in removing wounded comrade to
a place of safety under heavy fire.
II. B. Hamilton, Of Socorre, a promi-
nept applicant for associate justice of the
supreme court and Judge of this, the 9Th
judicial district, was here several days
this week attending court. Mr.. Hamilton
is good lawyer, but our people are al
mest unanimous in desiring the appoint
ment Of John Y. Hewitt, of White Oaks
for the judgeship.-Roswell Record.
Lee Williams, a horse thief and Jose
Contreras, convicted of burglary, vert
} brought up from Roswell to-day b!
Sheriff Atkinson and turned over to III,
penitentiary to serve one year each
From Lincoln county Deputy sheriffs "
: Fl. Guvse and G. L. Ballard brought al
tho following oonvicts: "Slick" Mile
. and boo Evans, horse thieves, ten ant
two years, respectively, and Abraham
Miller, ten years for cattle stealing. Til
: latter is an old offender having served
8 term in the pen in 1888.
d :. On account Of the lack OF funds Their
s will be no territorial court in SAINT
n Fe county on the first Monday of Januar
as provided by law. The United State
court will be held, however, for the di:
' position of cases in which the governmer
d is interested. 1t is hoped that later o
there will be some county court funds !
hand that will permit the holding of
special term the early part Of next yea
~ If this is done the more 1mportar
:. criminal cases will be taken up an
;. disposed of.