The oasis., 1895-08-31
NOoALEs NOTES.
The Title Business.

notice in your issue of the 24th
 inst, communication headed "Disin- corporation and Property Titles" in
 which the writer starts off to explain
 the far reaching evil of disincOrpora-
 tion. He tells us that when the land court was established by the govern
 ment to inquire into. and determine IS to the validity of the Spanish and
 Mexican grants that it became neces-
 sary that all owners of property in
 Nogales should be represented in court, and for that purpose commit
 tee was instituted consisting of four members, with power to take all ne- cessary steps for contesting the valid ity of the Nogales grant. That com mittee engaged counsel, went into court and won the case. But he tells that a note for 5000 has been given by the committee to secure payment of legal services rendered, and to be rendered in carrying it through the supreme court, lso 1t appears that the case is not yet wenl.
 Now l would like to ask the gentle man by whom was this committee ap- pointed. As understand the matter, the contest was between the United States government on one side and the land grant claimants on the other Now was this committee appointed by the government? Ifnot, by whom it received it's appointment and author ity to do all these things.
 We always supposed that Uncle Sam was not only capable but financially able to take care of his own interests. The government furnished not only the counsel to conduct and argue these cases, but it furnished the court to try them. Does this committee pro- pose to supplant the United States Government in this matter, or is it through patriotism and love of coun- try that they propose to tax the citi- zens of Nogales to pay Uncle Sams bills and to do that without consult ing the parties to be taxed.
 While we concede to every man the right to govern himself, we claim that he has no right to govern any other man without his consent, no to incur obligations binding any one else.
 Now he tells about the cat in the | meal sack. How in case of disincor- | ation, we can take titles from the | probate judge, who would give deeds upon the payment of the regular min- imum price. Certainly he would do | that very thing because he could not do anything else. And that is just what the city council would have to do if they did anything. Otherwise they might simply change our property from one set of land grabbers and give it to another set. That would simply be jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. He states clearly that if the corporation is kept alive, the town council would take title from the gov paying minimum price, then charging and collecting a sum to create fund to pay this 5000 note: and we don't know how many more thousands that patriotic council might find convenient to collect. And he tells us that this was the main object for which the town was incorporated. How unwittingly he lets the cat out Of the meal sack. It shows now very clearly the object in view, by the get ters up of the incorporation. To ob- tain the town site from the govern ment, then control the council and bleed the property owners to their hearts content. The facts are it does not make