Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-17
COURT OF PRIVATE
LAND CLAIMS.
A Review Of the Grant Cases Dis
posed Of Since October
5, 1893.
1858 ACRES CONFIRMED.
In Those Two Years 1886, 6,l7258 Acres
Claimed We're Rejected - Only One
More Case From New Mexico to
Be Tried
1858 ACRES CONFIRMED.

olds has furnished Governor Otero the
following statistics regarding the work
of the court of private land claims from
October s. 1898, up to and including De-
cember 13, 1900, statistics which Gov
ernor Otero will embody in his message
to the legislature next month:
GRANTS CONFIRMED.
OF 4,957, ,690.5S acres claimed as land
grants, II SIS acres We're confirmed, and
1885, 172.5S acres were rejected. The
grants confirmed in that time are the
following: Petaca, claimed $4,000 acres,
confirmed 500 acres; Cuyamungue,
claimed 1886 acres, confirmed 226 acres; /;
Santo Tomas de Iturbide, claimed and
confirmed $3.50 acres; Jose Manuel San
chez Baca, claimed and confirmed 4340
acres; Fernando de Taos, claimed and
confirmed 1000 acres; Refugio colony,
claimed and confirmed. 26,130 acres;
Mesilla colony. claimed and confirmed,
1851 acres; Santa Teresa, claimed and
confirmed 1861 acres; Santa Cruz,
claimed $4,000 acres, confirmed 1000
acres; Joaquin Mestas, claimed 3632.9
acres. confirmed 2500 acres.
GRANTS REJECTED
The following grants We're rejected:
Tres Alamos, 43,3S4.64 acres; Sierra
Mosca, 47,743 acres; Cebolla $1,000; Co
nejos, 2,500,000 acres; San Jose del En-
cinal, 12,207 acres; Town of Socorro,
S43,2 acres; Reyes Pacheco, 600 acres;
Jose Sutton, 69,445 acres; San Pablo y
Naciemento, $1,000 acres; Estancio,
415,O ,O36 acres; Abo Mine, 10000 acres;
Lo de Basquez 10000 acres; San .Ioa-
quin del Naciemento, 131,725 acres;
Pueblo de Quemado, 2SS,000 acres; Bish-
ops Ranch, 600 acres; Jose Ignacio
Alari, 1000 acres; Boque Jacinto Jara-
milo, 10000 acres; Diego de Belasco,
5000 acres: Santo Toribio de Jemez, 10O,-
900 acres; Bartolome Trujillo or San
Jose de Garcia, 1000 acres; Juan Jo-
seph Moreno, $4,000 acres; Francisco
Xavier Romero, 300 acres; Sitio de Nav
ajo. II ,4S0 acres; Jose de Leyba, $4,000
acres.
SURVEYS APPROVED.
Surveys of grants amounting to 3O3,-
S06. SO acres were approved in New Mex
leo during that period. fhe follow tils
are the surveys approved: Arroyo Hon
do, 20,629.3S acres; Sebastian de Vargas.
13,434.2S acres; Piedra Lumbre, 9,749.S9
acres; Luis Jaramillo, 10,693.9S acres;
Tacoma, 6952.S4 acres; Polvadera, 35,-
761 IA acres; Ranches de Albuquerque,
35,0S4.7S acres; Galisteo, 26O.7S acres;
San Clemente, 37,O9929 acres; Felipe Ia
foya, 434O23 acres; Paiarto, 2S,724.22
acres; San M,ateo Spring, 434o.276 acres;
Salvador Gonzales, 202.S2 acres; Talaya
Hill, 1920 acres; Penasco Largo, 272.l6s
acres Pueblo of Laguna, 17,32S.9l acres;
Ell Ranchito, 494524 acres; Juan Bautis-
ia Valdez, 145S.67 acres; Canada de Co
chiti, 19,112.7S acres; Cieneguilla, 32O2.79
acres; Town of Bernalillo 3404.67 acres,
Angostura, 1579.45 acres; Santa Rosa dc
Cubero, 1916 496 acres; Miguel and San
tiago Montoya, 2963.57 acres.
PENDING FOR PRIMARY CONSID-
GRAFTON
The following case is the only one on
the docket pending for primary deter
mination, Town Of Albuquerque, acre
age claimed 1851 acres. remanded by
the supreme court.
PENDING ON SURVEY.
Grants with an estimated area of
575, 454.49 acres are pending on survey
in New Mexico. The grants are: Anto-
nio Sedillo, S66O6.21 acres; Gijosa, 49,
54O97 acres: Canada de Santa Clara.
1343.O3 acres; Dona Ana Bend colony
29,323 acres; Las Lagunitas, 43,653.0S
acres; Cevilleta, 2S5, ,431,36 acres; Canon
de Carnue, 1000 acres; Las Huertas, 2O,-
900 acres; Juan Salas or Alamitos 800
acres; Canon de Chama, 2796 acres; Ojo
de San Jose, 4340 acres; Santo Domingo
and San Felipe, 1900 acres; Santo Tom
as de Iturbide, $3.50 acres; Jose Man.
uel Sanchez Baca, 4340 acres; Fernan-
do de Taos, 1S99S9 acres; Mesilla colo.
ny, 1881 acres; Santa Cruz, 1000 acres,
Santo Domingo de Cundiyo, 500 acres:
Bartolome Sanchez, 5000 acres; Lo de
Padilla, $1,000 acres; Antonio Gutierrez,
l2, 900 acres; Joaquin Sedillo 5000 acres.
APPEALS.
The following cases are on appea
from the New Mexico district: San jose
del Encinal, 12,2O7 acres; appealed by
the United States; Estanoia, A5,OS,
acres, appealed by claimants; Santl
Teresa, 1851 acres, appealed by the
United States; Jose de Leyba, IS 00d
acres, appealed by the claimants, max
ing total of 454924 acres.
NOT DETERMIN ed
The following grants have been con-
firmed but the boundaries not We; de
termined: San Miguel del Bado, 5000
acres; Refugio colony, 26,130 acres.
PENDING FOR A REHEARING.
The following case is pending on a
motion for rehearing; Joaquin Mes
tas. $500 acres, on motion of the United
States.
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