Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-17
lRRIGATION,COMMITTE
TEXT OF IMPORTANT REsoLu.
TioN LOOKING TOWARD
SALE OF $4,000 ACRES OF
TERRITORIAL LAND.
Secretary Of the interior Asked to In
tercst Himself in Various Storage
Propositions.-other Matters in In.
terest.

Yesterday, The Optic gave the sub
stance Of q resolution passed by the
territorial irrigation commission, re-
garding the sale of $4,000 acres of
territorial lands. The full text Of the
resolution follows:
It was the sense OF the commission
that pending settlement Of these irri-
cation propositions, no more land will
be located for other than irrigation
purposes. 1t proposes that no more
pasturage privileges win be recon
mended till all irrigation propositions
are settled.
The commission decided to offer for
sale Of the 100000 acres at It's dispos-
al for the Improvement Of the Rio
Grande %one-fourth, or $4,000 acres,
and the following resolution was
adopted upon this subject:
Whereas, at our April meeting this
commission recommended to the ter
ritorial board of public lands the sale
OF $4,000 acres of land granted by
congress for the improvement Of the
Rio Grande, to the highest bidder af-
ter advertisement, a prices moi less
than 81 per acre. plus the cost of Sc
lection and entry-the bidder to have
the right Of selection Of the lands;
and the territorial board of public
lands has decided that it has no pow
er to advertise such sale until after
the lands have been selected: there
fore,
Resolved. that this commission
will receive bids for the purchase OF
lands to the aggregate amount Of not
exceeding $4,000 acres, in tracts not
exceeding 160 acres or less than 40
acres to any one purchaser, to be
designated by legal subdivisions in the
bid, at price Of not less than 81 per
acre plus the cost Of location; and
that this commission will recommend
to the board OF public lands to cause
to be selected for the territory. such
lands so bid for as II deems proper,
and upon the selection Of the same.
and approval by the secretary Of the
interior, to advertise the lands for
sale and sell them to the highest bid
der for cash-the original application
to stand 40 a bid and to have prefer
ence over other bids Of the same price.
Each bid to be accompanied by . GER
tilted check payable to the secretary
Of this commission amounting to Is
cents per acre upon the land applied
for. which will be returned to him
In case the land Is not recommended
for selection. but In case the land Is
recommended for selection said money
will be held until the land Is finally
offered for sale or sold: and If the
applicant then becomes the purchaser
the sum so deposited will be credited
upon the purchase; II the land Is sold
to another purchaser at a higher
price, It will be returned to the de-
positor; II not so sold and the deposit
or fails to make good his bid, 1t Is TO
be forfeited to the territory. All bids
will be received by the secretary OF
commission up to four O'Clock
m, September 8, 1903, and the same
will be opened in his office on the
following day.
Forms of APPLICATION for such selec-
lion and purchase will be furnished by
secretary Of this commission"
An other resolution was adopted in
which the commission asks the hon.
'rable secretary OF the interior TO
nave Investigations made under the
reclamation act" looking to the stor-
lge OF water In the basins OF the Cim-
lrron. the Red river, Canadian and
santa Fe rivers. President Richard.
ION was instructed to transmit q copy
4 this resolution to Secretary Hitch.
,ock at Warrington.
Other business was transacted BE-
ore the commission as follows:
Jaritos Ditch 4 Reservoir company
u Springer, asked to enter into Z
contract involving the defamation Of
1000 acres Of arid lands, the construc-
lon Of largo reservoirs In Colfax
a minute description OF the
properties involved to be submitted
alter. This application was approved.
J. N. Sandoval Of Sandoval. Sando-
al county. asked to enter into a con-
ract involving the construction of a
eservoir In Sandoval county and the
exclamation Of about 1900 acres OF
rid lands. This application was also
pproved.
T. G. Hunt OF Texico. appeared by
asking for pasture privilege
n 5000 acres OF land situated in