Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-14
THE BOARD or TRUSTEES or
THE LAS VEGAS GRANT DE-
FINE THEIR POSITION.
The Board Will Make a Legal Contest
Against the Condemnation Of the
Canyon by the Aqua Pura Company.

At the meeting OF the a OF
Trustees Of the Las Vegas Grant,
October 10, 1903. the following re
solution was introduced by Mr.. Jose
Felix Esquibel:
Whereas it has come to the knowl-
edge OF this board that there is con-
/ siderable doubt and anxiety among
The residents on the Las Vegas grant
as to the attitude of this board to-
wards persons who have been residing
upon and %cultiyating small tracts OF
land OH the grant without actual title
thereto other than their said possess.
ion,
And whereas, it is advisable that
the attitude Of this board towards
such persons be clearly defined at
this time.
Now, therefore, Be It Resolved by
the board Of trustees OF the Las We
gas grant that this board intends to
recognize, and will recognize, the title
of all persons within the limits Of the
Las Vegas grant who have heretofore,
in good faith, settled upon and cult
waited, occupied and improved small
tracts OF land within the boundaries
Of the Las Vegas grant, and who have
so occupied, used and cultivated such
tracts for a period sufficiently long to
show the good faith Of their occu-
pancy, to the satisfaction Of this
board, and that this board does not
intend 70, and will not, in any way
modest such persons in their said pos
sessions; and
Be it further Resolved, That this
board will hereafter, in accordance
with rules and regulations to be made
by the board, and by the proof OF cul-
tivation, occupancy, use and improve
ment to the satisfaction Of this board,
give quit claim deeds to all OF such
persons for the land so, Is aforesaid,
held, used and claimed by them.
Mhereupon. Z. v. Long moved the
amendment OF said resolution by the
addition thereto OF the following.
Second-Ten years of actual, con-
~tinuous, open, exclusive and notorious
possession, when established, shall be
sufficient evidence to justify the board
in executing quit claim deeds for
lands referred to In the foregoing
resolutions, but in all such cases, the
reasonable expense OF establishing
such claims shall be borne by the
claimants of such lands, and this rule
applies only to tracts not exceeding
100 acres; and in cases where such
possession has been for less than ten
years, but has been in good faith, the
board will make such reasonable ad'
justment, in each case, as y Just and
right under all circumstances.
. The amendment 50 offered was &C
cepted, and %thereupon the resolution
as amended was unanimously adopt
ed.
The following preamble and resolu
tions we're also unanimously adopted
to-wit:
Whereas the Aqua Pura company
Of Las Vegas, New Mexico, has with
out any application to lease the same
and without any effort to come to any
understanding with this board o.
trustees, instituted and now has pend
ing in the district court Of this county
proceedings to condemn a consider
able part of the bed Of the Gallinas
J river, in Gallinas canyon, under the
| claim that the same is necessary tc
! furnish a sufficient water supply fol-
the domestic uses Of consumers of wa
ter, and whereas the effect Of sucf
condemnation proceeding, IL success
full, will be to diyest the owners o.
such bed, for whom this board Is act