The oasis., 1905-04-15
nEpARrMENr on THE INTERIOR. oalee

IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office
 " of the '. S. 5urveyorGenerAi, Phoenix, Arizona, March Q I9v5. To whom this may con ceTn :-~Notice is hereby given that will, sixty days subsequent to the date hereof. or as soon thereafter ns practicable. pursuant to instruc. lions received from the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, through the Commissioner of tHe General Land Office, under date Oi January il. 1905, proceed with the survey and location of tract of land known by designation AS the Baca Float Number Three. situate in Santa Cruz County, Tertiary of Arizona, and as selected by the heirs Of one Louis Maria Baca, or their duly appointed representatives, on the I7th day of June, 1863. described as follows: aCommencing at a point one mile and half from the base Of the salero Mountain in direction of fortyhve degrees east ot the hign- est point of said mountain, runn1ng thence from said beginning point, west twelve miles,
 lhirty-six chains and fortytour links. thence south twelve miles, thirty-slx chains and forty four links, thence east twelve miles thirty
 six chains and l0rtyf0ur links, thence north twelve miles thirty-six chains and fortyf four links, to the place Of beginning, the same being situate in chat portion of New Mexico, now included by Act Of Congress, approved February 24, 1863, in the Territory of Arizona under the Act Of Congress, approved June 2l, Is60, section (, which reads #And be it fur ther enacted that it shall be lawful for heirs of Louis Maria Baca who make claim to the said tract of land AS is claimed by the town of Las Vegas, to select instead ot the land claimed by them. an equal quantity of vacant land, not mineral, in the Territory of New Mexico, which Territory at that time, included what is now known as the Territory of Arizona, Ito be located by them in square bodies, not ex- ceeding five in number. And 1t shall be the duty of the Surveyor-General of New Mexico, to make survey and location of the lands so selected by said heirs Of Baca when thereunto required by them: provided, however, that the right hereby granted 10 said heirs of Baca shall continue in force during three years from the passage of this Act and no longer" Certificates were duly filed on March 27 1864 by the attorney forthe Baca heirs to the effect that the lands embraced by the above selection were unsurveyed, vacant, and not mineral as far as they had any information on the subject. So much of the said tract of land as was vacant
 June F 1863, is to be incorporated in the survey as subject to the grant, and all lands that may hereafter be ascertained by due investigation, to have been occupied, or known to be mineral at such date, if any, within the boundaries of the said selection will be excluded from the survey as not being subject thereto. All per sons, if any claiming an interest in the above described tract of land adverse to the grant claimants, will be heard at such stated times and places during the progress the survey may hereafter be appointed hy me. on the question of the known character Of the land, and whether the same was vacant at the date of tse selection, June r, 1863. Further intar- nation will be furnished you upon application to the undersigned. FRANK s. INGALLS,, U. s. Snryeyor-Ieneral for Arizona. lot.