The oasis., 1905-03-25
IMPAIRMENT ov THE INTERIOR. oaice

IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office
 O of the U. E. Surveyor General, Phoenix, Arizona, March 9, i9O5. To whom this may con- cern Notice IS hereby viyen that will, sixty days subsequent to the date hereof or As soon thereafter practicable, pursuant Co instruc- tons received from the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, through the Commissioner of tGe General Land office, under date of January i2. 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, Territory 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: "COmmencing at point one mile and half from the base of the Salero Mountain in direction Of fOrty-fiye degrees east of the high est point of said mountain, running thence from said beginning point, west twelve miles,
 ihirtysix chains and forty-iour links, thence south twelve miles, thirty-slx chains and forty four links, thence east twelve miles thirty
 six chains and forty four links thence north twelve miles. thirty-six chains and forty four links. to the place of beginning. the same being situate in that portion of New Mexico, now Included by Act 0t Congress, approved February 24, 1863. in the Territory of Arizona under the Act Of Congress, approved June 2i, 1s60 section (, which reads: And be it iur- ther enacted, that 1t shall be lawful for heirs of Louis Marin Baca, who make claim to the said tract of land as is claimed by the town of Las Vegas, to select instead of the land claimed by them. an eqnal 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 Survey0r-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 i'll force during three years from the passage of this Act and no longer" Certificates were duly filed on March 27. 1864 by the attorney for the Baca heirs to the effect that the lands embraced by the above selection were unsuryeyed, 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 7,lS63, 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 all 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 0 the survey as may hereafter be appointed by met on the question of the known character of the land, and whether the same WAS vacant At the date of t..e selection, June IT, 1863. Further fnior- nation will be furnished you upon application to the undersigned. FRANK s. INGALLS,, U. s. Surveyors r-l4eneraI for Arizona lot.