The oasis., 1905-05-20
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office
 0 of the U. S. Snrveyor-G General, Phoenix, Arizona, March 8 19u5. To whom this may con cern :-Notice is hereby given that will, sixty days subsequent to the date hereof, or as soon thereafter practicable. pursuant to instrue- tions received from the Honorable Secretary of the Interior. through the Commissinper of Genera Land Office, under date Of January l2, 1905, proceed with the survey and location of tract 0i land known by designation as the Baca Float Number Three, situate in Santa Cruz County, Territory of Arizona, and selected by the heirs of one Louis Maria Baca, their duly appointed representatives on the 17th day of June. 1863, described as follows: "Gpmmencing Ut point one mile and half from the base Of the SAlero Mountain ln Il direction of forty-tye degrees east of the high
 est point Of said mountain, running thence from said beginning point, west twelve miles
 thirtv-six chains aud forty-ionr links, thence south twelve miles, thirty-sx 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 of Congress. approved February 24, 1863, in the Territory of Arizona " under the Act of Congress, approved June 2l, lA60 section {, which reads. And be it fur ther enacted that 1t shall be lawful for heirs of Louis Maria BaeA, who make claim to the said tract 0f land as is claimed by the town of as Vegas, 10 select instead of the land claimed by them, an equal quantity of vacant land, not mineral, in the Territory of New Mexico, "WnlCn iSrfltOFy dt tuHt tl!Oes 1ucluutu Wubt is now known as the Territory of Arizona. "tO be located by them in square bodies, not ex- ceeding five in number And it shall be the duty of the Surveyor General of New Mexico. 10 make survey and location of the lands so selected by said heirs of Baca when thereuntl required by them: provided. however, that the right hereby granted 10 said heirs oi bata shall continue in force during three years from the passage of this Act and no longer,
 Certificates were duly filed on March v. 'sb8 by the attorney forthe Bsea heirs,to the eneet that the lands embraced by the above selection were unsnrveyed vacant and not mlnerat, as far as they tad any information on the suhlett. So much of the said tract Of land as was vHcant. June l7, iS6S is to be incorporated m the survey as subject to tle grant, aud all lands that may hereafter be ascertaned hy due investigations. to hay, been occupied, or known to be mineral at such date if any. within the boundarses ct the satd 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 1t such stated times and places during the progress the survey as may Hereafter be appointed by me, on Ihe question of the known character of the land. and whether the same was vacant at the date of te selection, June 11, lS63 Further inior- nation will be furnished you upon application to the undersigned. FRANK S. INGALIs, '. s. Surveyor General for Arizona. lot.