The oasis., 1905-05-13
nEPARTMENT oF THE INTERIOR, once

IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office
 V of the U. s. Surveyor. General, Phoenix, Arizona March g. 1905. To whom this may con- cern:-Notice is hereby given that will, sixty days subsequent to the date hereof. or as soon thereafter ns practicable, pursuant 10 instrue- tions received from the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, through the Commisslvner oi tue 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 l7th day of June, 1863, described as follows: "Commencing at point one mile and hat direction of iorty-five degrees east of the high est point of said mountain, running thence from said beginning, point, west twelve miles,
 thirty-six chains and forty-four links, thence south twelve miles, thirty-six chains aud 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 C0ngre' <, approved June 2l, ls60, section 6, which read>: '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 ] as Vegas, to select instead oi tue land claimed by them. an equal quantity of vacant land, not mineral, in the Territory of New Mexico, ! is now known as the Territory of Arizona, "to
 be located by them in square bodies, not ex- ueeding five in number. And 1t shall be the duty of the Suryeyor-General of New Mexico, to make survey and location of the lands so selected by said heirs 0f Baea when thereunto required by them; provided however, that the right hereby granted to said heirs of Bnca shall continue in force during three years from the passage of this Act snd no longer" Certificates were duly filed on March 27, 1864 by the attorney for the Baca hers.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 l7 1863, is to be incorporated in the survey as subject to the grant, and all lands that may hereafter be aseertained by due investigation, 10 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 1 survey as not being subject thereto. All per sons, if any, claiming an interest in the above l described tract of land adverse to the grant claimants, will be heard at such stated times and places during the progress the survey as may hereafter be appointed by 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 inlor- nation will be furnished you upon application ! to the undersigned. FRANK s. INGALLS,, U. $. l Surveyor-General for Arizona. lVt.