The oasis., 1905-04-01

NEPARTMENT or THE INFERIOR, Ofhce
 v 0f the [ S. Surveyor General Phoenix, Arizona, March 9, l9l5 To whom this may e0n- cern Notice is hereby viven that will, sixty days subsequent Go the date hereof. or as soon thereafter ss practicable, pursuant to instruc- tiOns received from he Honorable Secretary Of the Interior, through the Commissioner Of toe General Land Office, under date of January l2. 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 Oi 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 oi the Saiero Mountain ln direction of fOrty-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-iour links, thence south twelve les, thirty-six 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-tour links. to the place of beginning, the same
 being situate in that portion of New Mexico, now included by Act Of Congress, approved February 2a. 1883, in the Territory of Arizona under the Act oi Congress, approved June 2l, ls60 section {, which reads. "And be 1t 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 oi 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 it shall be the duty of the SurYeyoT-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 to 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 for the Baca heirs to the efeGt 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 IT 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 aud places during the progress Q 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 1 of tae selection, June IT. 1883. Further inior- nation will be furnished you upon application 1 to the undersigned. FRANK s. INGALLS,, U. S 1 suryevor-General for Arizona. lot.