El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-24
DATA SUBMITTED IN BEHALF Of
TEXAS OF THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE

3, p. 1881 this proposal was accepted by
the state of Texas
The Legislature of the state of Texas
by an act approved Feb. II, 1854 (Gam-
mels Laws of Texas, vol. s, D. 1920,
provided for the appointment of a COM
missioner by the governor to act in
conjunction with a commissioner to be
appointed by the United States in run
ming and marking the line here under
discussion between the state of Texas
and the territory of New Mexico. in ac-
ccrdance with the compact of 1850
An act Of congress. approved June g.
1858 I'll Stat, A. l., 800. provided for
me appointment of commissioner. by
the president of the United States, to
act in conjunction with the Texas COM
missioner. in running and marking
among others, this line.
The Clark Survey.
Pursuant 70 the rs bS rae represent
ative governments in 1858, John H.
Clark was appointed commissioner on
the part Of the United States and VIM
r. Scurry, on behalf of the state of
Texas After some correspondence be-
tween the secretary of the interior and
the governor of Texas, it was decided
to begin running and marking the line
between Texas and New Mexico at the
Rio Grande; thence eastward along the
32nd parallel to the 1O3rd meridian.
thence north along that meridian as
far as practicable. eek. Doc No. 20,
a Cong. LIST session, PIP. 206- 207).
The survey was begun on the ground
by the joint commissioners Jan. 3. 1859.
and the intersection of the Rio Grande.
and, the S2nd parallel having been de-
termlned, the line was run eastward
and marked along the parallel to the
IOSrd meridian, or what was determine
ed to be the 103rd meridian. by trans
fer from Frontera, Mexico, in accord
ance with instructions to commissioner
Clark by the secretary of the interior.
lex. Doc 20. 264.)
On the 23rd of May. 1859. the running
and marking of the 103rd meridian,
north was begun and continued by ]. Fl.
Clark alone. the Texas commissioner
having abandoned the work Clark ran
and marked the line north 20 miles. or a
little beyond the 33rd degree of Iatf-
tude- Ib- p 1881 Finding it imprac-
ticable, because of a scarcity of wafer
TO proceed further, he then returned
west to the Pecos river and proceeded
up that river. and across to the inter-
section Of the 103rd meridian and $3.50
north latitude. He located that inter-
section which constituted the north
west corner of Texas by observations
to obtain the latitude, and by taking
up the 1O3rd meridian, as then estab-
lished at the Kansas boundary, and
transferring it to latitude $3.50. in ac-
cordance with his Instructions from the
secretary of the interior. Qb D. 1861
Having been Joined at this intersection
by another Texas commissioner, he con-
tinued the prolcngation of the 103ra
meridian. So was begun on August
%. 1859 lib. p. 299). and continued to a
point south of the 34th degree of north
latitude. lib. p 27S) which, because of
the lateness of the season. and the oc-
currence of a succession of sand hills,
the work was halted late in October,
end never resumed along this meridian
by him or any other commissioner rep
resenting the United States
Clark's Report.
Commissioner Clark, in his report of
October q, 1859, to the secretary of the
interior, states that he ran the line on
the 103rd meridian north (from its in
tersection with the 32nd paralleD 20
miles Ib. p. 279); and that he ran and
marked the line on the 105rd meridian
south from its intersection with latitude