Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-23


shall be held in trust and any dispo-
sitlon OF them in violation of the acl
shall be held a breach of trust. Thi.
section provides IN detail for the
proper procedure in the sale Of tho
lands and their products, al sales tO
be az public auction to the best hid.
der, the euction 70 he advertised 81,
directed. This section further pro.
Nidos that.
Lands east OF the line between
ranges rs and ~ east of the New
Mexico nIincipal meridian shpll not
be sold for less than 81 per acre. and
lands west Of said line shall not bc
sold for less than 50 per acre, and
no ltnds which are or shall be sns-
ecptiblc of irrigation under any pro-
iects now or hereafter completed OF
adopted by the United States under
legislation for the reclamation OF
lends or under any other project foI
the reclamation Of lands, shah he sold
ri loss than $25 pcr acre. Provided.
that said state, 1T the request Of the
secretary Of the interior, snail fl
time to time %rclinquish such Of rs
lands TO tho United States ms nc any
time are needed for irl LEGATION works
IN connection with my such govern
ment project, And other lands in lieu
thereof IRE hereby granted to said
state, to he selected from lands o.
the character named and in the man
ner prescribed ia section II of this
cot.
Water Power Reservations.
There IS reserved 60 the United
states all land available for water
power. hydro electric use or trans
mission, an equal quantity of other
lands to be granted in lieu Of the
fcrmcr. Separate funds shall he
maintained for each OF the several
objects for which grants aIe mede or
confirmed and no money shall be
taken from onc fund and placed in
another. The state treasurer IL In
structed as To the Investment Of the
sGid moneys.
Sections n end IL provide for the
selection Of lands granted In quan-
tity or as indemnity from the snr-
Veyed, unresotved pnd unNppropriatcd
non-mincral federal lands By D COM
mission including the governor, SUI
veyor general and attorney general.
"and after its admission into the
Union caid state may procure public
lands OF The United states within it's
boundaries TO be surveyed with a
view to satisfying any public land
grants made 10 said state in the same
mCnner prescribed for The procure
mert Of such surveys by Washington.
ldfho ana Other states by the ret OF
congress approved August rs, 1884
tTwenty-eighth statutes ut Large
pGge 39i), and the provisions Of said
Get. insofar re they lelatc 20 such
surveys end the preference right OF
selection, arc hereby extended To the
tnf.l af4f.- Lf NAN A4agtg. MA, fa.,
to be paid to the register and re-
ccivor for each final location or soIec-
tion e 100 ceres mado hereunder
shall be S100.'
Section IL says: That en- grants Of
lends heretofore made by my eet OF
congress to said territory. except to
the extent modified 81 repealed BY
this ret ,aie hereby ratified and cen
firIncd to said state. subject to the
provisions Of this act. Provided.
however. that nothing IN this act con-
tained shall, directly or Indirectly, af-
feet any litigation now pending and
to witch the United States is . party.
on eny right or claim therein as
serted.
Provisions for Courts.
The following sections provide for
the administration Of the courts IN the
new state.
Section Is. That the state, when
as aforesaid, shall constitute
ono judicial district and the circuit
and district courts OF said district
shall be held at the capital OF said
state. and the said district shall. for
judicial purposes. be attached TO the
judicial circuit, There shall he
appointed for said district one district
Judge, one United States attorney and
one United States marshal, The judge
OF said district shall receive q yearly
the same ms other similar
Judges Of the United States, payable
rs provided for by law, ana shall re-
side IN the district to which he Is app
pointed. There shall be appointed
of said courts, who shall keep
offices at the capital of said
state.
The regular terms Of said court
shah be held on the first Monday IN
April ana the first Monday In october
Of each year. The circuit of said dis
trict courts for said district, and the
thereof respectively, shall pos
scss the same powers and jurisdiction
md perform the same duties required
TO he performed by the other circuit
md district courts and Judges Of the
United states, and shall lc governed
by the same laws and regulations.
fhe marshal, district attorney and the
Jerks of the circuit court and district
sOurt of said district, and all other
officers 0nd persons performing du-
les in the administration Of justice
herein. shall severally posses the
covers and perform the duties lawful
v possessed ana required to be per-
.ormcd by similar Officers in other
of the United states, and
han, for the services they may per-
orm, receive the fees and componsa-
ion now allowed by law to officers
performing similar services for the
inited States in the territory of New
GeXico. "a
Section IA. That in all eases Of APP
zeal or writ Of error and All other
proceedings heretofore lawfully pros
cuted and pending in the SUI
rene court Of the United States, or
II the proper circuit court of appeals
Ipon any record from the supreme
curt Of said territory, ana all cases
n appeal or writ 90 error and an I
proceedings heretofore lnwfully {
and now pending in the &
uprcme court of the United States S
pom any record from a district curt 4
{ said territory or IN any matter Of S
abcas corpus upon any return or T.
rider of "a district judge thereof. and n
II and singular the eases aforesaid a
hich hereafter shall be so lawfully @
and remain pending in the G.
ipreme court Of the United states Il
b. in the Hrat.r gfrgtrff gauFf of mn a