El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-24

$780, 1S4 miles Qb p. 2sO); erecting
altogether, on both lines. 26 monu-
ments chiefly of earth and stone CID
PIP. 302-303).
The commissioner of the general land
office of the United States, in a letter to
the secretary of the interior of date
of Jan. IL, 1882, states that the of11ce
work connected with this survey was
never completed by commissioner
Clark, but that all of the field work
was executed except part OF the
west boundary, which was not run. VIZ;
from SO north latitude to 1874 north
latitude (Ib. D. -. which substantially
agrees with Clark's report. of OCTOBER
"a 1859 that: After the establishment
and marking of the corner. the lO5rd
meridian was taken up and surveyed
across the Canadian and to point on
the Llano Estacado, south of the 34tn
parallel: a distance, with the survey
from the Kansas boundary. of about 24O
miles" Gb. p. 27S); and his letter OF
July Is, 1860, that he purposes running
out and marking the arc that remains
(about so degrees) of this meridian on
my return" referred. of course. to the
hiatus between the 33rd and 34th par
allel which had not been actually run
on the ground (Ib. p. $500
This left a hiatus of about 56 miles
between the termini of Clarks north
and south lines along the 103rd merid-
ian, covering the greater portion OF the
western boundaries of the counties OF
Yoakum and Cochran in the state of
Texas; and a portion of the eastern
boundary of the county of Chaves in
New Mexico.
BY the act of March 3, 1891, the con-
gress Of the United States confirmed
and adopted the lines run and marked
by commissioner Clark (along the sup
posed 103rd meridian), in the follow
ing language:
THAT the boundary line between
said public land strip OF Texas. and be-
tween Texas and New Mexico establish
ed under the act of June 5. 1858, is
hereby confirmed (26 Stats, A. L., p.
I'D
Thisac of the congress was in terms
accepted by joint resolution Of the leg
islature of the state of Texas. passed
on March %, 1891. duly establishing and
accepting the lines laid down by Clark
as the true boundary line between Tex
as and New Mexico. (Gammers Laws
of Texas, vol. 10. p 1861
Facts Summarized.
Summa rizing, then, the facts appear
to be:
1. That the 1OSrd meridian from
latitude $3.50 north. south to latitude
80 north. was adopted as the western
boundary line of the Texas panhandle
by compact between the governments
of the United States and the state of
Texas in 1850.
2. That 20 miles were run and mark
ed northward along the 103rd meridian,
from the southeast corner of New Mex
ico and 1S4 miles were run and marked
southwark along said meridian from
the northwest corner of Texas, by ]. II.
Clark, commissioner of the United
States. in 1859.
8. That a portion of Clark's old line
south from the northwest corner of
Texas along the 103rd meridian was re-
traced by w. S. Mabry. an official sur
veyor of the state of Texas. in the years
1Ss2-1SS5; and 30 of Clark's monu
ments, including the one marking the
northwest corner, identified certainly.
ard the position Of one NO 20). accu-
rately That Clark's monuments Is
ard Is so identified by Mabry were
identified by United States surveyors
Taylor and Foss in 1888.
H. That the congress and the legisla-
ture Of the state Of Texas adopted
Clarks survey.
5. That the Clark line for 20 miles
north from the southeast corner of New
Mexico has been retraced, and his mon
uments identified by surveyors of the
territory of New Mexico, and marked a
lire connecting the termini OF Clark's
survey.
s. That state surveyor Mabry's line |
from the northwest corner south 40
miles was retraced by United States
surveyor Preston, and the Clark monu- /
ments identified
T. That the state of Texas has sold :
nearly all Of the land with the recog- |
milton OF the Clark's lines.
s. That the state has frequently ex- /
ercised political and police jurisdiction /
over the territory east of the Clark /
lines.
8. That the United States have acqui- /
esced IN such acts.