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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

Santa Fe, N. Mex., September 21, 1892. SIR: In response to the request contained in your letter of July 21 I have the honor to transmit the following report on the condition, the progress, and the development of this Territory during the last year. Very respectfully,

Hon. JOHN W. NOBLE,

L. BRADFORD PRINCE,
Governor of New Mexico.

Secretary of the Interior.

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REPORT

OF THE

THE GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO.

LAND TITLES.

This subject will necessarily occupy the most important place in any report, until the titles are settled.

In my last report I spoke of the great satisfaction with which the passage of the "land-court act" was hailed in this Territory. This was increased when the president appointed the members of the court, and the admirable character of the selection of judges became generally known.

The court was organized at Denver July 1, 1891, and its first session for the transaction of business in this Territory was opened at Santa Fe, December 1, 1891. Subsequent sessions have been held, commencing March 1, 1892, and August 15, 1892.

The members of the court are as follows: Hon. Joseph R. Reed, chief justice, Iowa. Associate justices: Hon. Thomas C. Fuller, North Carolina; Hon. Wilbur S. Stone, Colorado; Hon. William W. Murray, Tennessee; Hon. Henry C. Sluss, Kansas; and its officers as follows: Matt. G. Reynolds, United States attorney; James H. Reeder, clerk; Thos. B. Baldwin, deputy clerk for Colorado; Ireneo L. Chavez, deputy clerk for New Mexico; Eusebio Chacon, interpreter; Luman F. Parker, stenographer; A. H. Jones, marshal; Colorado, Trinidad Romero, marshal, New Mexico.

The following is a list of claims that have been presented to September 1, 1892.

1. Cubero land grant, Valencia County, 16,000 acres.

2. Plaza Colorado land grant, Rio Arriba County, 15,000 acres.

3. San Rafael del Valle grant, Arizona, 20,034.62 acres.

4. San ntonio del Rio Colorado grant, 18,955.22 acres.

5. Arroyo Hondo grant, 23,040 acres.

6. Sebastian de Vargas grant, Santa Fe County, 24,000 acres. 7. Bernabé M. Montaño graut, Bernalillo County, 34,000 acres.

8. City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, 12,000 acres.

9. Lucero de Godoi grant, 67,480.02 acres.

10. Rancho del Rio Grande, Taos County, 109,000 acres.
11. Alameda grant, Bernalillo County, 106,274.87 acres.
12. José Duran grant, Santa Fe County, 425.85 acres.
13. Socorro grant, Socorro County, area, 4 square leagues.
14. Francisco Montes Vigil grant, Taos County, 34,997 acres.

15. Antonio Sedillo grant, Valencia County, 88,079.78 acres.
16. Gijosa grant, Taos County, area undetermined.

17. Pueblo de Santa Clara grant, Rio Arriba County (claimants, Indians of Santa Clara), 90,000 acres.

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