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lative assembly of New Mexico, now in session, most earnestly and respectfully memorialize and request the governor and legislative assembly of the state of Illinois to urge and insist that the representatives in congress from their state should concur in the said amendments to said bill as made by the United States senate, giving to New Mexico separate statehood, as being a just measure and one in the best interest of the people of New Mexico, as well as placing them on equal footing, as to full citizenship, with the other people of the United States.

JOINT MEMORIAL 5.

PROTESTING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AGAINST THE WITHDRAWAL OF LANDS FROM PUB

LIC ENTRY IN SAN JUAN COUNTY. H. J. M. No. 5; Approved March 2, 1905.

Whereas, certain public lands in San Juan county, New Mexico, and within the Santa Fe land district have been by telegram of August 22, 1904, and by letter of September 12, A. D. 1904, by the commissioner of the general land office withdrawn from all forms of entry under the first class form of withdrawal and for irrigation works and purposes, which said lands so withdrawn include and embrace the following described lands, to-wit:

All of townships 31 and 32 north, range 10 west.

All of townships 30 and 31 north, range 11 west.

All of townships 29, 30, 31 and 32 north, range 12 west.

All of townships 29, 30, 31 and 32 north, range 13 west.

All of township 29 north, range 14 west, which is not included

in the Navajo Indian reservation.

All of township 30 north, range 14 west.

All of township 30 north of range 15 west.

And whereas the public lands lying and being situate upon the south and east sides of the Rio Las Animas river and within two miles of the said Rio Las Animas river on the north and west side of said river in the following townships and ranges, to-wit:

Townships 31 and 32 north, range 10 west.
Townships 30 and 31 north, range 11 west.
Townships 29 and 30 north, range 12 west, and

Townships 29 and 30 north, of range 13 west, can be reclaimed and brought under irrigation without the means of storage reservoirs by canals and ditches from the Rio Las Animas and Rio San

Juan rivers, and that these lands do not require storage reservoirs to be built to irrigate and reclaim the same.

That it is that portion of the public lands withdrawn lying and being in the following townships and ranges which can only be reclaimed by storage reservoirs, to-wit:

All of townships 31 and 32 north of range 12 west.
All of townships 31 and 32 north, range west.
All of township 29 north of range 14 west.

All of township 30 north, range 14 west, and

All of township 30 north, range 15 west, and all that portion of the following townships and ranges lying on the north and the west side of the Rio Las Animas river and that portion commencing two miles west and north of said Rio Las Animas river in said townships, to-wit:

Township 29 north, range 13 west.
Township 30 north, range 12 west.
Township 31 north, range 11 west, and
Township 32 north, range 10 west.

That the townships and ranges of land herein described as lying west and north of the Rio Las Animas river and those portions of townships lying two miles west and north of the Rio Las Animas river through which Rio Las Animas runs are proper lands to be withdrawn from entry for agricultural purposes under the homestead and desert land entry acts but that these lands are underlaid with coal or a portion of these lands are underlaid with coal and that coal land entries should not be discriminated against or disallowed upon these lands; and that all that portion those lands herein above described as lying west and north of the Rio Las Animas river is under and subject to the recent surveys made by the government for storage reservoirs and can only be reclaimed and irrigated by a system of storage reservoirs and it is the proper thing for these lands to be withdrawn from entry for agricultural purposes that all that portion of the lands herein described as lying east and south of the Rio Las Animas river and in those townships and ranges through which said Las Animas river runs including the lands within two miles of said Las Animas river on the north and east side thereof do not need storage reservoirs to reclaim and irrigate them and that they can be reclaimed and irrigated from canals and ditches taken from the Rio Las Animas and Rio San Juan rivers where there is an abundance of water for irrigation purposes.

That the County of San Juan is one of the undeveloped counties

of New Mexico, and that it has large bodies of rich coal lands and rich agricultural and fruit lands some of which can be irrigated without storage reservoirs and some of which require storage reservoirs to irrigate and reclaim the same. The County of San Juan is rapidly settling up with farmers and fruit growers, stock raisers and actual settlers who desire to locate, settle and file under the government land laws on those portions of the public lands which can be irrigated and reclaimed by canals and irrigation ditches without the necessity of storage reservoirs and many applications for coal lands have been made since this order of withdrawal which said applications have been rejected because of said order of withdrawal from any forms of entry and that the existence of that order of withdrawal as to those agricultural lands lying east and south of the Rio Las Animas river and as to the entry of coal lands embraced within the limits of the lands in said order and that the existence of said order which embraces more lands than it should embrace is proving very detrimental and injurious to the settlement and advancement of the County of San Juan. That the County of San Juan is rapidly settling up and being filled with a thrifty class of industrial farmers, fruit growers and stock raisers many of whom would make entries and file upon both agricultural and coal lands if this order did not prevent the same. That this order of withdrawal in its present condition and to its full extent as now held by the local land office at Santa Fe, N. M., is a great detriment and drawback to the rapid settlement and development of San Juan county and that the order of withdrawal should be modified to that extent to eliminate all lands from coal entries of filings and to eliminate that portion of the lands lying south and east of the Rio Las Animas river within two miles of it on the west and north side of the Rio Las Animas river where storage reservoirs are not necessary and to permit the entry of such lands by actual settlers for agricultural purposes under the homestead and desert land entry laws.

Therefore, be it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

That the Hon. Secretary of the interior department and the Hon. Commissioner of the general land office at Washington, D. C., be, and they are hereby requested, to modify their order of withdrawal of August 22, and September 12, A. D., 1904, withdrawing from all forms of entry the lands herein before mentioned and that they eliminate from that order and restore to entry all coal

lands and all agricultural lands lying within two miles of the Rio Las Animas river on the north and west side of the Rio Las Animas river and on the south and east sides of the Rio Las Animas river herein above described and designated to be withdrawn and that the same be immediately or at the earliest convenience restored to entry for the above purposes under the public land laws.

JOINT MEMORIAL 6.

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, REQUESTING THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL NO. 7269, RELATIVE TO THE PAJARITO CLIFF DWELLERS' NATIONAL PARK. H. J. M. No. 2, Approved March 2, 1905.

Whereas, there is now pending in the congress of the United States a bill introduced by Hon. John F. Lacey of Iowa, establishing the Pajarito cliff dwellers' national park in this territory, and

Whereas, the speedy passage of said bill by the present congress is very important, for the protection of the extensive and interesting ruins within the boundaries of said park, and for the accommodation of scientists and tourists from all parts of the world who desire to visit the same;

Now therefore, (if the council concur)

Be it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico:

That the congress of the United States be earnestly requested to pass house bill No. 7269 entitled "To set apart certain lands in the Territory of New Mexico as a public park, to be known as the Pajarito cliff dwellers' national park, for the purpose of preserving the pre-historic caves and other works and relics therein" at its present session.

Resolved, That a copy of this memorial be sent to the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives of the United States, and to Hon. J. F. Lacey and Hon. B. S. Rodey.

JOINT MEMORIAL 7.

PETITIONING THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES TO PASS LEGISLATION REGULATING INTERESTATE COMMERCE IN THE MATTER OF ADULTERATED FOODS, ETC. A. C. J. M. No. 5; Approved March 3, 1905.

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, of the United States of America, in Congress assembled:

The people of the Territory of New Mexico, through your memoralists the thirty-sixth legislative assembly, now in session at Santa Fe, respectfully advise the congress of the United States that the legislature of this territory has heretofore enacted laws for the protection of the people against adulterated, misbranded and deleterious foods, drugs, and medicines, and realizing the necessity for adequate legislation by congress to protect the states against interstate commerce which is beyond the control of the territory, in such prohibited articles, does hereby memorialize the senate of the United States to speedily enact efficient legislation prohibiting interstate commerce in adulterated, misbranded and deleterious foods, drugs and medicines to the end that the laws of our territory relative thereto may be more effective.

The secretary of the territory shall forward at once a certified copy of this memorial to the president of the senate and one to the speaker of the house of representatives.

JOINT MEMORIAL 8.

URGING THE CREATION OF A NEW LAND OFFICE DISTRICT WITH H. J. M. No. 3; Approved March

OFFICE AT SANTA ROSA.

13, 1905.

Whereas, there is urgent necessity for the establishment of another land office district in the Territory of New Mexico to be composed of the territory herein below described, and

Whereas, in the opinion of this legislative assembly, the town of Santa Rosa is the most accessible and suitable place in the proposed district for the location of a land office, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

That the congress of the United States be and it is hereby requested to enact at once such a law as will provide for a new land

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