office district to include all lands within the following boundaries, to-wit:

Beginning at the standard corner of township 1 north, between ranges 10 and 11 east, on the New Mexico principal base line; thence north along the range lines between ranges 10 and 11 east to the third standard parallel north; thence east along the said third standard parallel north to the east boundary line of New Mexico; thence south along the said east boundary line of New Mexico to the New Mexico principal base line, and thence west along the said New Mexico principal base line to the place of beginning; and then when such act shall have become a law the president of the United States is requested to fix the land office therein at Santa Rosa.

JOINT MEMORIAL 9.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, ASKING THAT THE NAVAJO INDIANS HAVING RESERVATIONS AND RESIDING WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, BE REQUIRED TO STAY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THEIR RESERVATION AND TO CEASE VIOLATIONS OF THE GAME LAWS OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. A. C. J. M. No. 6; Approved March 14, 1905.

Be it resolved, that the following joint memorial be adopted by the 36th legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: To the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C.:

Your memorialists, the thirty-sixth legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, submit for your consideration in behalf of the people of this territory, that the Navajo Indians residing in New Mexico, and particularly in the Counties of San Juan, Rio Arriba, Valencia, Socorro, Sierra, Grant, McKinley and Sandoval, are constantly taking up all the waters within a radius of twenty miles of their reservation, that they have taken the waters as aforesaid for the purpose of making sheep men pay them for the water in order to water their sheep. That this has become a great burden upon the sheep men of the Counties of Rio Arriba, San Juan, Valencia, Socorro, Sierra, Sandoval, Grant and McKinley, and of other portions of the Territory of New Mexico.

That the taking up of said waters by the said Navajo Indians

so far outside of their reservation and the depriving of the sheep men from using these watering places in the public domain is liable to lead to very serious difficulty if not to a war.

That the Navajo Indians residing in New Mexico, and particularly the Counties of San Juan, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, Valencia, Socorro, Sierra, Grant and McKinley, are constantly violating the game laws of the Territory of New Mexico, and are trespassing upon the public domain and the property of the American citizens residing in said Counties of Taos, San Juan, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, Valencia, Socorro, Sierra, Grant and McKinley by going off their reservations and grazing their stock on the lands of the citizens, driving the citizens stock from off their own lands and in some instances stealing and destroying the stock of citizens.

That the attention of the Indian agent at Fort Defiance has repeatedly been called to this state of affairs, but that no diminution of these violations have taken place, on the contrary, they are constantly on the increase.

That the citizens of the territory though respecting and living up to the laws of the territory, are compelled to see these violations constantly going on, without any protection therefrom, or prosecutions of Indians for such violations.

Therefore, in view of these facts, we urge and petition that you exercise the powers of your official positions, commanding the Indian agent to see that these violations cease and this your memorialists will ever pray.

And be it Further Resolved, That the clerk of the legislative council certify a copy of this memorial forthwith to the secretary of the interior and the commissioner of Indian affairs at Washington, D. C.

JOINT MEMORIAL 10.

REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO CREATE A SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. C. J. M. No. 8; Approved March 14, 1905.

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress Assembled:

The people of the Territory of New Mexico, through your memorialist, the thirty-sixth legislative assembly, now in session. at Santa Fe, respectfully petition that the congress of the United

States pass, at the earliest possible moment, an act creating a seventh judicial district for this territory, with headquarters at the city of Socorro and in that behalf respectfully represent:

That the large area required to be covered under present arrangements is such as to create an undue hardship upon the presiding judge of some of the districts;

That the mileage now made necessary on account of such large area contained in such districts, create an extravagant expense and is a burden upon the taxpayer as well as upon litigants having business before the court;

The creation of an additional judicial district in New Mexico will very materially assist the efficiency of the service and in the aggregate result in economic advantage to the taxpayer and greatly facilitate the transaction of the business generally.

And your memorialist will ever pray.

And be it further resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico:

That the secretary of this territory be and is hereby requested to certify a copy thereof forthwith to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States, and to the delegate in congress, the Hon. W. H. Andrews.

JOINT MEMORIAL 11.

PETITIONING THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO GRANT PERMISSION TO THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THAT PORTION OF THE CAMINO REAL KNOWN AS "THE SCENIC ROUTE ROAD" UPON AND ACROSS THE PECOS FOREST RESERVE. C. J. M. No. 9; Approved March 14, 1905.

To the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture:

Your memorialist, the thirty-sixth legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, most respectfully represents that pursuant to the provisions of an act of the thirty-fifth legislative assembly entitled "An Act to authorize and require the use of penitentiary labor to construct a public road from Santa Fe to Las Vegas," approved March 14, 1903, and the acts amendatory of and supplemental thereto, said road has been nearly completed from Santa Fe to the southern boundary line of the Pecos forest reserve and has been partially constructed from the City of Las Vegas to

a point near the eastern boundary line of said forest reserve; that the constructed road has been declared by the most reliable authority to be the best constructed mountain roadway in the United States; that it will soon be necessary, for the completion of said road, as contemplated by the act of the thirty-fifth legislative assembly, to make the proper surveys and estimates across the Pecos forest reserve; that for the purpose of making such preliminary surveys your memorialist is advised that it is necessary to first obtain permission from the honorable, the secretary of agriculture.

Your memorialist further states that at its present session it has enacted a law, under the provisions of which convict labor is to be employed in the construction and maintenance of a great highway having for its initial terminus a point on the Raton mountains on the line between the state of Colorado and the Territory of New Mexico, where said mountain range was formerly crossed by the old Santa Fe trail, and ending at El Paso in the state of Texas. That said highway has been called in said act "El Camino Real;" that in its route traversing the Territory of New Mexico until it reaches the City of Las Vegas, in the County of San Miguel, said highway follows as near as may be the route formerly known as the "Santa Fe Trail;" that from the City of Las Vegas to the City of Santa Fe, the capital of this territory, the highway as contemplated and authorized by law, will cross the Pecos forest reserve; that pursuant to the provisions of the act of the thirty-sixth legislative assembly, an appropriation of ten thousand dollars has been made for purposes of construction of this highway and the necessary equipment to be employed by convict labor in the building thereof and an annual tax levy thereafter which will raise a like sum every year based upon the present assessed valuation of all property in New Mexico.

Your memorialist further states that in addition to the commercial and material benefits to be derived from the construction and maintenance of this great highway, reaching as it will every large center of population in the territory, except the Pecos valley in the extreme south-eastern portion of the territory, the marvelous scenic attractiveness of the Rocky mountain region of New Mexico will be revealed to tourists and travelers of all sorts; the portion of the highway passing across the Pecos forest reserve is calculated to reach localities now practically inaccessible to our people for any purpose and which for grandeur and beauty rival any mountain scenery in the United States.

Your memorialist further states that it is in entire harmony with

the forest reserve policy of the national government and believes that the preservation of the forests within the boundaries of our territory is absolutely essential to the welfare of our people whose interests are so largely identified with the irrigation of our fertile valley and plains; that we recognize the part played by the forest areas in our highest mountains in the preservation of the snows falling during the winter months and believe that the deforestration of these great mountain areas in Colorado and New Mexico during the past twenty-five years is one of the principal causes for the heavy floods and early run-off of waters before that time held in check through the density of the forest regions.

Your memorialist further states that in addition to the deforestration for logging and lumber purposes, great areas of forest have been utterly lost and destroyed through fires arising from various causes and extremely difficult to extinguish owing to the inaccessibility of the areas thus jeopardized; that your memorialist firmly believes that the construction of this highway through the Pecos forest reserve making the greatest elevations accessible to man will be an agency in the preservation of the forest areas of the most pronounced and efficient kind; that in addition to the material present benefit thus derived from such road constructed, your memorialist believes that by thus making it possible for all our people, not only in New Mexico, but those who shall visit this territory for various reasons, to become acquainted with this great mountain. park region there will be created a sentiment demanding the carrying out of the present governmental policy of forest preservation all of which will lead to results incalculably beneficial to the American nation.

And your memorialist attaches hereto a copy of its act establishing the highway and providing for its construction by the use of convict labor;

Wherefore, your memorialist, respectfully asks that you make an order permitting the Territory of New Mexico, through the agencies provided in the act mentioned, giving and granting unto the territory the right and permission to make surveys for said highway upon said Pecos forest reserve and to construct said highway in accordance with the provisions of said act of the legislative assembly of this territory.

And it is hereby resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico.

That the chief clerks of the legislative council and the house of