Papers in reference to certain private land claims in New Mexico.

FEBRUARY 9, 1858.-Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, February 5, 1858.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the action of Congress, contemplated by the 8th section of the act of July 22, 1854, the transcripts of thirteen private land claims in New Mexico, designed for the House of Representatives, as indicated in the letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, of the 21st November last, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.

Similar documents, submitted by the Commissioner in the same letter, for the Senate of the United States, have been this day transmitted to the proper officer of that body.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Hon. JAMES L. ORR,

J. THOMPSON,

Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives.

Secretary.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
November 21, 1857.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, in duplicate, the papers in reference to thirteen private land claims in New Mexico, with the request that the same may be laid before Congress. These claims have

been examined and approved by the surveyor general of New Mexico, and were sent to this office with his annual report, dated the 30th September last, with a view to submission for legislative confirmation.

The documents in support of these private land claims are put up in two separate packages, embracing numbers 8, 11, 16, 25, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 48, 50, 53, and 54, and marked "House of Representatives" and "United States Senate;" each of which claims is accompanied by a schedule of documents, as follows:

No. 1. Grants, original, in Spanish. 2. Grant,
translation. 3. Notice. 4. Decision.
No. 1. Grant, original, in Spanish. 2. Grant,
translation. 3. Contestants' deeds, original.
4 and 5. Contestants' deeds, translation. 6.
Notice, claimants. 7. Notice, contestants. 8.
Testimony. 9. Decision.

No. 1. Grant, original, in Spanish. 2. Grant,
translation. 3. Deed from Domingo Fernan-
dez to Reynolds & Eaton, (original.) 4 Deed
from same to same, (translation.) 5. Sheriff's
deed to E. W. Eaton. 6. Quit claim deed,
Reynolds to Eaton. 7. Notice. 8. Testimony,
9. Decision.

No. 1. Petition, original. 2. Petition, transla-
tion. 3. Quit claim deed, F. D. Herrero. 4.
Notice. 5. Testimony. 6. Decision.
No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Notice. 4. Testimony. 5. Testimony. 6.
Decision

No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Notice, original. 4. Notice, translation.
5. Testimony 6. Decision.

4.

No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Notice. 4. Testimony. 5. Decision.
No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Notice. 4. Testimony. 5. Decision.
No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Conveyance, original.
3 Grant and conveyance, translation.
Testimony. 5. Notice. 6. Decision.
No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Notice. 4. Testimony. 5. Decision.
No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Deed of gifts, original. 4. Deed of gifts,
translation. 5. Testimony. 6. Notice. 7.
Decision.

No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Notice. 4. Testimony. 5. Decision.
No. 1. Grant, original. 2. Grant, translation.
3. Conveyance from Juan de D' Peña to Juan
Estevan Pino, (original.) 4. Same to same,
(translation.) 5. Conveyance from Pedro Ortiz
to Juan E. Pino, (original.) 6. Same to same,
(translation.) 7. Conveyance from Justo P.
Pino to Alexander Vallé, (original.) 8. Same
to same, (translation.) 9. Notice. 10. Testi-
mony. 11. Decision.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

THOS. A. HENDRICKS, Commissioner.

Hon. JACOB THOMPSON,

Secretary of the Interior.

CONTRACTS-WAR DEPARTMENT.

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF WAR,

TRANSMITTING

Statements of contracts for the year 1857.

FEBRUARY 10, 1858.-Ordered to be printed.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 9, 1858.

SIR: In compliance with the requirements of the acts of April 21, 1808, and March 3, 1809, I have the honor to transmit herewith statements showing what contracts have been made under the authority of this department during the year 1857. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Hon. JAMES L. ORR

JOHN B. FLOYD,
Secretary of War.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.