Private Law 78–8

That

Jose C. Romero.

in recognition of the following facts (1) that Jose C. Romero, of Trampas, New Mexico, had by purchase and possession established a major equitable interest in certain lands comprising a portion of the Las Trampas Grant prior to the acquisition of said grant by the United States through an exchange consummated under the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 643), whereby said grant became a part of the Carson National Forest, (2) that the said area purchased and possessed by the said Jose C. Romero has been specifically delineated by a survey commenced June 16, 1941, and completed June 18, 1941, by Aaron F. Jones, senior engineering aide, of the Forest Service. United States Department of Agriculture, whose field notes of said survey have been accepted and filed by said Department and show the area claimed by said Jose C. Romero to be twelve and three hundred and twenty-four one thousandths acres, and (3) the said Forest Service has found and stated that the equities of the said Jose C. Romero are such as to warrant conveyance to him of title to the said described twelve and three hundred and twenty-four one thousandths acres of land, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed on behalf of the United States to execute a quit claim deed conveying to the said Jose C. Romero, his heirs, successors, or assigns, all right, title, and interest which the United States now holds in the said described lands.