[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49455-49457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20145]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Proclaiming Certain Lands as an Addition to and Becoming a Part 
of the Laguna Reservation for the Pueblo of Laguna, NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of reservation proclamation.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 8,353.0683 acres, more or less, 
as an addition to and becoming a part of the Pueblo of Laguna Indian 
Reservation for the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Division of Real Estate Services, MS-4639-MIB, 1849 C Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 208-7737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in the exercise of 
authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by part 209 of the Departmental Manual.
    A proclamation was issued according to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 
Stat. 986; 25 U.S.C. 467), for the land described below. The land was 
proclaimed to be the Pueblo of Laguna Indian Reservation for the 
exclusive use of Indians on that reservation who are entitled to reside 
at the reservation by enrollment or tribal membership.

Pueblo of Laguna Indian Reservation

Cibola County, New Mexico

    Those certain parcels of land known as Parcels I and II, more 
particularly described below. Said parcels contain a combined total 
area of 8,353.0683 acres, more or less.
Parcel I
    (Note: The following corrective legal description corrects and 
supersedes the legal description shown on Sheet 1 of 9 of the Boundary 
Survey Plat entitled ``BOUNDARY SURVEY PLAT, CEBOLLETA RANCH, LTD., 
CO.,

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WITHIN THE CEBOLLETA GRANT, CIBOLA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, DECEMBER 1999'', 
certified on December 2, 1999, by Garry P. Hugg, New Mexico 
Professional Surveyor No. 5823, and filed in the office of the County 
Clerk of Cibola County, New Mexico on April 11, 2008, in Book 018, 
Pages 02063-02071, as Document No. 200800960.) That certain parcel of 
land situated within the Cebolleta Grant in projected Sections 2, 3, 
10, 11, 14, 15 and 23, Township 11 North, Range 6 West and projected 
Sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34 and 35, 
Township 12 North, Range 6 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian, Cibola 
County, New Mexico, and being that certain parcel of land described in 
Warranty Deed from John C. Dilts, Jr., Trustee of the John C. Dilts, 
Jr. Inter Vivos Trust and Two Rivers Ranch to Cebolleta Ranch LTD. Co., 
filed in the office of the County Clerk of Cibola County, New Mexico, 
on July 16, 1999, in Book 8, page 4223, more particularly described by 
survey performed by Garry P. Hugg, New Mexico Professional Surveyor 
Number 5823, using the New Mexico State Plane Coordinate System, West 
Zone (NAD83), grid bearings and ground distances as follows:
    BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of the parcel herein described (a 
5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823), whence the seven and one 
half (7-1/2) mile marker on the South Boundary of said Cebolleta Grant 
(a correctly marked BLM Brass Cap Monument found in place) bears S 
00[deg]13'40'' E, 750.00 feet distant; Thence, N 45[deg]58'19'' W, 
2519.16 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 
set); Thence, N 00[deg]52'55'' W, 3356.28 feet to a point (a 5/8'' 
rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, N 60[deg]54'00'' 
W, 2113.33 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 
5823 set); Thence, N 00[deg]43'26'' E, 2145.65 feet to a point (a 3-1/
2'' brass cap stamped Elder Company Property Corner mounted on a 1'' 
iron pipe found in place); Thence, S 75[deg]19'09'' W, 374.11 feet to a 
point (a 3-1/2'' brass cap stamped Elder Company Property Corner 
mounted on a 1'' iron pipe found in place); Thence, N 48[deg]05'38'' W, 
1097.13 feet to a point (a 3-1/2'' brass cap stamped Elder Company 
Property Corner mounted on a 1'' iron pipe found in place); Thence, N 
31[deg]32'48'' E, 504.07 feet to a point (a 3-1/2'' brass cap stamped 
Elder Company Property Corner mounted on a 1'' iron pipe found in 
place); Thence, N 17[deg]35'10'' W, 1306.39 feet to a point (a 5/8'' 
rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, N 90[deg]00'00'' 
W, 3519.20 feet to the Southwest corner of the parcel herein described 
(a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, N 
00[deg]11'55'' W, 12252.21 feet to a point (a 2'' iron pipe found in 
place and tagged with a brass disc stamped LS 5823); Thence, N 
00[deg]10'57'' W, 2636.39 feet to (a 1'' iron pipe found in place and 
tagged with a brass disc stamped LS 5823); Thence, N 00[deg]14'48'' W, 
2638.21 feet to a point (a 2'' iron pipe found in place and tagged with 
a brass disc stamped LS 5823); Thence, N 01[deg]15'25'' W, 4954.11 feet 
to a point (a 1'' iron pipe found in place and tagged with a brass disc 
stamped LS 5823); Thence, S 89[deg]37'41'' W, 5281.60 feet to a point 
(a 1'' iron pipe found in place and tagged with a brass disc stamped LS 
5823), having the following ties (as shown on the Boundary Survey Plat 
certified on July 7, 2010, by Russ P. Hugg, New Mexico Professional 
Surveyor No. 9750, and filed in the office of the County Clerk of 
Cibola County, New Mexico, on July 9, 2010, in Book 020, Page 00535, as 
Document No. 201001558): Whence (1) the U.S. Geological Survey Control 
Monument ``BALTA'' bears S 46[deg]25'48'' E, 4491.90 feet distant and 
(2) the seven (7) mile marker on the south boundary of the Cebolleta 
Grant (a correctly marked BLM Brass Cap Monument found in place) bears 
S 18[deg]44'36'' E, 35,664.57 feet distant; Thence, N 00[deg]19'33'' W, 
4484.14 feet to the Northwest corner of the parcel herein described (a 
1'' iron pipe found in place and tagged with an aluminum washer stamped 
LS 11808); Thence, N 89[deg]48'22'' E, 5281.61 feet to a point (a 60d 
Spike and cap stamped ``L.S. 9750'' set in the south face of a 24'' 
ponderosa pine tree, as shown on the above-described Boundary Survey 
Plat certified on July 7, 2010, by Russ P. Hugg, New Mexico 
Professional Surveyor No. 9750); Thence, N 89[deg]48'22'' E, 8057.93 
feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 1593 found 
in place); Thence, N 89[deg]40'16'' E, 1319.80 feet to a point (a 5/8'' 
rebar found in place and tagged with a brass disc stamped LS 5823); 
Thence, N 89[deg]41'08'' E, 3283.15 feet to the Northeast corner of the 
parcel herein described (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 
set); Thence, S 18[deg]19'27'' E, 1007.36 feet to a point (a 5/8'' 
rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, S 16[deg]16'13'' 
E, 222.14 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 
5823 set); Thence, S 16[deg]46'35'' E, 859.75 feet to a point (a 5/8'' 
rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, S 26[deg]30'43'' 
E, 739.83 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 
5823 set); Thence, S 12[deg]33'02'' E, 175.17 feet to a point (a 5/8'' 
rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, S 05[deg]33'43'' 
W, 564.83 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 
5823 set); Thence, S 25[deg]36'54'' W, 403.89 feet to a point (a 5/8'' 
rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, S 42[deg]33'07'' 
E, 1369.34 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 
5823 set in a found stone cairn); Thence, S 20[deg]11'08'' E, 1775.40 
feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set in 
a found stone cairn); Thence, S 07[deg]00'59'' W, 1340.02 feet to a 
point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set in a found 
stone cairn); Thence, S 25[deg]43'58'' W, 1330.94 feet to a point (a 5/
8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped LS 5823 set in a found stone cairn); 
Thence, S 30[deg]46'49'' E, 2130.83 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and 
aluminum cap stamped LS 9750 set in a found stone cairn); Thence, S 
02[deg]49'01'' E, 1973.71 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum 
cap stamped LS 5823 set in a found stone cairn); Thence, S 
27[deg]21'05'' W, 921.95 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum 
cap stamped LS 5823 set in a found stone cairn); Thence, S 
89[deg]45'46'' W, 6375.32 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum 
cap stamped LS 5823 set); Thence, S 00[deg]13'31'' E, 1800.75 feet to a 
point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped ``Koogle & Pouls 
Engineering WL 5'' found in place); Thence, S 00[deg]13'31'' E, 
10400.27 feet to a point (a 5/8'' rebar and aluminum cap stamped 
``Koogle & Pouls Engineering WL 3'' found in place); Thence, S 
00[deg]13'40'' E, 11788.83 feet to the Southeast corner and point of 
beginning of the parcel herein described.
    Said Parcel I contains an area of 8,270.5090 acres, more or less.
Parcel II
    (Note: The following corrective legal description corrects and 
supersedes the legal description shown on Sheet 1 of 4 of the A.L.T.A./
A.C.S.M. Land Title Survey Plat entitled ``A.L.T.A./A.C.S.M. LAND TITLE 
SURVEY, LANDS OF SILVER DOLLAR RANCH, L.L.C., SITUATED WITHIN THE 
CEBOLLETTA GRANT IN PROJECTED SECTIONS 10 AND 15, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, 
RANGE 6 WEST, NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CIBOLA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, 
APRIL 2008'', certified on April 7, 2008, by Russ P. Hugg, New Mexico 
Professional Surveyor No. 9750, and filed in the office of the County 
Clerk of Cibola County, New Mexico, on April 11, 2008,

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in Book 018, Pages 02059-02062, as Document No. 200800959.)
    That certain parcel of land situated within the Cebolleta Grant in 
projected Sections 10 and 15, Township 11 North, Range 6 West, New 
Mexico Principal Meridian, Cibola County, New Mexico, and being that 
certain parcel of land described in Quit Claim Deed from Cebolleta 
Ranch Ltd. Co. to Silver Dollar Ranch, LLC, filed in the office of the 
County Clerk of Cibola County, New Mexico, on August 2, 2005, in Book 
0014, Page 9122, more particularly described by survey performed by 
Russ P. Hugg, New Mexico Professional Surveyor Number 9750, using the 
New Mexico State Plane Coordinate System, West Zone (NAD83), grid 
bearings and ground distances as follows:
    BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of the parcel herein described (a 
3\1/2\'' brass cap stamped Elder Company Property Corner mounted on a 
1'' iron pipe found in place), whence (1) the six (6) mile marker on 
the South Boundary of said Cebolleta Grant (a correctly marked BLM 
Brass Cap Monument found in place) bears S 15[deg]19'20'' W, 5589.46 
feet distant, (2) the seven (7) mile marker on said south boundary of 
the Cebolleta Grant (a correctly marked BLM Brass Cap Monument found in 
place) bears S 34[deg]32'35'' E, 6567.42 feet distant and (3) Angle 
Point No. 5 on the North line of Tract 37 (a correctly marked BLM Brass 
Cap Monument found in place) bears N 33[deg]09'41'' W, 2795.69 feet 
distant; Thence, N 17[deg]50'59'' E, 4457.95 feet to the Northwest 
corner of the parcel herein described (a 3\1/2\'' brass cap stamped 
Elder Company Property Corner mounted on a 1'' iron pipe found in 
place), a point on the Westerly boundary of the Cebolleta Ranch being 
that certain parcel of land described in Warranty Deed from John C. 
Dilts, Jr., Trustee of the John C. Dilts, Jr., Inter Vivos Trust and 
Two Rivers Ranch to Cebolleta Ranch LTD., Co., filed in the office of 
the County Clerk of Cibola County, New Mexico, on July 16, 1999, in 
Book 8, page 4223; Thence, S 48[deg]05'38'' E, 1097.13 feet along said 
Westerly boundary of the Cebolleta Ranch to the Northeast corner of the 
parcel herein described (a 3\1/2\'' brass cap stamped Elder Company 
Property Corner mounted on a 1'' iron pipe found in place); Thence, S 
22[deg]45'37'' W, 4163.53 feet to the Southeast corner of the parcel 
herein described (a 3\1/2\'' brass cap stamped Elder Company Property 
Corner mounted on a 1'' iron pipe found in place); Thence, N 
60[deg]07'19'' W, 659.92 feet to the Southwest corner and point of 
beginning of the parcel herein described.
    Said Parcel II contains an area of 82.5593 acres, more or less.
    The above-described Parcels I and II contain a combined total area 
of 8,353.0683 acres, more or less, together with all rights and 
easements appurtenant thereto, and all water rights, whether 
appurtenant or not, for their associated purposes of use whether for 
irrigation, ranching, stock, game, wildlife, domestic, commercial, 
recreation or other purposes, and from all sources whether surface 
water, groundwater, or springs, whether permitted or unpermitted, and 
including all claims for water rights, subject to restrictions, 
reservations, and easements of record insofar as the same are in force 
and applicable.
    This proclamation does not affect title to the land described 
above, nor does it affect any valid existing easements for public roads 
and highways, public utilities and for railroads and pipelines and any 
other rights-of-way or reservations of record.

    Dated: July 20, 2012.
Donald E. Laverdure,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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