Question

Name and describe three types of land grants

Answer 1

1. Private Grants. Entire grant is owned by one or a few individuals as their private property. After meeting the conditions of the grant, the grantees could sell the entire grant (note that regarding sales of smaller parcels to be occupied by the purchaser, the custom of right of first refusal was often followed ).

2. Community Grants. Large tracts of land granted to a substantial number of people (usually from ten to one hundred. Both Mora grant and early version of Tierra Amarilla grant had seventy-six initial settlers ).

3. Hybrid or Quasi-Community Grants. Large tracts granted to one or few individuals with the requirement that the land be settled. Grantee induces a large group of settlers to move onto the grant and gives them each a small private lot for house and garden and grants them rights to use the remaining land for grazing, gathering fire wood, building materials, herbs, wild game, etc.

Answer 2

The answer is: Hispano community, Hispano Quasi-community and Hispano empresario.

Step-by-step explanation:

The past land grants are types of land grants of New Mexico.

-Hispano community: these were made to a group of Hispanos that included settlers to receive tracts of land for their houses, and having the right to use the rest of the common land for activities like pasturing the cattle.

-Hispano Quasi-community: These grants were for the Hispano owners of the entire grant, after 4 years of possession as a requirement they could sell them under the condition of bringing more settlers, and once they arrived perform the grants as a Community grant.

-Hispano empresario: these were made by the Mexican Government and its goal was to get colonization or settlement. Was required to recruit a certain number of settlers in 4 years, in exchange they get a 4 square league grant for themselves.