The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-07

straight line oil hvo thousand shall DO league
square, each Of whose d-s shall DO League shall be
called so and this shall be the unit OF counting
two or more sitos hve sos shall compose hacienda
ART Ia the distIibuton made by government OF lands
to the coon oi the formation of villages towns, cities,
and provinces distinction shall be made between The
grazing lands destined for tho raising i stock and lands
s1lab'e Tor farming OF planting ON account OF the facility
ART One labor shall be composed OF one million square
varas that one Thousand each sde which
shall DO the unit for counting two,
abors These labos be divided no halves and
quarters, but not less.
there cannot be given less than ono labor and those whose
occupation 10 stock raising there be given less than
"AHr The government, OF itself or by of the
thorites tor that
conditions and circamsanoss Of ihs colonis.s." !.
Arr lS To each enpresaro who a,,cdace. and ss'ah.
s. !. ,ssss:
should he SsSs D's s !"
twelve years iom the daie of the concession The pre-
MUM exceed line hacendas and six abors what
ever may be the number Of families he introduces"
Art a. The date OF the concession for lands consti
tucs an invoabe law for the right Of properly and legal
ownership Should any through or by sntse,
concession occupy land belonging another he
shall have no right to IT, further than preference in
OF sale, at the current price"
and oher utensils that introduced by the consts o
their use az the time Of their coming 10 the empire shall b.
| The amount OF two thousand dollars"
| These are few extracts from the general cooniza
ton laws OF Mexico Liberal they were all The spe
cal legislation for California still so. and the
local authorities being vested with absolute power 10
make grants and give the complete legal tile 10 any
quantity not exceeding eleven s,os, while The general
government granted without limit. Thus Jones's Re.
port pages A. under the head OF direction for disrbu
ting lands in the Californias:
"The directions were very simple They gave the gov.
of the Territories the exclusive faculty of making
within the terms of the law that is TO the extent of
grants (moe properly conrsc) that grants of larger
smgrsa, persons who should undertake, for
the purpose Of colonization Grants OF the first descrip
onhat is to families or single and not exceed
eleven sftioswere to be held dehnitively valid
unl sanctioned by the territorial deputation Those Of
The second cass--that Is epesio, or colonization grants
contractsrequ like sanction by the goper
meat In ease the concurrence OF the deputaton was
fused to grant of the aforementioned class, the governor
should appeal in favor OF ths grantee from the assembly
the supreme government"
The large grants, of which the public has heard so
much. also a subject of inquiry committed to Mr.
Jones and his report greatly dmnishss the expectations
excited and brings down nearly all these immense prin
cipales the ordinary grant of eleven square leagues
and usually made before there any apprehension
that California would become American property: that
say, before the winter of ls45 4s. when the
Of Colonel Fremont with his Typographical party, and
the prospect of war between the United States and Mex
co spread that alarm OF these called large grants
Mr. Jones. at pages ~, 3. thus speaks:
al did not find in the archives California any record of
large grants in the sense suppose the 70 be here
Se nriyiegs accoded by law 10 individual conces.ion.
and Of the authority Of the local make. nde
There are understood in the country however be
the Mexican govcrnment-one held by Captain sutier,
another by General Vallejo The archives Gas FAR aI could
discovery only show thar Captain Sutter received the
18th July lsil from Governor Avarado the usual grant
of sspen sos the river Sacramento, and this is all
oeved from Governor Mcheorrena on the 22d October
Is3 grant stos, called PeaIuma, the district
o sns
from the Mexican government given for valuable consd
kuox bv pF tona
including the site of the present town OF Bencla founded
by Messf Vallejo and sempe. in the Straits Of Carqunez
II is also repned that the gentleman has extensive
claims in the valley OF Sonoma and on Snisun bay
pears from documents which General Vallejo caused to be
In the wspapers of California in I847 that he
deputed, in the year 1885, by General Fgueroa,
found settlement in the valley Of Sonoma with the OBJ
odega and Ross. General Vallejo was at tha, time ss5
military commander OF the northern frontier He after
that year in California became military commandani OF
by the same divded-to which office he confirmed
in 1888 by the supreme government
to him will show extent of Cen Valleo's powers,
agent for colonizing the Northi
tory and other States Mexican republic order
coonze the northern frontiers, granting lands to all persons
grants shall be confirmed them by the territorial govern
men whenever the grantees shall apply therefore the title
which they obtain you serving them the time
as su ufcent guarantee you the only ndiv vdua
borized by the supero authority to concede lands in he
frontier under your charge The government of
the territory convinced that you the only officer
whom great enterprise be nrusted and in order
may be accomplished in certain msnner 1t is viii
linz 10 detyay the necessary expenses to that end
official letter to General Vallejo from the de par'ment
of war msrne dated Mexico, 9th August, 1899,
presses appreciation of what had hitherto been done in
abishng colony, and the desire that the settlements
should until they should be so strong
be respected only by the Indian tribes but also by
the Of The foreigners who should attempt to
invade that valuable region -.
"There il bnt one grant that | could learn of which
covers any portion Of the gold mines Previous TO the o.
cupaton by the Americans, the parts now
koown as 7Ns Gold Region infested W th the wild In
dians and attempts made TO settle There. Inc grant
that reicr made by Governor MchelioHcna, to
Don Juan Akaado, in februsy 1874, and csNed The
Ma posas being situated the Mpo creek, and be
tween the Sic Nevada and the river aquin and COM
prses sio leagues conceded, as the giant
expresses, n consideration OF the public tIvices OF Y e
grantee, L. putchased from the grantee tAlva.ado) IN
February. ISl7 by Tuouas o. Lsrstn, esq., for Me- j. {
Fremont, aud now owned by that Renus man.
Thus dimnishes the "stupcndous grants TO dersuj
the Unled STATES, OF which 20 much has been heard.
Alme.l every one oi which be found OWN
died down a eleven league giant, and made
before change OF government was dreamed ol and ~
places where was worth lives undertake 70 settle
ihem-paces over which the Wild aud savage indians
held dominion OF this Kind General NalleJo's gIahl
north OF the bay oil San Francisco, iron he governor
general in Is43 aud OF the kind was then the ei-
leagues grant 10 the ex-depnty Governor eiyerado, "
the same governor general, 1884, IN the valley OF ibe
San Joaquin, and OF which Colonel Fremont, through
an agent, became ihe purchaser in sf tleN peole
could be prevailed accept such grants on account
OF The danger OF settling them, and on h account some
contained a 6ispensation IRON Immeulaie ssHehehl vi
this danrer in relation to that grant, that even in lstD
when Nh Fremont wen, 10 take possession, SIX men
sere kiIeJ upon il the first night he slept heresot Of
b,s Marty bat OF another camp less vgilan and expe
r,eneed There is some gold upon II, though he knew
noth;no of and might have been bed OF sand for
-, hasu ud for call