New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-17
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
TIE puAaic Laus. In California.

Ire act recently passed oy SOugrcS> "
provide Tor the survey Of the Pubic Lsois in Cahfor-
MA the granting Of presmpson rights ,hsrci, and tor
ether grrposss provides TIA; The sarreyo. General
for the District OF California shall keephisosee asaeh
place as the President ay direct aad receive salary
Of $500 per annum eleven thousand dollars foS eierh
hire sni ten thousand dollars for oec rent fuel and
incidental expense. The Surveyor Geaersls required
20 engage sufficient number OF skilfal surveyors {"
hisdepues, who are,o survey and mark base and nerd
ian lines through such poE,s may be prescribed
ard so TO survey ard establish the ether hnes Of the
Public Lands. They required also to survey ssch
(cop6rueS) private lad claim. s are n.cessary to
complete the survey of the Pubic Lsnds For sur.
y,yins base and meridian haes, private claims, and
mesnderins usvsable water the Deputy Surveyors are
10 receive sixteen dollars per mile, and for surveying
other nes OF the Public Lands twelve dollars per mile
On mine r.l lands and lands unfit for caivs,ioa oay
town lines to Sesurveyed
IT, in the opinion Of the Secretary OF the Interior.
shall be advisable he may direct such surveys afsef
what is known - the gcodesic method And whenever
In his opinion, adersrure from the rectangular mode
OF surveying and subdividing the public lands would
promote the public interests he may direct such change
10 be made in the mode OF surveying and desgnstns
the said lands he may deem proper with reference
TO the existence OF moun'xns mineral deposiss and
the advantages derived from timber and water prive
gee but such lands shall Ne surveyed inse lessshsn
ore hundred and sixty acres or subdivied into les.
than forty acres.
TIE act provides Ear the appointment OF ss;er Of
the Land ofcc and Receive. Of Public Money for Cal
iornis with each salary OF $1,000 per annuIn and
the President may il he should deem Il necessary,
divide California with two three Land Districts AMI
appoint Register and Receiver for each District
IAN 4. xk.Sh.
unsurvtyed with the exception OF sections Ii aud 36
which are granted the state for the purposes Of pub
lie school. in each township and with the exception Of
snds appropriated under the authority OF this act
reserved by competent snthor, aud excepting also the
lands claimed under any foreign grant t,ie and the
mineral lands shall be subject the prcsmpson laws OF
4h September lstl with all the exceptions, conditions
ard limitations therein exeep, herein otherwise
provided aud shall after the plst thereof returned
TO the office OF the register be offered TOR sale after sx
months public notice in the state Of the time aud place
OF sale under the laws rules and regulations now gov
ernpg such sales such may beheresiter prescribed
Prortdsd That where unsurveyed lands are claimed BY
preempon the usual notice OF such claim small b. filed
within three months after the OF the pls surveys
20 the land oiees and proof and payment sha be made
prisr 20 the day appointed by the Presidents procams
ton tor the commencement OF the sale including such
lands the entry OF such claims 10 he made by legal sub
divisions according 20 the tntsd States survey, and In
the most compact form
Asd prordsd nytler That the fact Of pcrsons having
heretofore had the benefit Of said Of the fourth OF
September ls+l shall iuterpose no bar to their obtain
ing the benefits of this act and all OF said lands that
shall remain UNFOLD after having been proclaimed and
offered shall be o entry at private sale a. other
public land and at the minimum price per acre
and the REGISTER and Receiver shall no, be eAtacd 20
any per centsge fees except for deciding prcemfton
cases, when each Of them shall be allowed the same
fees SLOWED TO other like officers but the Recev-
shall be entitled TO his actual necessary cxpenses g.
ing and returning In making his deposts, Prortdsd,
That nothing In this set shall be construed To authorize
any settlement be made any public lands not
veycd unless the same be made within one year from
the passage OF this act shall any right Of such
tiers be recognized by virtue OF any settlement Inn
made of such unsuryee ed lands subsequent
TO that day: aad prordsd further That this sct shs not
be construed a. authorize any settlement % be made
sny tract OF land In the occupation or possession OF any
Indian tribe. or TO grant any presumption right TO the
same. 40
Where any settlement by the erection OF dwelling.
house or the cultivation OF any portion OF the land shan
be made upon the sixteenth and thirty sixth sections.
before the shall be surveyed or where such SOC
Ss,e claims other lands shah be selected BY tho proper
authorities of the State In lieu thereof agrecaoiy 10 the
provisions Of the act Of Congress approved ON the ,~en
tieb OF May eighteen hundred aud twenty ak entitled
IAN appropriate lands for the support d schools
In certain townships and fractional townships not BE-
fore provided ior." and which shall be- subject 10 sp
son shsl make settlement location upon any tract
or parcel OF land selected for military post or within
one mile Of such post any other lands reserved
by competent authority nor shall any person obtain
the benefits OF this act BY settlement or location
miner lands.
The public lsnds, not being mineral lands, occupied
towns villages sha not be subdyided, subject
to sale, be appropriated by settlers under he PROV
sons OF this bat the whole Of such lands, wbsshcr
settled upon before after the survey OF the same
shall be suect TO the provisions of the act entitled An
for the relief Of the upon the lands
Of the United States under certsn circunsances sp
proved May ~, lstt except such towns located
mineral lands the inhabitants of which shall
have the right Of occupation and cultivation only until
sha any lands specially reserved for public uses be ap
proprsted under the proys,ons Of this act
Except where the President Of tho United States shall
Otherwise 10 determine, each officer be ap
pointed in virtue Of this sct sad also every other Ike
officer OF the United States may continue In the unin
terruped discharge OF hs regular official duties, and s
hereby authorized accordingly b. act after the day
commission shall be Issued to him for the once
otherwise, until the day when successor shsn enter
upon the duties OF such Office aud the existing official
bond OF any such officer setting shall be deemed and
held be good and sufficient and la force until tbs date
Ot the approval Of bond 10 be gwen by him II
commissioned or otherwise, for the additional time
wherein he may continue officially b act pursuant
to authority hereof
The quantity Of two entire townshps or seventyswo
the use Of q ssninsry OF learning.
And ten entire sections, for the purpose Of erecting
the public buildings Of that State.
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A HgARrsRokEs MAsnc.-We have Just
been put la possession OF the particulars Of Of
sorrow seldom Witnessed A young lady, Of this city,
respectfully connected and Of lair reputation, nearly