The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-21
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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY
SIXTH coNGREss
M rig
UNITED STATE s,

r,,,., fsrYVIf-An act TO confirm certain private
and claims in the Territory Of New Mexico.
Ret ezacsed By The Ssaate and House Of 4epre-
,.ntatisez Of The Eaited States Of america an Con-
ores. dsssabled, That the private land claims in
the Territory OF New Mexico, as recommended for
confirmation By the .surTeyor-geneTal OF thar Ter
Tisory and in his letter to the Commissioner the
General Land Once, of the twelfth of January,
eighteen hundred and ffty-eight, designated a.
numbers one, three, four, six, eight, nine, ten,
t9elte, feurteen, ffteeo, sixteen, seventeen. and
eighteen, and tie claim Of E. w. Eaton, not en-
tered the corrected list of nnmbers but standing
the original docket and abstract returns of the
surveyor generEl As number sixteen, be, and they
are hereby, confirmed Prorided, That the claim
number nine, in the meme of John Scolley and
Others, shah not be conIrnlId for more than five
square leagues; and that the eiainA number seven
teen, IN he name Of iGoFneiio Vigil and Ceran st.
Fraln, shall not be confirmed for more than eleven
square Ie4guss to each of said claimants.
SEC. 2. And Be It further enacted, That in sur
viewing the claim of said John ScoIly it shall be
lawful fer him to locate the fge square leagues
cohirmed % him In square bSdy In any part OF
the tract Of tWenty-fge square leagues cinimed by
hum; and that in surveying the claims of said Cor
neIio yig and Ceran ST. Yrsin, the location shall
Be made - follows, namely the survey shall hrst
be made Of ali tracts occupied by actual settlers
holding possession under titles promises to settle,
which have hefstofore been given BY said Vigil and
St. VAIN in the tracts claimed BY them, and after
dsduetng the area Of all such tracts from the
ehihaced in twenty-five square leagues, the remain
: der shall be located in two equal tracts each Of
square form, n any part Of the tract claimed by
the said Vigil and St. rain selected by them
and it shall be the dty Of the sugyeyorgeneral OF
New Mexico immediaIely TO proceed tSmake the
surveys and locations authorized and required by
the terms Of this section. m
SBc. 5 Aad Be 1t further enacted, ThAt the pri-
vats land claims in the. TeFxitoTy OF New Mexico,
~ recommended 4or eon6rmation By said surveyor
general in his reports and abstract marked exhibit
A, IS communicated 20 Congress by the Secretary
Of the Interior in bis letter dated the third of Feb
truary eighteen hundred and sixty, and numbered
from tssaty to thirtyeight, both inclusive, be- and
the same are hereby, confirmed, with the exception
Of the claim numbered twsnty-six,f in the name ol
Juan B, Vigil, which claim, numbereC tWenty-six
Is not confirmed.
going confirmation shall only be construed IS quit
claims or relinqnishments, on the part Of the Uni
ted States, and shall not Affect the adverse right
of.any other person or persons whomsoever.
SIC. 5. Aad Be- e farstsr eRdaeG, That it shal
or may be lawful for the said Juan B. Vigil or an
person claiming title under him, to institute sui
against the United States for the lands elaine
and embraced in said claim number twenty six, nc
confirmed under the provisions of the third ssetio
of shis act said suit to be instituted in the So
preme SQUIRT Of the Territory of New Mexico, to b
defended BY the distriet-attorney OF the Unite
. States for said Territory, under the direction 0
the Attofney-Generaf Of the United States, wit
the right of appeal to either party from the decis
ion Of said supreme court to the Supreme Court 0
the United States, if such appeal be asked 10
Within one year from the rendition of the judg
ment in said snprers court of the Territory of Sei
Mexico, and not thereafter: Prooided, That il tn
suit authorised BY this section be not institutes
within two years from the passage of this act, tn
said claimants shall be presumed to have aban
doned all right or title to the lands embraced il
said claim number tsenty-six, and said lands shall
sheneefortn be held and deeufsd 10 be public land
belonging to the United States: ARd proUidee
fartssr; That IN the discrimination Of the suit au
thorizsd to beinstituted BY the terms of this sec
tion, the courts shall be governed by the treaty o
Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Law of nations, the laws
usages, and customs IF the government from which
the claim il derived, the principles of equity ant
the decisions of the Supreme Court Of the Unitet
States, 20 far as they are applicable.
SIC. 9. And Be q farther enacted, That it shall
be laNfal for the hetrs of Luis Maria Baca, VIII
make claim to the said tract of land is elaine,
by the town Of Las Begas, to select instead of III
land claimed BY them, an equal quantity Of Escan
land, not mineral, in the Territory of New Mexico
20 bslocated By them in squsrs bodies, mol exseed
d ing i've in nuLloer. And it Shall be the duty o
the surYeyorCeneral Of New Mexico, to make sur
vey and location of the lands 50 selected by sal
heirs o. BzEz vixen thereunt0 required by them
Provided, Aopsusr, That the right hereby granite
to said heirs Of Baes hall eoatinue in force durin
three years from the passage Of this act, and n
lslger.
ApproFsd, june q. 1850.