Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-08-23

they are hereby confrmed Provided, That the
claim number nine in the name OF John Scolley
aud others, shall not be confirmed for more than
five square leagues; and that Il Q claim number
seventeen, in the name OF Cornelo Vigil and Ceran
st. Vrain shall not be confirmed Tor more than
eleven square Leagues to each OF said claimants
SEC. 9. And be IL further enacted, That in
surveying the ciain of said John ScOly 1t shall be
lawful for him to locate the hve square leagues
confirmed to him in a square body IN any part of
the tract Of twenty five square leagues claimed
by him. and that in surveying the claims OF said
Cornelio Vigil and Cefan ST. Vrain, the location
snail be made follows. namely! the survey shall
first he made of all tracts occupied by actual set
tiers holding possession under titles promises to
settle, which have heretofore been given by said
Vigil and ST. Vrain in the tracts claimed by them,
and after deductng the area ot oil SUI h tracts
from the area embraced in twenty two square
leagues, the remainder shall be located in two
equal tracts, each Of square form. in any part OF
he tract claimed by the sad Vigil aud st. Vrain
selected by them and ii shall be the duty OF the
surveyor general of New Mexico Immediately to
proceed to make the surveys and loca ions
authorized and required by the terms Of this sec
ton
SEC. 3. And be further enacted, That the pri-
vate land claims in the Territory Of New Mexico,
rs reconlme nded for confirmation by said surveyor
general in his reports aud abstracts marked ex'
hlbit A, as communicated Congress by the
secretary OF the Interior in his letter dated the
third OF February, eighteen hundred and sixty,
and numbered from twenty to thrty.ei iht both
Icuslve, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed,
with the exception OF the claim number twenty six
In the name OF Juan Vigil, which lim, nun.
berlng twenty Fix, is confirmed
! SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That the
foregoing confirmation shall only be construed as
| quit claims or renqushments on the part OF the
| United States, and shall not effect the adverse
rights Of any other person or persons whomsoever.
SEc 5. Andbe II FURTHER enacted, That il shall
hn lut AL al.
claiming title under him to institute suit against
| the United States for the lands claimed aud EN-
braced in suid claim number twenty-sX, not con-
imed under the provisions OF the third section ol
this act said suit to be instituted in the supreme
court OF the Territory of New Mexico, 10 be de-
Tended by the dis ricl attorney Of the United States
for said Territory, under the direction OF the At
/ totney General Of the United States, with the
f right appeal to either plrty from the decision
) ut said supreme court to the Supreme Court OF Thu
United States, If such appeal be usked for within
one year from the rendition ot the Judgment II
said supreme court uf tho Territory OF New Mex
leo, ana not thereafter; Pr0o,ded That in III
suit authorized by this act, the said claimants sha
be presumed to have abandoned ali right or It'll
= to the lands embraced in said 81 i'm number twcn
! ty.six, and said lands shall thenceorth b. held an
,, deemed to be public lands belonging to the Unite
States
And provided further, That in the determine
tiOn of tie suit authorized to be instituted by th
terms U ms SeClpn Ile cOu Us s1nil De gOVtfHt
by the treaty OF Guadalupe Gdalgo, the law {
nations, the laws, usages, and customs Of the gov
g ernmcut from which the claim Is derived, III
principles OF equity and the decisions of the ST.
n prome Court ot the United States, 80 far the
are applicable.
q SEC & Anibe IL further enacted, I'hntit sha
y. be lawful for the heirs ol uis Maria Bnca, WI
make claim TO tn said tract Of land "a is elaine
o by the town of Las Begas, lect instead Of tn
land claimed by them, an equal quantity OF vacaI
land not mineral, in the Territory of New MeA
leo to be located by them in square bodies, n,
r exceeding five in number And il shall the dut
4 of the surveyor general of New Mexico to max
survey aud location of the lands selected b
!, said heirs of Baru where thereunto reganed b
:. them: Prouided howeuer, That the right hereb
# granted to sid heirs of Baca shall continue
d force during three years from the passnge of til
= net, and no longer
l. Approved June ~, 1860,