Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-07-10

AN ACT to grant the right of pre- emplion to
certain purchasers on the "Soscol Ranch. in
the State of California.
BE IN enacted By The Senate and House of Reprs.
sentdtipes ofMe United STATES of america in [ion
yress assembled, That 1t may and shall be lawful
for the Commissioner Of the General Land Office
to cause the lines eff the public SURVEYS TO be ex-
tended over the tract Of country known as the
"Soscol Ranch" in California, the claim to
which by Don Mariana Guadalupe Vallejo has
been adjndged invalid by the Supreme Court Of
the United States, and to have approved plats
thereof July returned to the proper district land
Office &; PROVIDED, That the actual cost of such
survey and plattin shall first be paid into the
surveying fund by settlers, according to the re-
qurements OF tenth section of the act Of Congress
approved thirtieth Of May, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, ito reduce the expenses of the survey
and sale Of the public lands of the United States"
Sec =. And be il further enacted, That after
the return OF such approved plats 10 the district
Office. II may and shall be lawful for individuals,
bona tide purchasers from said Vallejo, or his
assigns, TO enter, according TO the lines of the
public surveys, at one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, the land so purchased. to the ex-
tent to which the same had been reduced to DOS
session at the time of said adjudication of said
Supreme Court, joint entries being admissible
by cotemnous proprietors to such an extent as
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daries.
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted, That muni-
cipal claims within the limits of the said "Soscol
Ranch" may be entered under the terms, limita.
tons, and conditions of the town site act twenty
third Of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four.
Sec A. And be ii further enacted, That all
claims within the purview of this act shall be
presented to the register and receiver within
twelve months after the return of such surveys to
the district land office, accompanied by proof of
bona iidc purchasers under Vallejo, Of settle
ment, aud the extent to which the tracts claimed
had been reduced into possession at the time of
said adjudicatiOn and thereupon each case shall
be adludged by the register and receiver under
such instructions as shall be given by the Com
missioner of the General Land Office, to whom
the proof and adjudication shall be returned by
the local land office, and no adjudication shall
be final until confirmed by the said Commissioner
Sec b. Ind be further enacted, That any
claim not brought before the register and re-
oeiver within twelve months, as aforesaid. shall
be barred, and the lands covered thereby, with
any other tracts within the limits of said .Soscol
Ranch" the titles to which are not established
under this act, shall be dealt with as other pub
lie lands: Provided, That DO entry shall be made
of lands reserved and occupied for military,
naval, or other public uses, or which may be
designated for such purposes by the President
nor shall any claim under this act extend ia
mineral lands. [Approved, March 3, 1868.