Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-08-27
TPUBLIC-No. llO.7

An ACT to grant the right of pre-emption to
certain settlers on the Rancho Boisa de
Tom ales,in tn State of Califor mia.
BE It enactcd By the Senate and House OF
Representatives. ofthe United States Of AM
erica IN Congress assembled, That it may
and shall b. lawful for the Commissioner of
the General Land Office to cause the lines of
the public surveys to be extended over the
tract of country known as the Rancho Boisa
de Tomales. in Marion county. California, the
claim to which, by James u. Galbraith, has
been adiudged invalid by the Supreme Court
of the United States, and to have approved
pats thereof duly returned to the proper dis
trict land Offices: Prorided That the actual
cost of such survey and plating shall first be
paid into the surveying fund by settlers ac-
cording to the requirements Of the tenth Sec
ticn of the act ofCongress approved thirtieth
of May. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, "to
reduce the expenses of the survey and sale
of the public lands in the United States"
Sec. 2. And be It further enacted, That
after the return of such approved plats to the
district Office, it may and shall be lawful for
individuals, settlers upon the said Rancho
Boisa de Tomales. to enter according to the
lines of the public surveys. at one dellor and
twenty-five cents per acre, the land setted
upon by them to the extent TO which the
same had been reduced to possession at the
time of said adjudication of said Supreme
Court, joint entries being admissible by CO.
terminous proprirtors, in order that their re.
spcctivc boundaries may be adjusted in accor-
dance with their several possessions.
Sec. 3. And be it .fabther enacted. That
all claims within the perview If this act shall
be presented to tho register and receiver
within twelve months after tha return of such
surveys to the district land Office. accompa-
MED by proof of settlement, and the extent to
which the tracts claimed had been reduced
into possession at the time of said adjudication.
and thereupon each case shall be adjudged by
the register and receiver, under such instruc-
tions as shall BE- given by the Commissioner
Of tho General Land Office, to whom the
proof and adjudication shall be returned by
the local land Offices, and no adjucation shall
be final until confirmed by tho said Commits
sioner: Prorided. That the confirmation by
said Commissioners shall b. conclusive aud
final between cotsrminous proprietOrs, end
the correctness thereof shall not be open to
contestation in any action at law or suit in
equity between them or between parties
claiming undrr them by the title subsequent {:
Axd proridea. further, That any claim not
brought before the register and receiver
within twelve months. IS aforesaid. shall be
barred, and the lands covered thereby. with
any other tracts within the limits Of sai6
rancho. the titl-sto which are not established
urd.r this act, shall be dealt with - other
public lands, bu. subject to the adjudicated
boundaries of the claims which are presented
within the limit Of the time prescribed rs
aforesaid: Prorided, That no person under
the provisions Of this act shall BE- allowed to
enter . grraier quantiso Of land than ihrss
hundred and twenty acres.
Approved. June IL. 1864.