Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-10-14
omola1,
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed al &e First Ses sion Of he Thirty -ETgGta
Congress.
[pustlo-No. SAL
An ACT for the relief settlers upon certain lauda in

An ACT for the rsef tho settlers upon certain lAuds in
California
Be endcieiby The Ssndte and H,gs Of RegrsseaEafps
q Hs United StIisS " Ac in Congress assembled,
That any aud all persons claiming whethsr as prssmp-
tors or settlers or undsr any grant title any Of tho
land. included within the exterior boundaries Of certain
grant Tor the rancho San Ramon, situate in the c1uny of
Contra ContA i California inade to Bartnlo fAoheeo and
Mariana Castro by Don Jose RsueroA governor o Upper
uAliAornia, on about the 5nth day Of june
hundrudI and thirty yhrs, and which claim, or two
leagues hereof has been confirmed by the district court
n he united States In separate mooties in the
VI Horace w Carpenter and the other in the name OF
Rafael Soto de pseheO aud others, by decree of said
court ade and catered about the fourth day OF
June, eighteen hundred aud sxlp.two shall have the
rgh III All courts 10 contest the correctness of the loca
lion Of the lands SO confirmed within the said exterior
bounuarus' notwithstanding any official or approved
survey thereof now made hereafter be made under
the SAID decree o. continuation and notwithstanding any
stipulation consent gwen by the district Rturnsy OF
the United states authorizing such locations.
SEQ, 2 And te Il Jariher eadciea. That in case It
shall ha found tlAt the United States hAyo title any Of
sald lands within said exterior Boundaries which have
ben iettled upon aad prov by any person. In good
faith under bona ds elaim Of title such OCCUPANT and
each settler upon said ands situated shall be entitled
to enter aud receive patent for hundred aud sxy
Of land. including hts unon nsynent
at the proper land office, OF the Government price OF one
dollar ana twenty-five cents per proving that
lands and had made improvements thersou before tbs
passage of this act.
sos. 8. And be e further enaeied That this act shall
take effect Immediately
Approved, May 0, ladt.
Lpu0Lic--No. l29
An to amend entitled "An act to confirm Ger
tain private land claims. in the Territory Of New
Mexico
Bef enact dby The Senate and Houe cf Rsgreseniafpes
Of me United Atitss gf Amefi On Congress assembled
IHAt the sixth section ci the entitled An act 10 SON
nrm certain private land claims In the Territory Of Now
Mexico approved June tWenty-irs eisheen hundfaa
and sixty, be and the is hereby 80 amended as 10
enabe the heirs OF Luis Maria Baea to raise and wtrav
the selection aud vcton OF Of this square bodies OF
land confirmed to them by said heretofore located by
said bes on the Pecos river adjoining the Fort Sumner
reservation and to select aud relocate the snms in tho
manner provided by said act at any time before the twen
tyhrs d'y OF June, In the year eighteen hundred and
sixty hve, upon any OF the public lands unoccupisd and
not uiueral within the limits OF the territory New
Mexico as said limits were known and defined BY law on
tine twenty irat day Of June, In the year eighteen hum
dred and sixty and upon such selection and relocation
The title to said quare Dody ofAud the being the
lfth part Of he IrvAe claim confirmed said heirs
Aforesaid, so slsrted and re.ocaed shall be and is
hereby eonsmed to tho sid heirs Of the said Luis Maria
BAca fully and perfectly the same cad been te-
eCed and located within three years IRON and after tie
approx RI Of the act aforesaid.
sEc.2 Afdt further enacted, That upon such seec.
on and relocation all right title and interest ofthe said
heirs OF LLis MaTs D4es Of in, aud the square body of
land heretofore eecied and by them on the Pecos
sadoining ths Fort Sumner New Mex
hereby dtv0sted and declared null and void and the
same shall Ia the Government of the United
| States
| Approved, June II, 1864. N-p