Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-08

Ehs cltyos San Flsneisoo, a,d.s..s -
act Incorporating sAid city, pssss5 Il ~ ss
Legislature of the State Of CalifoTn;y me
the fifteenth day of April, one thoo5.ooII
eight hundred and hfty-one, are bersbSS-
rehnquished and granted TO the said ~,
and Its successors, for the uses and NM
poses sPeeihed IN the ordinances Of ss;J
city, ratified by an act of the LaO;sl..S---N-1I
Of the said State, approved on ire sIan
enth Of March, eighteen hundrsd ".i
fffy-eight, entitled q An zaet. eo1cs,- :Lu
the city of San Francisco, and 10 ra,;fs
and confirm certain ordinances NJ ~
common council of said citv.n 81
being excepted from this relinouishr1,eas
and grant all sites or other parcsi. -
lands which have been OF now are o,,' Va
| pied by the United States for mil;to..
naval, or other public uses, or such otbs,,
sites or parcels as may hereafter be dss;e-
mated by the President of the Un;,e5
States, within one year after the rend;,;oS
to the General Land Office, by the ~
veyor general, of an approved plat Of The
exterior limits of San Francisco, as rec.
ognized in This section, in connection
with the lines of the public surveys; And
provided, That the relinquishment and
grant by this act shall in no manner in.
terfere with or prejudice any bona ida
claims of others, whether asserted sd.
versely under rights derived from Spain.
Mexico, or the laws of the United States
nor preclude a judicial examination and
adjustment thereof
SEQ. 6. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the surveyor gen
eral of California TO cause all the private
land claims finally confirmed to be accur-
ately surveyed and plats thereof 70 be
made, whenever requested by the claim
ant: Provided, That each claimant re-
questing a survey and plat shall FIRST de-
post in the district court of the district
within which the land is situated a sufi-
cient sum of money to pay the expenses
of such survey and plat and of the publ
cation required by the first section Of this
act. Whenever the survey and plat re-
0uestAd shall have been completed and
forwarded to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, as required by this
act, the district court may direct the ap-
plication of the money deposited, or so
much therOofas may be necessary, to the
payment of the expenses OF said survey
and publication. -..,.
it shall be the duty of the surveyor gen
eral of California, in making surveys of
the private land claims finally confirmed,
| to follow the decree of confirmation as
closely as practicable whenever such de-
cree designates the specific boundaries of
the claim. But when such decree desig-
mates only the Outbounderies within which
the quantity confirmed IS to be taken, the
location of such Quantity shall be made,
as near as practicable, In one tract and in
compact form. And if the character Of
the land, or intervening grants be such as
to render the location impracticable in
one tract, then each separate location
shall be made, as near as practicable, in a
compact form. And it shall be the duty
of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office to require a substantial compliance
with the directions of this section before
approving any survey and plat forwarded
to him.
SEC. g. And be it further enacted, Thai
the act entitled San act to amend an act
entitled sAn act to define and regulate the
jurisdiction of the district courts Of the
UNITED States in California, in regard to
the survey and location of confirmed Pr'
vate land claims,'" approved june four
, teen, eighteen hundred and sixty, and al
provisions of law inconsistent with this
act, are hereby repealed.
Approved, July l, 1854. ... %