Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-07-20

! ICBLlC-Nb. 30.
AN ACT for the relief of the occu-
pants of the lands Of the ex mis-
sion of San Jose, in the State Of
California.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the United States Of
america IN Congress Assembled, That
every person who has the possession
rightfully as against all others except
the United States, or, being out of
possession, is, as against all others
except as aforesaid, entitled to the
possession of any portion of the tract
of land situate in the county of Ala
media, State Of California, known as
.he lands Of the ex-mission Of San
Jose, as included in the map and sur
vey thereof, made October, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, 10y Z. Ii. Dyer,
deputy United States surveyor, shall
have the right, and the right is here
by granted to each and every such
person, to enter and purchase of the
United States, at the sum or price OF
one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre, such portion of said tract so
rightfully possessed by him, her. or
them, to which he, she, or they may
so have such right of possession,
whether such person claim the same
by conveyance from or under Andres
Pico and Juan b. Alvarado, or either
of them, or by possession only: Pro-
rided, hoarerer, That any person enti-
tied under this act to a parcel of less
than eight acres shall in all such Ca
ses pay ten dollars for the same.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That every person claiming any bene-
fit under this act shall within one
year from the passage thereof, present
to the register and receiver of the
United States land Office at San Fran
cisco a survey or plat of the portion
of said tract claimed by him, her, or
them, and which shall exhibit the
quarter section or sections, or parts
thereof, included in said plat, made by
or under the direction of the United
States surveyor general of California,
and herewith a written statement
setting forth the right of such claim
ant to enter and purchase such por.
tion under the provisions of this act,
and whether the said claimant has ac-
quired the alleged title of said Pico
and Alvarado, or either of them there
to, or holds by possession only ; and
thereupon such register and receiver
shall, under such rules as may be
prescribed by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, proceed and
take, hear, and examine the evidence
which may be offered in support OF or
against such claim, and, upon the
proofs being closed, shall determine
upon and decide the same /: PrOrided,
That no decision of said register and
receiver shall be final until approved
by the Commissioners of the General
Land Office.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted,
That the claimant in whose favor
final decision has been made, upon
paying to the receiver of the land
Office at San Francisco for the land
embraced in such final decision the
sum thereof prescribed in the first
section of this act, shall be entitled to
patent for such land from the Uni
ted States, conveying all the interest
thern to such claimant.
Sec. 4. 1nd be ii further enacted,
That upon all proceedings under this
act being closed, and upon the appeal,
taken TO the Supreme Court OF the
United States by +. l.. Beard and 9TH
ers, claimants of said lands against
the United States, being dismissed
or the decree appealed from affirmed
the surveyor General of the United
States for California shall cause the
lines of the public surveys to be ex
tended over all portions of said land
which shall not have been disposed o
under the provisions hereof, and there
after the same shall be disposed OF al
in the case of other public lands.
Approved, March 3, 1865.