Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-23

AN ACl 10 grant the right of pre- empuOr
10 certain settlers on the Rancho Bolsa de-
Iumalsr, IN the State ct California
Be IL eI'dctd ~ tie SENATE aud House .t
representatives. ut the Uutad States Of 1aeg
icu 1l Congress d>>u3i,3,
That it may and shall De lawful for I'M.
Commissioner of the General Land ONCE 10
cause the lines of the public SURVEYS to b..
extended over the tract Of country known as
the Rancho Bol>a de Iomalcs, in Marin coun
~, California, the claim to which, by Jane,
ID. Galbraith, has been adjudgcd invalid b.
the Supreme Curt Of the United State
and to have approved plats thereof duly Re
turned to the proper district laud office Pr.
mded That the actual cost of such suryey
and plating shall first be paid into the SUI
yeying fund by settlers, according to the re-
quircments Of the tenth section ufthe act o.,
Congress approved thlrtieth of May, eigh
teen hundred and siXty-two, TO reduce the
expenses of the survey and sale of the pub
lie lands in the United States"
Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted, THAI,
after the return OF such approved plats p
the district Office it may and shall be lawtr
for individuals, settlers upon the said Ran
chO BoISa de IOmales, to enter, according
to the lines Of the public surveys, at one doI
lar and twenty-five cents per acre, the ianl
settled upon by them to the extent to which
the sam had been reduced 70 pusscssIUn "a.
the time ofsaid a. ADJUDICATION OF said Suprem.
Court, joint entire being admiS'Ioie oE. CO
terminOus proprletOrS, in order tina, tAeig r.
SpectVe boundaries may be adjusted in AZ.
cordance with their several possessions
Sec. }. Ind be il further enacted, Thai
all claims within the purvicw of this &C,
shall be presented 10 the register and receiy.
or within twelve months after the return Of
such surveys 10 the district land office, az
companied by proof of settlement, and the eN
tent to which the tracts claimed have been
reduced into possession at the time Of said
adjudication; and thcrcupOn each case shall
De.adJudged by the register and receiver uu
der such instructions as shall be glvenby the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
to whom the proof ana adjudication shall be
returned by the local land office, and no al
JudicatOn shall be final until Confirmed BY
the SAID Commissioner: PTOCIded, That the
cOnhrmuon by SAID Commissioner shall Oe
conclusive and final between cotermInOus
prOprIetOrs, and the correctness thereof shall
not be open to COntcstatiOn in any action at
law or SUIT in equity between them or be,
tween parties claiming under them by LITTLE
subsequent; Ind prOCided further That any
claim not brought before the register and re,
CelNer WITHIN twelve months as aforesaid shal.
be barred, and the lands covered thereby
with any other tracts within the limits OF
rancho the titles TO which are not established
under this act, shall be dealt with as Other
public lands, but subject TO tie adjudicated
boundaries Of the cialms which are presented
within the limit Of the time prescribed as
aforesaid: Procided That no person under
the provisions Of this act shall be allowed 10
enter a greater quantity Of land than thNc
hundred and twenty acres.
Approved June II, 1861.