Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-02-11

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Sec. 4 .ia4 H. H fsrssey csscts1. Ths;
whesrv,r the district iads- Of any one Of
the district courts Il th1 Uait-d States ior
California il Interested in any land. the claim
to which. undsa the said act of Mach third,
~ightren hundred and fiiy-one. is Icnding be-
fore him, on appeal from the board of CON-
missioners created bv said act. the said dis
trict courts shall order the case TO be trans
ferr-d TO the circuit court Of the United
States for California. which court shall there
upon take jurisdiction and determine the
same The said district courts may also Or
der transfer to the said circuit court of any
other cases arising under said act, pending
before them, affecting the title to lands within
the corporate limits of any city Or town. and
in such casts both the district and circuit
judges may sit
Sec 5. And be II .fartAer enacted, That
all the right and title Of the United States to
tho lands within the limits of the city of San
Francisco, as defined in the act Incorporating
said city, passed by the Legislature of the
State of California, ON the fifteenth Of April,
one thousand eight hundred and fitty-one, are
hereby relinquished and granted to the said
city and its SUCCESSORS, for the uses and pur-
poses specified in the ordinances of said city,
ratified by an act of the legislature of the
said state, approved on the eleventh Of
March. eighteen hundred and ffty-cight. en-
titled "An act concerning the city Of San
Francisco, and to ratify and confirm certain
ordinances of tho common council! of said city,"
there being excepted from this REIMBURSEMENT
and grant all sites or other parcels of lands
Which have been, or now are, occupied by
the United States for military. naval. or other
public uses or such other sites or parcels as
may hereafter be designated by the President
of the United States, within one year after
the rendition to the general land-officc, by
the surveyor general. of an approved plat of
the exterior limits of San Francisco, as recog-
nized in this section, in connection with the
lines of the public surveys: And provided.
That the REIMBURSEMENT and grant by this
act shall in no manner Interfere with or pre-
julice any bona fiic claims of others, whether
asserted adversely under rights derived from
Spain, Mexico, or the laws o: the United
States, nor preclude a judicial examination
and adjustment thereof.
Sec 6. Ind be it ./urther enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the surveyor general of
California to cause all the private land claims
finally confirmed to be accurately surveyed
and plats thereof to be made, whenever re-
quested by the claimants: Provided, That
each claimant requesting survey and plat
shall first deposit in the district court of the
district within which the land is situated
sufficient sum of money to pay the expenses
of such survey and plat. and Of the publica-
ton required by the first section Of this act.
Whenever the survey and plat requested shall
have been completed aud forwarded to he com.
missioner Of the general land-ofiice, as re.
quired by this act, the district court may d.
rect the application of the money deposited.
or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
the payment Of the expenses Of said survey
and publication.
Sec. 7. And be It .fartAcr enacted, That
it shall be the duty of tho surveyor-general of
California, in making surveys of the private
land claims finally confirmed, to follow the
decree Of conformation as closely as practical
BILE whenevr such decree designates the spe-
ci6c boundaries Of the claim. But when such
decree designates only the out.boundaries
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 tho character of
the land, or intervening grants. b. such as to
render the location impracticable in one tract
then each scperate location shall be maae. as
near as practicable. in compact form. And
It shall b. the duty Of the commissioner of
the general land Office TO require a substan-
tial compliance with the directions of this
section before approving any survey anu plat
rwarded to him.
Sec. 8. l~d be II further enacted, That
the act entitled a. An act to amend an act en-
titled An act to define and regulate the
jurisdiction Of the distric, courts of the United
States in California. in regard TO the survey
and location Of ofeonirmrd private land claims. !"
approved June fourteen. eighteen hundrs
and sixty. and all provisions Of lsv ineoasis-
tant with this act. are hereby repealed.
APprovrd Jsly l. 1864.
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