The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-06-15
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Third Session Of the Forfeit
Congress.

An Act to confirm certain private Land Claims il
! the Territory OF New Mexico
i Be il enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep.
reseutatives # the United States Of Amrrc., IL
Congress assembled That private land claims mum
bercd tGty-uHe, forty-twO, forty -four, fnrty-sIx
| and fnrty-seveI, Territory of New Mexico, a
| known and designated by the numbers aforesaid
i'll the reports Of the surveyor general of the said
Territory and the books Of the com missioner
of the general land office, be, and the same are
hereby confirmed: p divided, That such cnHtirna
ton sh al only be construed As aquit claim on orl
REIMBURSEMENT Of all title or claim the part OF
the United States to any lands improved by or
On behalf Of the United States, and not includ-
ing any military other reservation embraced IN
either of the said claims and shall effect the
adverse rights Of any person or persons to tn,
same. or any part or parcel the. eof.
SIC .. And be it further enacted That the
commissioner If the general land office shall with
out uni easouabIe delay, cause the lands embraced
IN said several claims 10 be surveyed and plated
at the proper expense Of the claimants thereof,
ana upon the fl lug Of said surveys and plats in
his office he shall issue patents for said lands III
said Territory which have heretofore been con
firmei by acts of Congress and surveyed, and
plstts Of such survey II led in his Office afore
said. but for which no patents have heretofore
been issued
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all sur
ves auth, rzcd by this act shall conform to and
be connected with the pubic surveys of the
United States in said Territories So far as the
same can be- done consistent with the landmarks
and boundaries specimen IN the several grants
IT. On which said claims are founded: provided,
however. That when said lands confirmed,
SURVEYED and patented, they shall in each case be
he'd aud taken to be in full satisfaction If all
further claims or demands against the United
States
Approved, March 8, 1869.
An Act to amend an act entitled An act to con-
firm certain private Land Claims III the Terri
tory of New MeXico.'
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled That the exterior lines Of the
CorneIIo Vigil and Cram St. VTain claims Of ell
even leagues each, subject to claims derived
,om said uartieS as confirmed by the act OF Con-
lress approved twenty -first of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty, United States Statutes, vol
ume twelve. page seVehty-ohe, silaii lie adJus5 ed
accoriin. to the lines of the public surveys, as
nearly As practicable, with the limits of said
Claims, vet in contract I'm as possible +; and
the claims of al, actual settlers upon the tracts
heretofore claimed by the said Vigil and st Nrain, |
holding possession under titles promises to set
tie which have besm made by said Vigil and St. |
Vrain. their legal representatives. prior to the
passage OF this act, who may establish the
claim, within one year from the passage Of this |
acS, to the satisfaction of the register and re-
ceiyer ftLa pryper land district, shall in like
manner be adjusted according tn the subdiviSiona
lines of the survey, rs to inCluie the lands 50
Sci led upon OF purchased, and the areas Of the
came shall be deducted and excluded from ihel d-
listed limits ofthe claims of said Vigil and St rain
IL spectivey and the claims Of all other actual
settlers falling within the limits of the lo ated
claims f Vigil and st. VTain shall be adj us.ei 10
the extent which shall embrace their several set
Elements upon their several claims being estab |
lished either pre- emption or heme-teafs ac-
rordiug to law : and for the aggregate of these |
areas of the latter class Of claims the said Vigil
and St Vrain their legal representatives, shall
be entitled TO locate like quantity of public |
lands not mineral, according to the lines Of the
public surveys, and not TO exceed one hundred
and sixty acres in one section.
SIC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty Of the general land Office to
cause the lines of the public surveys to be run in
the regions where proper location womb place
the SAIL Vigil and St. Vrain claims, and that the
sxper Sc of the same shall be paid. out Of any
moneys in the treasury rot otherwise appro-
1riated yet, before the confirmation Of the said
,ct of June twenty first, eighteen hundred and
xty, shall become legally effective, the said
Vigil and St Vrain or their legal representatives.
hall pay the ,st of much Of said surveys as
,nures to their benefit respectively, and that all
ettIers Of the said third class, whose claims may
,e adjusted as valid, shall have tho right to enter