Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-13
NOTICE OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE
Court Of Private Land Claims

OUul Va llVulC Lullu OlullllA
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court o.
IN Private Land Claims, established by tht
act of Congress approved March 8, 1891, en-
titled AN act to establish Court of Private
Land Claims, and to provide for the settle
ment of private land claims in certain States
and Territories was duly organized at thu
City of Denver, in the State of Colorado, OF
the first day Of July, 1891, by the appoint
ment of a clerk and the other officers pro
vided for in said act. And by order OF tht
Chief Justice and Associate Judges OF sale
court, the first session thereof will be held
at Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday, the 17tf
day of November, 1891.
The substance Of said act of Congress is a
follows:
To establish a Court of Private Land Claims
and to provide for the settlement OF
private land claims in certain states anc
Territories.
Be it enacted BY The Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtiDes Of the United States Of America, IN
Congress assembled:
SECTION l. That there shall be, and hereby
is established court to be called the Courl
OF Private Land Claims, to consist OF cnlei
Justice and four associate Justices who sha all
be. when appointed, citizens and residents
of some of the States of the United States
to be appointed by the President Dy aho
with the advice and consent OF the Senate,
to hold their officesfor the term expiring on
the thirty-hrst day of December, ammo
domini eighteen hundred and ninety-tve,
any three of whom shall constitute q
quorum. Said court shall have and exercise
Jurisdiction in the hearing and decision OF
private land claims according to the pro
visions of this act. The said court shall ap'
point clerk who hall attend all the sessions
Of the court and deputy clerk, where
regular terms of the court are held. The
RI al II a1cn annntnt a StenOPTaDler VINO
shall attend all the sessions OF the court ano
perform the duties required OF him by Inc
court
The said court shall have the power to
adopt all necessary rules and regulations
for the transaction of its business and TO
carry out the provisions of this act to issue
any process necessary to the transaction OF
the business Of said court, and to issue com
missions to take dispositions as provided IN
chapter seventeen of title thirteen OF the
Revised Statutes of the United States. Each
OF said justices shall have power to admin
lister oaths and aflrmations. 1t shall be the
duty of the United States marshal for any
district or Territory in which the court Is
held, to serve any process of the said court
placed in his hands for this purpose, and TO
attend the s0a In oo or X ae epuft
shall hold such sessions in the States and
Territories mentioned in this act as shall be
needful for the purposes thereof, and shall
give notice of the times and places or the
QOlQlnR Oh SUCH SebSlOuS, Wy puuiSotioh ~
both the English and Spanish languages, IN
one newspaper published at the capital OF
such State or Territory, once week
for two successive weeks, tho last OF
Which publications shah De nGs less tSs
times of the holding Of such SEES.
stons, but such sessions may be ADJOURNED
from time to time without such pu bl1cat1on
by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, competent attorney
learned in the law, who shall when appointed
be resident and citizen OF some state OF
the United States, to represent the United
pointed by the said court, a person VINO
shall be when appointed a citizen and resi-
dent Of some State OF the United states,
skilled in the Spanish and English Ian
In said court, to attend all the sessions
thereof, and to perform such other services
as may be required of him by the court
SEC. 3. That Immediately upon the organl-
Fl ssa aa the me
the first session thereof, to be published Tor
a period of ninety days In one newspaper at
the City of Washington and In one puDilsne9
At the capital OF the state OF COLORADO ana
Mexico. Such notices shall be published In
both the Spanish and English languages,
and shall contain the substance OF thl5 act.
SEQ. 4. That it shall be the duty OF the
the United States, the Suryeyors-Genera
of such Territories and States. or the
keeper of any public records who may nave
possessions OF any records ana papers re-
land within said States and Territories in
relation to- which any petition shall be
brought under this act. on the application
Of any person interested or by the attorney
such records and papers to said court or to
4 attend in person or BY deputy any session
thereof when required by said court and
produce such records and paperA
SEC 8. That the testimony which has
been heretofore lawfully and regularly re-
ceived by the Surveyor-Genera OF the
proper Territory or state or by the COM
missioner OF the General Land once, upon
any claims presented to them, respectively,
shall he admitted in evidence IN al trials
under this act W hen the person test1fy1ng ls
dead so far as the subject matter thereof
Is competent evidence; and the court snail
give 1t such weight as, in its Judgment, I'M
der all the circumstances, 1t ought to nave,
SEC u. That it shall be lawful for any
person or persons or corporation OF tneir
legal representatives, claiming lands within
the limits of the territory derived by the
United States from the Republic of Mexico
and now embraced within the Territories OF
New Mexico, Arizona or Utah, or within
the States of Nevada, Colorado or Wyo-
ming by virtue of any such Spanish or Mex
lean grant, concession, warrant or survey
as the United States are bound to recognize
and confirm by virtue of the treaties OF
cession of said country by Mexico to the
United States which at the date OF the
BY act of Congress or otherwise, finally de-
cided upon by lawful authority, and which
are not already complete and perfect in
every such case, to present petition In
Territory where said land Is situated and
where the said court holds Its sessions, but
cases arising in the states and Territories
in which the court does not hold regular
sessions may be instituted at such place as
may be designated by the rules of the court.
the petition shall set forth fully this
nature of their claims to the lands, and
state the date and form OF the
Vey under which they claim, by whom
made, the name or names of any person or
persons in possession of or claiming the
Same, or any part thereof otherwise than
by the lease or permission OF the petitioner,
and also the quantity of land claimed and
the boundaries thereof. where situate, with
q map showing the same as near as may be,
and whether the said claim has heretofore
been confirmed, considered or acted upon
by Congress or the authorities of the United
States, or been heretofore submitted to any
authorities constituted by law for tle ad-
justment of land titles within the limits of
the said territory SO acquired, and Oy them
for confirmation, or authorized to be sur.
veyed or not; and pray in such petition
that the validity of such title or claim may
be inquired into and decided.
Ana the said court Is hereby authorized
and required to take and exercise jurisdic-
ton of all cases or claims presented by pc.
tition In conformity with the provisions of
this act, and to hear and determine the
same, as in this act provided, on the petit
tons and proofs in case no answer or an
swers be hled, after due notice, or on the
petition and the answer or answers of any
person or persons interested in preventing
any claim from being established, and the
answer of the attorney for the United
States where he may have filed an answer,
and such testimony and proofs as may be
taken; and copy of such petition, with
citation to any adverse possessor or claim
ant, shall Immediately after the filing of the
same be served on such posssssor or claim
ant In the ordinary legal manner of serving
such process in the proper State or Terri
tory, and in like manner on the attorney
for the United States; and 1t shall be the
duty OF the attorney for the United States,
rs also any adverse possessor or claimant,
after service of petition and citation as
provided, within thirty days,
unless further time shall for good cause
shown be granted by the court, or judge
thereof to enter an appearance. and plead,
answer or demur to said petition; and In