Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-17
NOTICE OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE
Court Of Private Land Claims

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court Of
~ Private Land Claims, established by the
act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, en-
Land Claims, and to provide for the settle
ment of private land claims in certain States
and Territories" was duly organized at the
City of Denver, in the State of Colorado, on
the first day of July, 1891, by the appoint
ment of clerk and the other officers pro
vided for in said act And by order of the
Chief Justice and Associate Judges of said
court, the first session thereof Will be held
at Denver. Colorado, on Tuesday, the 18th
day of November, 1891
The substance of said act Of Congress Is rs
follows:
To establish Court of Private Land Claims,
and to provide for the settlement OF
private land claims in certain States and
Territories.
sentatives Of tho United 6tstss Of America, In
| Congress assembled:
SECTION l. That there shall be, and hereby
Is established a court to be called the Court
of Private Land Claims to consist OF chief
| justice and four associate justices who snail
be, when appointed, citizens and residents
| OF some of the States of the United states,
to be appointed by the President by ana
| to hold their Offices for the term expiring on
the thirty-frst day of December, ammo
domint eighteen hundred and ninety i've,
any three Of whom shall constitute a
quorum. Said court shall have and exercise
| Jurisdiction in the hearing and decision OF
private land claims according to the pro
point clerk VIII shall attend all the sessions
of the court, and deputy clerk, where
regular terms of the court are heid. Inc
court shall also appoint stenographer VINO
shall attend all the sessions of the court ana
perform the duties required of him by the
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
Revised Statutes Oft United States. Each
OF said justices shall have power TO ADMIN
lister oaths and affrmations. 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
ena ai ees IN s COURT he a
shall hold such sessions in the States and
Territories mentioned In this act as shall be
needful for the purposes thereof, and shall
holding Of such sessions, by. publication in
both the English and Spanish languages, in
one newspaper published at the capital Of
oeh state or once tSs las. wee a
which publications shall be not less
than thirty days next preceding the
times of the holding Of such SEES,
sions, but such sessions may be adjourned
from time to time without such publication
SEC. 2. That there shall also be appointed
by the President by and with the adylce 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
States in said court, And there shall be ap-
pointed by the said court, a person VINO
dent of some State of the United States,
skilled in the spanish and English lam
guages to act as Interpreter and translator
thereof, and to perform such other services
rs may be required of him by the court.
SEC. 3. That Immediately upon the organl-
cation of said court the clerk shall cause
the first session thereof, to be published tor
period of ninety days In one newspaper at
the City of Washington and in one publlshed
II the capital OF the state Of Coior Id N ana
Mexico. Such notices shall be pu blished In
both the Spanish and English languages,
and shall contain the substance OF this act.
SEQ 4. That It shall be the duty OF the
Commissioner Of the General Land ONCE OF
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 and papers re-
land within said States and Territories in
relation to, which any petition shall be
brought under this act on the application t,aIlo
Of the United States, to safely transmit
such records and papers to said court or to
attend in person or by deputy any session
thereof when required BY said court, aEa
produce such records and papaxA
SEC. 8. That the testimony which has
been heretofore lawfully and una regularly Re.
proper Territory or state or 6y the Com
missioner of the General Land once, upon
any claims presented to them, respectively,
shall be admitted in evidence in all trials
under this act when the person testifying iss
dead, SO far as the subject matter thereof
Is competent evidence; and the court shall
give 1t such weight as in its judgment I'M
der all the circumstances, 1t ought to have
SEC. 8. That it shall be lawful for any
person or persons or corporation or their
legal representatives, claiming lands Wlthln
the limits of the territory derived by the
and now embr aced within the Territories OF
New Mexico, Arizona or Utah, or within
the States of Nevada, Colorado or Wyo-
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
passage of this act have not been confirmed
by act of Congress or otherwise, finally de.
eided upon by lawful authority, and which
are not already complete and perfect in
writing to the said court in the State or
Territory where said land Is situated and
where tie said court holds its sessions, but
cases arising in the states an S territories
sessions may be instituted at such place as
may be designated by the rules of the court.
The petition shall set forth fully the
nature of their claims to the lands. and
state the date and form of the
Grant, concession, warrant or order of sur
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
authorities constituted BY law for the ad. !
justment of land titles within the limits of
the said territory SO acquired, and by them
reported on unfavorably or recommended
yeyed or not; and pray In such petition
that the validity of such title or claim may
be inquired into and decided.
And 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 nc answer or an
swers be filed, after due notice, or on the
petition and the answer or answers of any
person or persons interested In preventing
any claim from being este blished, 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 possessor 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