Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-23
NOTICE OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE
Court Of Private Land Claims

Court Of Private Land Claims
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court Of
IN Private Land Claims established by the
act of Congress approved March ., 1881, en-
titled An act to establish Court or private
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
he rs ae e9 9 Andy bs9 oh s t oers PGr
vided for in said act. And by order OF the
Chief Justice and Associate Judges OF sad
court, the first session thereof will be held
Ct Deqyer. Colorado lsoS on Tuesday the 18TH
The substance Of said act of Congress is as
follows:
AN ACT
To establish Court of Private Land Claims
and to provide for the settlement OF
private land claims in certain States and
Territories.
Be IL enacted BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtipeS Of tho United states or America, IN
Congress assembled
SECTION /. That there shall be, and hereby
is established court to be called the Court
of Private Land Claims, to consist OF chief
Justice and four associate justices VINO sh all
be, when appointed, citizens and residents
of some of the States of the United States,
to be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
to hold their ofices for the term expiring on
the thirty-first day of December, ammo
domini eighteen hundred and ninety-fve,
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
visions of this act. The said court shali ap-
point clerk who shall attend all the sessions
of the court, and deputy clerk, where
regular terms of the court are held The
court shall also appoint stenographer who
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 ana 10
carry out the provisions OF TINS act: 70 lssa af
any process necessary to the transaction OF
the business of said court, and to Issue com
missions to take dispositions as proVlded 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 af1rmattons. 1t ehall be the
duty of the United States marshal Tor any
district or Territory in which the court Is
placed in his hands for this purpose, and to
attend the court in person or by deputy
when so directed by the court The court
shall hold such sessions In the States ana
needful for the purposes thereof, and shall
give notice of the times and places of the
holding of such sessions, BY publlcatlon IN
both the English and Spanish languages IN
such State or Territory, once week
which publications shall be not less
hae es III the DAYS folding nfa q saeR
sions, but such sessions may pc ADJOURNED
from time to time without such publication
SEC. 2. That there shall also be appointed
by the President. by and with the advice and
RI n the Gen ate COmDetent attO1neY,
learned in the law, who shall when appointea1
be a 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, person, who
Shall be when appointed citizen and resi-
dent of some State OF the United States
skilled in the spanish and Engllsn IAN
Euages, to act as Interpreter and translator
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 organi-
cation OF said court the clerk shall cause
notices thereof, and of the time and place OF
the first session thereof, to be published Tor
period of ninety days in one newspaper al
the City OF Washington ana IN one pupilsnedd
At the capital OF the state of Colorado and
Of the Territories of Arizona and New
Mexico. Such notices shall be pu blished In
both the spanish and English languages,
and shall contain the substance OF this act
SEC. !. That it shall be the duty OF the
Commissioner Of the General Land once OF
the United States, the Surveyors-Genera
of such Territories and States, or the
keeper of any public records who may nave
possessions Of any records and papers re.
lating to any land grants or CLAIMS lor
land within said States and Territories IN
relation to which any petition snail DC
Of any person interested or by the attorney
Of the United states, to safely transmit
SUCH records and papers to said court or 70
attend in person or By DEPUTY any a1u session a0a
! p1odaee w saea r .sSd' and papa1.
SEC. 5. That the testimony which has
been heretofore lawfully and regularly re.
ceiyed by the Surveyor-General OF the
proper Territory or state or by the Com
missioner of the General Land once, upon
any claims presented to them, respectively,
shall be admitted in evidence In az trlais
under this act " hen the person testity1ng ls
dead, so far as the subject matter tnere0t
Is competent evidence; and the court snail
give it such weight as, in It's judgment I'M
der all the circumstances, IL ougni 10 nay I'VE;
SEC Q. That 1t shall be lawful tor any
person or persons or corporation or their
legal representatives. claiming lands Wltnln
the limits of the territory derived by the
United states from the Repu PIC OF MeAic 90
New Mexico, Arizona or Utah, or wlthln
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 70 the
United States which at the Gate OF the
passage Of this act have not been confirmed
! 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
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 and Territories
in which the court does not mold regular
sessions may be instituted at such place as
may De designated by the rules OF the court.
the petition shall set forth fully the
nature OF their claims to the lands, and
particularly state the date and form Of the
grant, concession, warrant or order of sur
fey 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 thereon, otherwise tnan
by the lease or permission of the petitioner,
and also the quantity of land claimed and
the boundaries thereof, where situate, with
a map showing the same as near as may be-
and whether the said claim mas 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 the ad
tustment of land titles within the limits OIL
the said territory SO acquired, and by them
reported on unfavorably or recommended
for confirmation, or authorized to be sur
veyed or mott and pray In such petition
| That the VdllulIy Vi buCu IlIiC VI SldAhi nlo
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 tled, after due notice, or on the
petition and the answer or answers of any
person OF persons interested in preventing
any claim from being est2 blished and the
answer of the attorney tor the United
and such testimony and proofs as may bt
taken; and copy of such petition, with ;
citation to any adverse possessor or claim
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 it shall be thu
duty OF the attorney for the United States
rs also any adverse possessor or claim ant