Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-15
NOTICE OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE
Court Of Private Land Claims

OUull vi lllfulC LQllu VlQllllG
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court OF
~ Private Land Claims, established by the
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 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 as
follows
To establish Court of Private Land Claims,
and to provide for the settlement of
private land claims in certain States and
Territories.
SeRtatiyes of the United States Of America, in
Congress assembled:
SECTION l. That there shall be, and hereby
Is established court to be called the Court
justice and four associate justices, who shall
be, when appointed, citizens and residents
OF some of the States of the United States,
to be appointed by the President by and
to hold their Offices for the term expiring on
the thirty-first day of December, ammo
domini eighteen hundred and ninety-fYe,
any three of whom shall constitute
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 shall attend all the sessions
regular terms of the court are held. The
court shall also appoint stenographef who
shall attend all the sessions of the court and
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
chapter sevent cen OF title thirteen OF the
Revised Statutes of the United States. Each
OF said justices shall have power to admin
lister oaths and aff1rmations. 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 SAD GGu r.
attend the court in person or by deputy
shall hold such sessions In the States and
Territories mentioned in this act as shall be
give notice OF the times and places of the
holding of such sessions, by publication in
both the English and Spanish languages, IN
one newspaper published at the capital OF
for two successive weeks, the last OF
which publications shall be not less
than thirty. days next preceding the
son b6 of such the ess Nng nav OF be
from time to time without such publication:
SEC. 2. That there shall also be appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, competent attorney,
10 r n cd n a w w 2nnn1ntPd
be a resident and citizen of some state OF
the United States, to represent the United
States in said court. And there shall be APP
pOnted by the SAID e9ur person waG
dent of some State of the United states,
skilled in the Spanish and English lam
Euages, to act as Interpreter and translator
In said court, to attend all the sessions
rs may be required of him by the court
SEC 3. That Immediately upon the organ1-
cation of said court the clerk shall! cause
notices thereof, and of the time and place of
a period of ninety days in one newspaper at
the City of Washington and In one published
ut the capital of the State of Colorado and
Mexico. Such notices shall be published in
both the Spanish and English languages,
and shall contain the substance OF this act.
SEC. 4. That 1t shall be the duty OF the
commissi9nsr Of the Gensral Land once 81
of such Territories and States. OF, the
keeper of any public records who may nave
possessions of any records and papers re-
Iating to any lapd grants its. or claims Tor
relation to. which any petition shall be
brought under this act. on the application
of any person interested or by the attorney
Of the United States, to safely transmit
attend in person or by deputy any session
thereof when required by said court and
produce such records and papers
SEC. 5. That the testimony which, has
been heretofore lawfully and regularly re-
ceived 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 all trials
under this act hen the person testifying is
dead, so far as the subject matter thereof
is competent evidence; and the court shall
give 1t such weight as, in its judgment, un-
der all the circumstances, 1t ought to have.
SEC. 8. That 1t shall be lawful for any
person or persons or corporate ton or their
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
aed STATES St wSch 1t he dae Of the
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
writing to the said court in the State or
Territory where said land Is situated and
where the said court holds its sessions, but
cases arising in the states ana So 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
of their claims to the lands, and
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
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 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 py law TOR the adc
the said territory so acquired, and by them
on unfavorably or recommended
for confirmation, or authorized to be sur
yeyed or , net; ana pray n such petition
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
lions and proofs in case no 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 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 poEsessor or claim
ant, shall Immediately after the filing of the
same be served on such possessor or claim
such process in the proper State or Terri
tory, and in like manner on the attorney
for the United States; and it shall be the
duty OF the attorney for the United States,
I'll LII III