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

OF THE
Court Of Private Land Claim.
| NOTICE is hereby given that the Court o
~ Private Land Claims established by tn
act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, en-
titled AN act to establish Court of Prtvat
Land Claims, and to provide for the settle
ment of private land claims In certain State
and Territories, /" was duly organized at tn
City of Denver, in the state of Colorado, OF
the first day of July, 1891, by the appoint
vided for in said act. And by order of thu
Chief Justice and Associate Judges of sait
court, the first session thereof will be he'll
Ct Denyer, Colorado, on Tuesday, the l7tl
The substance Of said act of Congress is a
follows:
AN ACT
To establish Court of Private Land Claims
and to provide for the settlement o;
private land claims In certain States ant
Territories.
Be II enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatipes Of tho United StGt9 of America, IN
Congress assembled:
SECTION /. That there shall be, and hereby
Is established court to be called the Cour1
of Private Land Claims, to consist of a CHIEF
Justice and four associate justices, who sha
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-arst day of December, ammo
dom1n1 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
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 VINO
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 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 CO. t
when 80 directed by the court. The court
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
times OF the holding of such ses,
ht1f ri m " Qdi0nrnR6
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,
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, who
dent Of some State of the United States,
skilled in the Spanish and English Ian
guages, to act as Interpreter and translator
In said court, to attend all the sessions
and to perform such GsneG services
SEC. 3. That Immediately upon the organi-
Eation of said court the clerk shall cause
notices thereof, and of the time and place OF
the first session thereof, to be published for
2 period of ninety days In one newspaper at
the City of Washington and In one published
1t 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 4. That 1t shall be the duty of the
Commissioner Of the General Land ONCE OF
the United States, the Surveyors-General
of such Territories and States tat or !, the
possessions of any records and papers re-
[ating to any land grants or claims for
land within said States and Territories in
relation to which any petition shall be
If any person interested or by the attorney
If the United States, to safely transmit
'uch records and papers 70 said court or to
attend in person or BY Seputy any session
hereof when required by said court, ana
produce such records and paperA
SEC. B. That the testimony which has
been heretofore lawfully and regularly re-
seived by the Surveyor-General OF the
proper Territory or State or by the Com
missioner of the General Land ONCE, upon
my claims presented to them, respectively,
Ihall be admitted In evidence In all trials
lead, so far as the subject matter thereof
Is competent evidence; and the court snail
give 1t such weight as, in its Judgment, I'M
her all the circumstances, 1t ought TO nave.
SEC. q. That 1t shall be lawful Tor any
person or persons or corporation or their
egal representatives. claiming lands within
the limits of the territory derived by the
United States from the Republic OF Mexico
md 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
can grant, concession, warrant or survey
ID the United states are bound to recognize
Ind confirm by virtue of the treaties OF
,ession of said country by Mexico to the
United States which at the date of the
passage of this act have not been confirmed
by act of Congress or otherwise, finally de-
:ided upon by lawful authority, and which
already cnmnlPte and nprfRct in
Every such case, to present a 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
Eases arising in the states and Territories
N which the court does not hold regular
LESSONS may be instituted at such place as
may We designated by the rules OF the court
Inc petition shall set forth fully the
state the date and form Of the
Irant, concession, warrant or order of sur
Tey under which they claim, by whom
made, the name or names OF any person or
persons in possession OF or claiming the
Jane, or any part thereof, otherwise than
by the lease or permission of the petitioner,
Ind also the quantity of land claimed and
he boundaries thereof, where situate, with
map showing the same as near as may be,
and whether the said claim has heretofore
oeen confirmed, considered or acted upon
oy Congress or the authorities of the United
states, or been heretofore submitted to any
authorities constituted by law for the ad-
ustment of land titles within the limits OF
he sale, territory SO acquired, and by them
.eported on unfavorably or recommended
or confirmation, or authorized to be sur
Keyed or not; and pray In such petition
hat the validity of such title or claim may
,e inquired into and decided.
Ana the SAID court is hereby authorized
Ind required to take and exercise jurisdic-
ion of all cases or claims presented by Pc
alton In conformity with the provisions of
his act, and to hear and determine the
Iame, as in this act provided, on the petit
ions and proofs in case nc answer or an
Iwers be fled, after due notice, or on the
petition and the answer or answers of any
person or persons interested in preventing
my claim from being ESTE blished, and the
answer of the attorney for the United
states, where he may have filed an answer,
Ind such testimony and proofs as may be
AIKEN; and copy of such petition, with
,itation to any adverse possessor or claim
int, shall Immediately after the filing of the
'ame be served on such possessor or claim
Int in the ordinary legal manner of serving
Iuch process in the proper State or Terri
DRY, and In like manner on the attorney
or the United States; and 1t shall be the
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