Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-08
NOTICE OF TIE ORGANIZATION
OF THE
Court Of Private Land Claims

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court o
IN Private Land Claims, established by tn
act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, er
titled AN act to establish Court Nt Pr1vat
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, o.
the first day of July, 1891, by the appoint
ment of a clerk and the other officers pre-
Chief Justice and Associate Judges of sal
court, the first session thereof will be he'll
at Denver. Colorado, on Tuesday, the lit
day of November, 1891.
The substance of said act of Congress is q
follows:
To establish Court of Private Land Claims
and to provide for the settlement o
Territories
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatipes Of the United Statss of America, Il
Congress assembled:
SECTION l. That there shall be, and hereb.
is established a court to be called the Cour
OF Private Land Claims to consist OF chic
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 ant
with the advice and consent of the Senate
to hold their Offices for the term expiring OF
the thirty-frst day of December, anne
domini eighteen hundred and ninety.fve
any three of whom shall constitute
quorum. Said court shall have and exercise
Jurisdiction in the hearing and decision o.
private land claims according to the pro
visions of this act The said court shall ap
point clerk who shall attend all the sessions
of the court, and deputy clerk, where
court shall also appoint a 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 tc
adopt all necessary rules and regulations
for the transaction of Its business and tc
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 affirmations. 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 court in person or 6 6ygs deputy
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 OF the
holding Of such sessions, by publication IN !,
one newspaper published at the capital OF
such State or Territory, once a week
for two successive weeks, the last OF
which publications shall be not less .ns
times of the holding of such ses,
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 advice and
consent of the Senate, competent attorney,
learned in the law, who shall when appointed
be resident aud citizen OF some state OF
the United States, to represent the United
pointed by the said court, a person, who
Ihall be when appointed a citizen and resi-
dent of some State of the United States,
KILLED In the Spanish and English Ian
Euages to act as Interpreter and translator
In said court, to attend all the sessions
Is may be required of him by the court.
SEC. ). That Immediately upon the organl-
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
4 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 published in
both the Spanish and English languages,
Ind shall contain the substance OF this act.
SEQ. 4. That 1t shall be the duty OF the
Commissioner Of the General Land once OF
Of such Territories and States. or, the
Keeper Of any public records who may have
possessions of any records and papers re-
ating to any land grants or claims tor
relation to. which any petition shall be
brought under this act. on the application
If any person interested or by the attorney
If the United States, to safely transmit
Iuch records and papers to said court or to
hereof when required BY said court ana
,roduce such records and papeTA
SEC. B. That the testimony which has
been heretofore lawfully and regularly re-
;eived by the Surveyor-General OF the
proper Territory or state or by the Com
missioner OF the General Lana once, upon
my claims presented to them, respectively,
hall be admitted in evidence in all trials
ander this act when the person testitying Is
lead, so far as the subject matter thereof
IS competent evidence; and the court snail
give 1t such weight as, In It's Judgment, I'M
Ter all the circumstances, it ought to have.
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
III tue Ou1Itu SLdlC6 dlC DOuuu W LCSOblllAC
Ind confirm by virtue of the treaties of
;ession OF said country by Mexico TO the
United States which at the date of the
of this act have not been confirmed
by act of Congress or otherwise, finally de-
cided upon by lawful authority, and which
lre not already complete and perfect in
svery such case, to present petition in
writing to the said court In the State or
Territory where said land 10 situated and
where tie said court holds its sessions, but
cases arising in the States and Territories
IN which the court does not hold regular
Iessions may be instituted at such place as
may be designated by the rules of the court.
Tine petition shall set torth 1uliy the
state the date and form of the
gr ant, concession, war; ant 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,
Ind 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
constituted by law for the ad
justment of land titles within the limits of
the said territory SO acquired, and by them
on unfavorably or recommended
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
dtion 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 tzblished, 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 a
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
Is also any adverse possessor or claimant,
after service Of petition and citation as
unless further time shall for good cause
shown, be granted by the court, or a Judge