Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-09
NOTICE Of TIE ORGANIZATION
OF THE
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 3, 1881, en-
titled IAN act to establish Court OF Private
Land Claims, and to provide tor 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
Chief Justice and Associate Judges OF said
court, the first session thereof Will be held
Mt Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday, the l7th
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 ana
Territories.
Be enacted by tho Senate and House Of Repre-,
sentatius Of ths United States Of America IN
SECTION l. That there shall be, and hereby
is established a court to be called the Court
of Private Land Claims, to consist OF cn1ef
justice and four associate justices, who shan
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 ofrlces for the term expiring on
the thirty-arst day of December. ammo
domini eighteen hundred and ninety.hve,
any three OF whom shan constltute
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 APP
point clerk who shall attend all the sessions
of the court, and a deputy clerk, whefe
regular terms of the court are held. inc
court shall also appoint stenographeI 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 provldeo 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 afarmations. It 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
Ta end So hi sS9i by ss COURT
shall hold such sessions In the States and
Territories mentioned in this act as shall be
needful for the purposes Thereon, ana snali
holding of such sessions, by publication IN
both the English and Spanish languages, IN
one newspaper published at the capital OF
so ofh two sea' SUCCESSIVE Ss Weeks II. last Of
which publications shall be not less
than thirty. days next preceding the
times of the holding Of such ses,
from time to time without such, publication;
SEC q That there shall also be appointed
by the President, by and with the advlce ana
learned in the law, who shall when appointed
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
n~l. fa1 I~,vt ha ai1
shall be when appointed a citizen and resi-
dent of some State of the United States,
skilled in the Spanish and English Ian
guages, to act as interpreter ana translator
thereof, and to perform such other services
SEC. 3. Thatimmedtately upon the 0rganl-
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 az
the City of Washington and IN one puDnsnedd
of the Territories of Arizona and New
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
Commissioner Of the General Land once OF
the United States, the Suryeyors-GeneIa
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
land within said States and Territories in
Cakn un no Th Ss D9 the ap sn
Of any person interested or by the attorney
Of the United States, to safely transmit
such records and papers to said court or to
hs seo IN Rh esIi ssaar.a Ysad Curt
produce such records and papers
SEC. 8. That the testimony which has
been heretofore lawfully and regularly re-
ceived by the Surveyor-General OF the
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 an TRIALS
under this act when the person testifylng Is
dead, so far as the subject matter Thereon
is competent evidence; and the court shail
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 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 Utan, 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
cession 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.
l
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 hold regular
sessions may be instituted at such place as
may be designated by the rules OF the court
The petition shall set forth July the
nature of their claims to the lands, and
particularly state the date and form of the
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 thereof, otherwise than
and also the quantity of land claimed and
the boundaries thereof, where situate, with
map showing the same as near as may be,
and whether the said claim has heretofore
| by Congress or the authorities OF the United
States or been heretofore submitted to any
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 unfavor ably or recommended
for confirmation, or authorized to be sur
yeyed or net; and pray IN such petition
be inquired into and decided.
| And the said court 10 hereby authorized
and required to take and exercise Jurisdic-
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 no answer or an
swers be hled, 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
6tates, 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 he served on such pO3SeSSOr 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