Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-07-18
Notice of the Organization OF the Court

of Private Land Claims.
Notice is hereby given that the court
nrlvate land claims established by the az
of congress approved March o. ioJl' el
titled can act to establish court Oh pr
). vate land claims, and to PROVIDE Tor ID
settlement of the private land CLAIMS
certain states and territories" was dul
organized at the city of Denver, in tn
state of Colorado, on the LIST day OF July
1891, by the appointment Of clerk an
, the other officers provided Tor in said acl
and by order OF the chief justice and as
sociate justices of said court, the first SEES
sion thereof will be held at Denver, Colo
RADIO, on Tuesday, the 18th day OF -NoVem
Der, 1891. The substance OF SAID act 0
congress is as follows:
Be it enacted bysf1e senate and hous
of representatives of the United states 0
America in congress assembled, ina
there shall be, and hereby is, establishes
a court to be called the count OF private
land claims, to consist Of chief justice
and four associate justices, who shall be
when appointed, citizens and residents
some of the states of the United States
to be appointed by the president, by anc
with the advice and consent OF the senate
to hold their offices for the term expiring
on the 31st day of December, A. d. 1898
any three of whom shall constitute quo
rum. Said court shall have and exercise
jurisdiction in the hearing and decision
of private land claims according to the
provisions of this act The said court
shall appoint 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 a
stenographer who shall attend all the SEES
sions of the court, and perform the duties
required of him by the court.
The said court shall have 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 trans
action of the business of said court, and
to issue commissions to take dispositions
as provided in chapter IL OF title IL OF
the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Each of said justices shall have power to
administer 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 pro-
cess of the said court placed in his hands
for that 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 and territories mem
toned 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 both the
English and Spanish languages, in one
newspaper published at the capital of
such state or territory, once week 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 sessions, but such ses-
sions may be adjourned from time to time
without such publication.
Sec. 2. That there shall also be ap-
pointed by the president, by and with
the advice and consent Of the senate, a
competent attorney, learned in the law,
who shall when appointed be resident
and citizen of some state OF the United
States, to represent the United States in
said court. And there shall be appoint
ed by the said court a person who shall
be when appointed citizen and resident
of some state of the United States, skilled
in the Spanish and English languages, to
act as Interpreter and translator in said
court, to attend all the sessions thereof,
and to perform such other service as may
be required of him by the court.
Sec. 3. That Immediately upon the
organization of said court the clerk shall
cause notices thereof, and Of the time and
place of the first session thereof, to be pub
ished for period of ninety days in one
newspaper at the city of Washington and
in one published at the capital of the state
of Colorado and of the territories of Ari-
IONA 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 it shall be the duty of the
commissioner of the general land office OF
the United States, the surveyors general
of such territories and states, or the keep
er of any public records who may have
possession of any records and papers re-
lating to any land grants or claims for
land within said states and territories in
relation to which any petition shall be
brought under this act, on the application
of any person interested, or by the attor-
ney of the United States, to safely trans
nit such records and papers to said court
or to attend in person or by deputy any
session thereof when required by said
court, and produce such records and
papers.
Sec. S. 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 office, upon
any claims presented to them, respective
ly, shall be admitted in evidence in all
trials under this act when the person tes-
tifying is dead, 80 far as the subject mat
ter thereof is competent evidence, and
the court shall give it such weight as, in
it's judgment, under all the circumstances,
it ought to have.
Sec. 6. That it shall and may be law
full for any person or persons or corpora
ton, or their legal representatives, claim
ing 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 Wyoming by virtue
of any such Spanish or Mexican 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 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 decided
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 the
said court holds its sessions, but cases
arising in the states and territories in
which the court does not hold regular SEES.
sions may be instituted at such place as
may be designated by the rules OF the
court.
The petition shall set forth fully the