Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-12
NOTICE OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE
Court Of Private Land Claims

VI 1hH
Court Of Private Land Claims
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court O.
IN Private Land Claims, established by thu
act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, en-
titled An act to establish Court OF Private
Land Claims, and to provide for the settle
and Territories, was duly organized at thu
City of Denver In the State of Colorado or
the first day Of July, 1891, by the appoint
ment of a 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 It'll
day of November, 1891.
follows:
To establish Court of Private Land Claims
and to provide for the settlement o.
private land claims in certain States and
Territories.
Be Il enacted by the Senats and House Of Repre-
sentatiUes Of tho United Ststes Of America, IN
Congress assembled:
SECTION /. That there shall be, and hereby
is established court to be called the Court
of Private Land Claims, to consist of chfei
Justice and four associate justices, VINO shall
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 offlces for the term expiring on
the thtrty-1rst day of December. ammo
domini 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
visions of this act. The said court shall ap-
nj a wi M oh n n 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 10
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 afirmations 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
when so directed by the court. The court
shall hold such sessions in the States and
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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
ueh stspPe or once Week
for two successive weeks, the last, of
which publications shall be not less
than thirty days next preceding the the
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
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 ap-
pointed BY the said court LIPS person son waG
dent of some State of the United States,
skilled in the Spanish and English Ian
guagcs, to act as Interpreter and translator
In said court, to attend all the sessions
Is may be required of him by the court
SEC. 3. Thatimmediately upon the organ1-
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
a period of ninety days in one newspaper at
the City of Washington and in one published
1t the capital of the state OF color ADO ana
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. q. That it shall be the duty OF the
Of the General Land once OF
the United States, the Surveyors-Genera
Of such Territories and States. or the
keeper of any public records who may have
possessions Of any records and papers re.
lating to any land grants or claims Tor
land within said States and territories IN
brought under this act on the application
Of any person interested or by the attorney
Df the United States, to safely transmit
such records and papers to said court or to
thereof when required BY said court AM
produce such records and papexA
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 by the Com
missioner of the General Land ONCE, upon
my claims presented to them, respectively,
shall he admitted in evidence in all trials
under this act when the person testitying is
dead, so far as the subject matter thereof
Is competent evidence; and the court shall
give 1t such weight as in its Judgment, I'M
Ter all the circumstances, 1t ought to have.
SEC. &. That it shall be lawful for any
person or persons or corporation or their
egal representatives, claiming lands within
The limits of the territory derived by the
md now embra ced 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
Is the United States are bound to recognize
Ind confirm by virtue of the treaties of
session of said country by Mexico TO the
United States which at the date OF the
by act of Congress- or otherwise, finally de.
:ided upon by lawful authority, and which
ire not already complete and perfect in
,very such case, TO present a petition in
Eriting to the said court In the State or
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 fully the
nature of their claims to the lands, and
state the date and form of the
gr ant, concession, warrant or order OF sur
Fey under which they claim, by whom
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
he boundaries thereof, where situate, with
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.
ustment of land titles within the limits of
he said territory SO acquired, and by them
reported on unfavorabiy or recommended
Tor confirmation, or authorized to be sur
Keyed or not; and pray in such petition
hat the validity of such title or claim may
Ne inquired into and decided.
And the said court is hereby authorized
Ind required to take and exercise jurisdic-
don of all cases or claims presented by pc.
ition 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 established, and the
.nsy Of the attorney for the United
status, where he may have filed an answer,
md such testimony and proofs as may be
AIKEN; and copy of such petition, with a
;itatiop 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
iuty OF the attorney for the United States,
Is also any adverse possesSOr or claimant
lfter service of DetittOn and citation az