Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-02

LiN BOhCIo VI ii VI LuIl N'ul "a my = III VI
states in preserving order, compelling the
production OF books, papers and documents,
the attendance OF witnesses ana lii PUNISH
| ing ContemptS.
SEC. IL. That all the foregoing proceed
ings and rights shall be conducted and de-
clded subject to the following provisions as
well as to the other provisions OF TINS act,
namely: .
not appear, to be upon title lawfully and
regularly derived from the Government of
Spain or Mexico, nor from any of the States
or the Republic OF Mexico having laWful au'
thority to make grants OF land, ana one that
II not then complete and perfect at the date
OF acquisition of the territory by the United
states, the claimant would have mad a law
tul right to make perfect had the ter ritory
not been acquired by the United States ana
the United States are bound, upon the
principles OF the public law, or by the pro,
VISIONS OF the treaty OF cesSlon, TO fespeCt
and permit to become complete and perfect
II the same was not at sad date ALREADY
complete and perfect.
SeCond-No claim shal be allowed tndt
snail interfere with or overthrow any JUST
and uneXtinguished Indian title or right To
any, land or place.
1hTd-No allowance or contirmatlon OF
any claims snail confer any right or tllle 10
any gold, silver, or qulcKSi'Ver mines OF
minerals OF the same, unless the grant
claim effected the donation or sale OF Such
mines or minerals to the grantee, unless
Sucn grantee mas become othefWlSc enlltltu
thereto IN law or IN equity: put al SuCn
mines and minerals sndll remain the prop,
erty OF the United states, WITH the right OF
working the same, WhlCn laCt SNAIL DC StaItu
IN all patents Issued under tflS act. 'ul no
sucn mine shall pc WORKED on any proper ~
Connrmed under TINS act without Inc CollsGilt
OF the owner OF sucn properly until SpeClilly
authorized thereto by an act or congress
hereafter passed.
f0urtR-No claim Shall ne ailoWeu LOT any
land, the right to which mas hltherto
Deen lawfully acted upon anu ueCIued ny
congress- or under us aulhoflty'
,fVth-No proceeding decree. ot act uluet
tnlS act snail ConClude or AFFECT the private
rights OF persons as between edch olntr' az
OF Whlch rlghts snail pc reserved ana saved
10 the same erect as II tnis act ldu not peeii
passed; but the proceedings DEGREES, ana
ACTS nereln PROVIDED Tor shall Qe conclusive
OF all rights as between the United states
ana all persons claiming any interest or
right IN such lands.
HlCth-No conhfmatlon or decree concern
Ing any claim under TINS act Snall IN any
manner operate or have effect against the
United states otherwise than as Il release
Dy the united states OF us rlSnt ana ute 70
the land confirmed nor shall II operate 10
make the united States IN any manner
Maple IN respect OF any such grants Claims,
OF iands OF their disposition, otnet WISE THAN
as Is In TINS act PROVIDED.
Se0enth-No contir IN respect OF any
claims or lands mentioned IN secuon . or
TINS act or IN respect OF any cain or tllle
that is not complete ana perfect at the time
OF the transfer OF sovereignty 10 tnG GIllteu
states as referred 10 IN ms act shdll IN any
case oe nldue OF patent issued lol SIcdtel
quantity imam eleVeh square leagues OF ldnu
TO or In the right OF any one oflglnal grantee
OF Cldlmant OF IN the rlg ut OF any oile oIiGl-
nal grant, 10 Two or more persons JolntIy'
nor Tor greater quantlty thaH was auInor-
leo applicable to the claim. .,.
Etgfuh-No concession grant or otheI
authority to acquire land made upon any
COnultlOn or 1eQulTeDlentS, pll0tT dUltCtu
ent or subsequent S1dll DC dutnitleu OF COL
nrIneu uhleSs 1t nal appear lhdl cNSi9 auCI
conuitloh ana fequli elieHt was PEI ~ Illtu
within the time and In the manner stated IN
any such concession, grant, or other aulhor
lty 10 dCquine ldnu: .,,
SEC: II; mat II IN any case II Snall dpped1,
that the lana, or any part tneIe3l, ueGteeu
to any claimant under the provisions or tnlS
act shall have been SOLD or granted Dy NE
unlted states 10 any otaef pei son, suCn tItIe
IRON the United states TO StEn othGl pelnotl
shaIl remain VdlIu stSa
decree, ana upon PROOF pelng nldse 70 tne
satisfaction of such court Of such sale or
grant, anu t1e Vdlue o. IHe ldlu 50 soiu "
gtdnted' suCn Co1li snd!l leIuet luus liitns
IN FAVOR Oh such clalinahi, agdiLsc me iiited
states, Tor the reasonable Vdlue OF sdld ldhu
so sold or granted, exclusive OF Detterlheats,
not exceeding one dollar ana lWenly-hVe
cents per acre LOT suGn ANUS anu Suc Gu
judgment Whel lounq sIdll oe Chdi I Rt On
lne treasury OF tne Galteu Itdtc9' EitncI
party deemlhg hllnseil deeIleVeu ny suCn
judgment may appeal in the same manner as
PROVIDED hefein IN cases OF conhrhidtloh OF
Spanish or mexican grant. for the pur
pose OF ascertalnlng the value ana 3lnouht
OF such land, surveys may be ordered ny the
court, and proof taken before the court, or
by commissioner appointed LOT tndl puf
&c c.
SEC. 10. mat sectlon 8 OF the act OF Con
gfess approved july |End, lo3t, entltleu
An act to establlsn the once OF surveyors
Il O.
braska, to grant donation 10 actual se-tlerS
therein, and LOT otneT purposes, anu al
acts amendatory or IN extension thefeol' or
supplementary thereto, ana all acts or parts
or acts inconsistent Win the PROVISIONS OF
this act are hereby repealed. - 49,.
SEC 10 Indt IN township suiN mere
after TO pc MADE IN t4e iefIltofles OF new
Mexico, Arizona and Utah ana IN tne states
OF COLORADO, Nevada ana wyoming. II IL snail
be made to appear to the satisfaction OF
the deputy surveyor making such survey
tnat any person mas, throuSu hillscll
his ancestors grantors, or thelf ia"1ul
successors In title or possession, Deen IN
the continuous, adverse, actual, bona hde
possession, residing thereon as MS nome,
OF any tracts OF land, OF or IN connection
herewith OF other lands altogether not ex-
ceeding one hundred and sixty acres in such
townships Tor twenty years next preceding
the time OF making sucn survey the deputy
surveyor snail recognize ana eSldDllsn the
lines OF such possession and make the SUB
herewith. SUCH possession shall be acCu-
rately defined IN the HELD notes OF the survey
ana dellnealeu on the township pat WIN
the boundaries and area OF the tract as a
separate, legal SUBDIVISION; me deputy
surveyor snail return with MS survey the
name or names OF all persons so lounq 10 De
in possession, with proper description or
the tract In the possession OF each as SHOWN
by the survey, and the proof furnished to
him OF such possession.
Upon receipt OF such survey and proofs
the Commissioner of the General Land
ONCE shall cause careful investigation to be |
made In such manner as ne snail deem neces- |
sary for the ascertainment OF the truth IN |
respect OF such claim and occupation, and II |
satisfied upon such Investigation that the |
claimant comes within the provisions of this
section, he shall cause patents to be issued |
to the parties so found to be in possession |
for the tracts respectively claimed by them; |
Provided, hoWe0er, That no person shall be |
entitled to confirmation of, or to patent for, |
more than one hundred and sixty acres in |
his own right by virtue of this section; And |
rroUided FURTHER, That this section shall not |
apply to any city lot, town lot village lot, |