Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-01

|
teenth day of December in the year of OF !
Lord eighteen hundred and tlfty-three, an |
the laws and ordinances of the government
from which it Is alleged to have been de-
| rived and all other questions properly arlS-
ing between the claimants or other parties
| in the case and the United States which lie
cree shall in all cases refer to the treaty
| law or ordinance under which such claim Is
confirmed or rejected; and in confirming
| any such claim, in whole or In part, tue
court shall in its decree specify plainly, the
| location, boundaries and area of the land
the claim to which is so confirmed.
SEC 8. That any person or corporation
claiming lands in any of the States or Ter
rttories mentioned in this act under title
| derived from the Spanish or Mexican Gov
eminent that was complete and perfect at
the date when the United States acquired
| sovereignty therein shall have the right
(but shall not be bounO to apply to said
| court in the manner in this court provided
| for other cases for confirmation OF such
title; and on such application said court
| shall proceed to hear try and determine
| the validity of the same and the right of
the claimant thereto, its extent, location
and boundaries, in the same manner and
| with the same power as in other cases in
| this act mentioned.
If in any such case, a title so claimed to be
perfect shall be established and confirmed,
such confirmation shall be for so much land
only as such perfect title shall be found to
cover, always excepting any part of such
land that shall have been disposed of by the
| United States, and always subject to and
not to affect any conflicting private interests,
| rights or claims held or claimed adversely
to any such claim or title, or adversely to
the holder of any such claim or title. And
no confirmation of claims or titles in this
section mentioned shall have any effect
other or further than as a release of all
claim of title by the United States; and no
| private right of any person as between him
self and other claimants or persons, in
respect o. any such lands shall be IN any
manner affected thereby.
! IT shall be lawful for, and the duty OF, the
head of the Department of Justice, when
ever in his opinion the public interest or the
rights of any claimant snail require II, 10
cause the attorney of the. United States in
said court to file in said court a petition
against the holder or possessor of any claim
or land in any of the States or Territories
voluntarily come in under the provisions of
| this act, stating in substance that the title
of such holder or possessor Is open TO ques-
ton, or stating in substance that the bound
aries of any such land, the claimant or pos
! SCISSOR to or of which has not brought the
matter into court are open to question, and
| praying that the title to any such land, or
| the boundaries thereof If the title be
admitted be settled and adjudicated; and
! thereupon the court shall, on such notice to
| such claimant or possessor, as 1t snail deem
! reasonable proceed to hear, try and deter
| mine the question stated in such petition or
arising in the matter, and determine the
matter according to law, justice and the pro.
visions of this act, but subject to all lawful
| rights adverse to such claimant or possessor;
| as between such claimant and posSessor and
any other claimant or possessor, and subject
in this respect to all the provisions OF this
| section applicable thereto.
| SEC. 8. That the party against whom the
| court shall in any case deCide-the United
| States, in case of the confirmation of claim,
In whole or in part and the claimant, IN case
| of the rejection of claim in whole or in
part-shall have the right of appeal to the
Supreme Court of the United States, such
appeal to be taken within six months from
| the date of such decision, and in all respects
to be taken in the same manner and upon
| the same conditions, except in respect OF the
| amount in controversy as is now provlded
by law for the taking of appeals from decis,
ions of the Circuit Courts of the United
States. On any such appeal the Supreme
Court shall retry the cause, as well as the
| issues of fact as of law, and may cause teStl-
mony to be taken in addition to that given
in the court below, and may amend the
record of the proceedings below as truth
and justice may require; and on such retrial
and hearing every question shall be open;
and the decision of the Supreme Court
Should no appeal be taken as aforesaid, the
decree of the court below shall be final and
conclusive.
Upon the rendition of any judgment of the
court confirming any claim, it shall be the
duty of the attorney OF the United states 70
notify the Attorney General In writing, OF
such judgment, giving him clear stare it,,
ment of the case and the points decided by
the court, which statement shall be verified
by the certificate of the presiding Judge or
said court; and in any case in which such
statement shall not be received by the At
torney-General within sixty days next after
the rendition OF such judgment the rlght OF
appeal on the part OF the United states
shall continue to exist until six months next
after the receipt of such statement. And II
the Acknowledgement shall so direct, 1t shall
be the duty of the clerk OF the court 10
transmit the record OF any cause IN wnlcn
al ind ant IA q
torney-General for his examination In all
cases it shall be the duty OF the Attorney
General to instruct the attorney for the
United States what further course to pursue
and whether or not an appeal shall be taken.
SEC 10. That when any decision OF con-
f1rmation shall become final the clerk OF the
court in which the final decision shall be had,
shall certify that fact to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, with copy OF
the decree of confirmation, which shall
plainly state the location, boundaries and
missioner shall thereupon without delay
cause the tract so confirmed to be surveyed
at the cost of the United States. When any
such survey shall have been made and re-
spective Territory or State, and the plat
thereof completed, the Surveyor General
shall give notice that the same has been
done, by publication once a week, TOR tour
consecutive weeks in two newspapers, one
published at the capital of the territory or
State. and the other Of any such there be)
published near the land so surveyed such
notices to be published in both the Spanish
and English languages; and the Surveyor
General shall retain such survey and plat
in his onice for public inspection for the
full period Of ninety days from the date
of the first publication of notice in the news
paper published at the capital OF the Terri
tory or State.
If, at the expiration of such period, no OBJ
filed with him, he shall approve the same
and forward 1t to the Commissioner of the
General Land once. If, within the said
periodic ninety days, objections are made to
an interest in the confirmation or by any
party claiming an interest in the tract EN-
braced in the survey or any part thereo1,
such objection shall De Tedneed 10 wtf he
iector and the grounds of his objection, and
signed by him or his attorney, and filed with
the Surveyor-General,w with such affdav1ts
port Of hts objection. At the expiration of
the said ninety. days, the Surveyor.General
shall forward such survey, with the ob1ec-
position to, such objections, and his report
thereon, to the Commissioner of the Gen
erll Land once.
Immediately upon receipt of any such sur
vey, with or without objections thereto, the
said Commissioner shall transmit the same,
with all accompanying papers to the court
In which the final decision was made for its
examination of the survey and OF any OBJ
filed, or shall be furnished and the
said court shall thereupon determine If the
said survey is in substantial accordance
with the decree of confirmation. If found
to be correct, the court shall direct Its clerk
to indorse upon the face of the plat its ap-
prevail If found to be incorrect, the court
shall return the same for correction in such
particulars as it shall direct When any
survey is finally approved by the court, #
shall be returned to the Commissioner of
the General Land once, who shall as soon
as may be cause a patent to beissued thereon
to the confrmee One-half of the necessary
expenses of making the survey and plat pro.
vided for in this section and In respect OF
which patent shall be ordered to be Issued,
shall be paid by the claimant or patentee,
and shall be lien on said land, which may
as may be necessary for that purpose, after
default of payment thereof for sig months
next after the approval OF such survey and
payment