Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-07-23
PUBLIC NOTICE.

NOIICE is hereby given to each and every owner of a piece or pieces of land
 ID AriZOna, amounting to not more than l6O acres, nd who, through himself, his ancestors or gIantors, has been in actual
 continuous, adverse possession thereof
 for twenty years, where the tItie to said
 land has not teen recognized by the
 United States. and where said lapd IS
 not part of grant that has been con-
 tirmed CT Is entitled to be orfirmed by
 the United States. that such owner IS
 required bv law to file with'the U. $. Surveyor General for Arizona. at Tue 500, Arizona, a cl iim for said land,
 winch claim shall contain true des-
 cIiptIon thereof.
 If such claim is duly filed before the 3rd day of march, 1858, by such owner,
 his calm will become invalid, and will not be entitled 10 recognition by the
 United States.
 Ihe sections of the law of the United States pertaining to such claims aIe
 bereunto appended.
 THOMAS H. CARTER.
 ComTlssioner o, the Gen. Land Office SECTIONS I6, r AND IS OF AN ACT TO Es-
 TABLIsH COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS, ETC, APPROVED MARCH 3RD, 1891.
 SECTION l6. That in township sur veys hereafter t0 be made in the Terri tories of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah and Tn the States of Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming, if it shall be made to ap- pear to the satisfaction of the b. putty Surveyor making such survey, that any person has, through himself hIs ances- tors, grantors or tneIr lawful successors Tn title or possession, been in the con- tinOus, adverse, actual, bona fde posses sion, residiDg thereon as his home, of any tract of lard or in connection there aith of other lands, altogether not ex- ceeding one hundred and sixty acres in such township for twenty years next preceding the time of making such sur vey, the Deputy Surveyor shall recog- nIze and CsJaslish the lines of such pos session and make the subdivisions of the adjoining lands in accordance there with. Such possession shall be accur- ately defined ID the field notes of the survey and delineated on tte township plat, with the boundaries and area of the tract as separate legal subdivision The Deputy Surveyor shall return with his survey the name or names os all persons found to be m possession, with proper description of the tract ID the possession of each, as shown by the survey and the proofs furnished to him of such possession.
 Upon Te.ept of such survey and proofs the commissioner of the general land office shall cause careful Investiga- UOn t) De made in such manner as he shal deem necessary for the ascertain ment of the truth in respect of such claim ard occupation, and if satisfied upon such invss igatiOu, that the clam ant comes " thln the provisions of this section, he shall cause patents to be is- sued tO the parties so found to be in possession, for the acts respectively claimed by them. Provided, however, that 70 person shall ba entitled to con- hrmatIon of, or to patent for. more than one hundred and sixty acres in his own riggt b. virtue of this section: And prUvidt d further, that this sect.ou shall not apply to any city lot, town lot, vIl- lase lot, farm tot, or pasture lot hs d under a grant from any corporation or town ths claim to winch may fall with n ihs provisions of section II of this act.
 SEC. r. That in the case of town ships already surveyed ID the territories Of New MeXIco, Arizona and Utah, and the states of Colorado, Nevada. and Wyoming, all persons who, or whose an- cestOrs, grantOrs, or their lawful success sOrs in title or possession, became cIti zens of the United States by reason of the treaty of Guadalupe HidaIgo, and wno have bsen in the ;tual, continuous, adverse possession and residence there on of tracts of not to exceed one hun dred and sixty acres each, for twenty years next preceding such survey shall be ent,tl= d, upon making proof of such facts to the satisfaction of ths register and receiver of the proper land district, and of the commissioner of the general land office upon such investigation as IS prov ded for In section l6 of this act, to enter without payment of purchase money, fees, or commissions, such legal subdivision, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres. as shall include their l said possessions: Provided, however, that rO person shall be entitled to enter more than one such tract, in his own right, under the provisions of this sec- tlon.
 SEC. IS. That all claims arising uu- der either of the two next preceding sections of this act shall be filed with the surveyor general of the proper state or territory within two years next after the passage of thIs act, and DO claim not so filed shall be valid. And the class of cases provided for in said two next pre- cedIng sections shall be considered or by the court created by this act, and no tract of such land shall be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States,