Chapter XIV. supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to ascertain and settle the Private Land Claims in the State of California” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
320 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-10/chapter-xiv-1091660·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Chap. XIV.— An Act supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to ascertain and settle the Private Land Claims in the State of California” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one. Feb. 23, 1854.1851, ch. 41. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Henry C. Boggs and certain others to have additional time to present their claims to the California land commissioner. That the following named persons, viz:
Henry C. Boggs, Levi W. Hardman, Wiley Sneed, Stephen Broadhurst, Smith and Kristeen, George H. Woodman, Berthald and Lorrin, Fisher and Guildfildt, and William Clarke, or either of them, or their representatives, may, within six months after the passage of this act, present their claims to the commissioners who were appointed under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement; and the said commissioners are hereby empowered to hear and dispose of the same as effectually as though the said claims had been presented in due time, under the thirteenth section of the aforesaid act.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the persons named in this act Limit of their claims.shall be limited and confined, in their claims, to purchases made of Don Salvador Valligo, a Mexican grantee, for a part of the place known as “Entre Napa,” and situate in Napa county, State of California. And the said commissioners shall be satisfied that the said persons named derived title to their respective claims previous to the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the said persons named shall This act only to extend the time.be entitled to no privilege not conferred on claimants under the original act, but as to an extension of time in which their claims may be respectively made to the said commissioners. Approved, February 23, 1854.