Chapter CLX. for Relief in the Land Claim in California, known as the Claim of Francisco Soberanes to a Tract of Land known as “Saujon de Santa Rita.” July 12, 1862
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Chap. CLX.— An Act for Relief in the Land Claim in California, known as the Claim of Francisco Soberanes to a Tract of Land known as “Saujon de Santa Rita.” July 12, 1862. Whereas, in the district court of the United States for the southern district of California, in the case of Francisco Soberanes *vs*. The United THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 160, 161, 163. 1862. 543 States, for the rancho lying in the State of California known by theDecrees of district court of United States in California as to land claim of “Saujon de Santa Rita,” confirmed. name of Saujon de Santa Rita, a decree filed on the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, was entered, confirming to the said Soberanes the said tract of land known by the name of Saujon de Santa Rita; and whereas, on the presentation of the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, dismissing the appeal to the said Supreme Court of the United States in said cause, the said decree was made final by a decree of said district court, rendered on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty; and whereas the land confirmed as aforesaid lies in the northern district of California, as ascertained by a final survey of the same:
Therefore— *Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the said decrees of the district court of the United States for the southern district of California shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, as valid and effectual as if the same had been rendered by the district court of the United States for the northern district of California. Approved, July 12, 1862.