Chapter CXVI. to grant the Right of Preemption to certain Purchasers on the “Soscol Ranch,” in the State of California
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Chap. CXVI.— An Act to grant the Right of Preemption to certain Purchasers on the “Soscol Ranch,” in the State of California.March 3, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatLines of public surveys to be extended over tile Soscol Ranch in California. it may and shall be lawful for the commissioner of the general land-office to cause the lines of the public surveys to be extended over the tract of country known as the “Soscol Ranch,” in California, the claim to which by Don Mariana G*au*dalupe Vallejo has been adju*gd*ed invalid by the supreme court of the United States, and to have approved plats thereof duly returned to the proper district land-office:Cost of survey, &c., to be first paid.1862, ch. 86, § 10.*Ante,* p. 410. *Provided,* That the actual cost of such survey and platting shall first be paid into the surveying fund by settlers, according to the requirements of the tenth section of the act of Congress, approved thirtieth of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, “to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands in the United States.
” Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatCertain individuals may enter at $1.25 the acre. after the return of such approved plats to the district office, it may and shall be lawful for individuals, bona fide purchasers from said Vallejo, or his assigns, to enter, according to the lines of the public surveys, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the land so purchased, to the extent to which the same had been reduced to possession at the time of said adjudication of said supreme court, joint entries being admissible by coterminous proprietors to such an extent, as will enable them to adjust their respective boundaries.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatMunicipal claims.1844, ch. 17.Vol. v. p. 657. municipal claims within the limits of the said “Soscol Ranch” may be entered under the terms, limitations, and conditions of the town-site act of twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatClaims to be presented within twelve months. all claims within the purview of this act shall he presented to the register and receiver within twelve months after the return of such surveys to the district land-office, accompanied by proof of bona fide purchase under Vallejo, of settlement, and the extent to which the tracts claimed had been reduced into possessionAdjudication thereon. at the time of said adjudication; and thereupon each ease shall be ad judged by the register and receiver under such instructions as shall be given by the commissioner of the general land-office, to whom the proof and adjudication shall be returned by the local land-office, and no adjudication shall be final until confirmed by the said commissioner.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatClaims not so brought to be barred, and lands to be treated as public lands.Reserved and mineral lands excepted. any claim not brought before the register and receiver within twelve months, as aforesaid, shall be barred, and the lands covered thereby, with any other tracts within the limits of said “Soscol Ranch,” the titles to which are not established under this act, shall be dealt with as other public lands: *Provided,* That no entry shall be made of lands reserved and occupied for military, nas al, or other public uses, or which may be designated for such purposes by the President, nor shall any claim under this act extend to mineral lands.
Approved, March 3, 1863.