Chapter CCXVIII. to quiet Vie Titles to Lands within the Rancho Laguna de Santos Cal Id, in the State of California
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Chap. CCXVIII.— An Act to quiet Vie Titles to Lands within the Rancho Laguna de Santos Cal Id, in the State of California.July 2, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatTitles to lands in the Rancho Laguna de Santos Calle, California, quieted. it may and shall be lawful for all purchasers from the grantees or their assigns of lands within the Rancho Laguna de Santos Calle, in the State of California, to file, within twelve months from the passage of this act, with the register of the land-office at Marysville, applications describing the lands so purchased by them respectively, with proofs of bona fide purchase from the said grantees or their assigns; and, upon such proofs being found satisfactory, the said purchasers shall be permitted to enter, according to the lines of the public surveys, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the lands so purchased within the limits of said rancho, as described in the petition presented to the board of commissioners under the act of March 3, 1851,1851, ch. 41.Vol. ix. p. 631. entitled “An act to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California,” to the extent to which the lands so purchased have been reduced to possession, and are now held by said purchasers: *Provided,* That any person who shall avail himself of the provisions of this act shall be thereafter debarred any further claim under the grantee in the event of a final confirmation of the grant.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatCosts of additional surveys. where any additional surveys may be found necessary to give full effect to this act, the commissioner of the general land-office shall cause such surveys to be made at the cost of the purchasers, as provided by the 10th section of the act of1862, ch. 86, § 10.Vol. xii. p. 410.Proviso. May 30tb, 1862, entitled “An act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands of the United States:” *Provided,* That no entry of mineral lands or lands reserved for military or other public uses shall be permitted under this act, nor shall any rights acquired under the preëmption laws of the United States be affected hereby.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of theTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 219, 220. 1864.373 registerDuty of registers and receivers under this act. and receiver of the proper land-office to receive all applications in cases presented under this act, pursuant to such instructions as may he prescribed by the commissioner of the general land-office, and to adjudge all such cases as preliminary to a final decision in due course of law. Approved, July 2, 1864.