Chapter CXXXIII. *to grant the Right of Preemption to certain Settlers on the Rancho Bolsa de Tomales, in the State of California.* June 17, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lines of public surveys to be extended over the Rancho B
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Chap. CXXXIII.— An Act *to grant the Right of Preemption to certain Settlers on the Rancho Bolsa de Tomales, in the State of California.* June 17, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Lines of public surveys to be extended over the Rancho Bolsa de Tomales, in Marin County, California. That 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 Rancho Boisa de Tomales, in Marin County, California, the claim to which, by James D.
Galbraith, has been adjudged invalid by the supreme court of the United States, and to have approved plats thereof duly returned to the proper district land office: *Provided*, That the Actual cost to be paid.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 1862, ch. 86, § 10.Vol. xii. p. 410.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. Settlers may enter their lands after the survey.*And be it further enacted*, That after the return of such approved plats to the district office, it may and shall be lawful for individuals, settlers upon the said Rancho Boisa de Tomales, to enter, according to the lines of the public surveys, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the land settled upon by them to the extent to which the same had been reduced to possession at the time of said adjudication of said Joint entries.supreme court, joint entries being admissible by coterminous proprietors, in order that their respective boundaries may be adjusted in accordance with their several possessions.
Sec. 3. Claims to be presented within what time.*And be it further enacted*, That all claims within the purview of this act shall be presented to the register and receiver within twelve months after the return of such surveys to the district land office, accompanied by proof of settlement, and the extent to which the tracts claimed had been reduced into possession at the time of said adjudication; and thereupon each case shall be adjudged by the register and Decision of register, &c., to be confirmed.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 Confirmation to be final.until confirmed by the said commissioner: *Provided*, That the confirmation by said commissioner shall be conclusive and final between coterminous proprietors, and the correctness thereof shall not be open to contestation in any action at law or suit in equity between them or between parties claiming under them by title subsequent: *And provided, Claims not brought in time, to be barred.further*, That 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 rancho, the titles to which are not established under this act, shall be dealt with as other public lands, but subject to the adjudicated boundaries of the claims which Limit of amount to be entered.are presented within the limit of the time prescribed as aforesaid: *Provided*, That no person under the provisions of this act shall be allowed to enter a greater quantity of land than three hundred and twenty acres.
Approved, June 17, 1864.