Chapter LXXXII. *for the Relief of the Settlers upon certain Lands in California.* May 5, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That any and all persons claiming,Claimants of certain lands within a grant for the rancho San Ramon, may
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Chap. LXXXII.— An Act *for the Relief of the Settlers upon certain Lands in California.* May 5, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That any and all persons claiming,Claimants of certain lands within a grant for the rancho San Ramon, may contest the location thereof. whether as preemptors or settlers, or under any grant or title, any of the lands included within the exterior boundaries of a certain grant for the rancho San Ramon, situate in the county of Contra Costa, in California, made to Bartolo Pacheco and Mariana Castro by Don José Figueroa, governor of Upper California, on or about the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, and which claim, or two leagues there-of; has been confirmed by the district court of the United States in separate moieties, one in the name of Horace W.
Carpenter, and the other in the name of Rafael Soto de Pacheco and others, by a decree of said court made and entered on or about the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall have the right in all courts to contest the correctness of the location of the lands so confirmed, within the said exterior boundaries, notwithstanding any official or approved survey thereof now made or hereafter to be made under the said decree of confirmation, and notwithstanding any stipulation or consent given by the district attorney of the United States authorizing such locations.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That, in case it shall be found thatIf the United States has title to any of these lands, bona fide settlers thereon shall have a patent, &c. the United States have title to any of said lands within said exterior boundaries, which have been settled upon and improved by any person, in good faith, under a bona fide claim of title, such occupant, and each settler upon said lands so situated, shall be entitled to enter and receive a patent for one hundred and sixty acres of land, including his improvements, upon payment, at the proper land-office, of the government price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and proving that he was one of the actual and bona fide settlers on said lands, and had made improvements thereon before the passage of this act.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall take effect immediately.When this act takes effect. Approved, May 5, 1864. Chapter LXXXIII: to regulate the Admeasurement of Tonnage of Ships and Vessels of the United States. 13 Stat. 69 1864-05-06 Chapter LXXXIII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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Chapter LXXXII
*for the Relief of the Settlers upon certain Lands in California.* May 5, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That any and all persons claiming,Claimants of certain lands within a grant for the rancho San Ramon, may
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