Chapter CCXXXVI. to grant the Right of Way for the Alameda Road through certain Lands in California
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CHAP. CCXXXVI.— An Act to grant the Right of Way for the Alameda Road through certain Lands in California.July 9, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the portion of the tractCertain land granted to San Jose, California, for street purposes. of land situated in the county of Santa Clara, and State of California, lying between the Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara and the Rancho de los Coches, which is occupied by Santa Clara Street, according to the map of the city of San José, and the street intersecting Santa Clara Street, is hereby granted to said city for the purpose of streets.
And the parcels of saidOther land in said city granted to persons in possession. tract of land lying between said ranchos which are included within the corporate limits of said city, and not occupied as streets, are hereby granted to the respective persons in possession thereof, by themselves or their tenants. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the right of way through thatRight of way through the portion outside of San Jose given to the county of Santa Clara. portion of the tract of land lying between the said ranchos, which is situate without the corporate limits of the said city of San José, is hereby granted to the said county of Santa Clara, for public use, for the highways, roads, and sidewalks running along, upon, or across the said tract of land; and authority is hereby granted to the board of supervisors of said county to regulate and determine the number, position, width, and grade of such highways, roads, and sidewalks.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the said tract of land in theLand, subject to right of way, granted to persons owning adjoining lands.Individual grants. second section mentioned, subject to the right of way as therein granted, is hereby granted to the several persons, whether natural or artificial, owning the adjoining lands, the parcel hereby granted to each person being the parcel lying between his or its lands and a line running through the middle of said tract of land.
Approved, July 9, 1870.