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 136 THIRTYQEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 132, 133. 1864. yieldnnincome of of Columbia acquired, or that shall be acquired by gift, purchase, devise, “°* °"°' $2°·°°°· or bequest, and the same enjoy, rent, lease, or convey, at pleasure, as freely as any person or body corporate can do: Provided, That the net yearly income thereof shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars. when mmm Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take sifm effect. from the day of its passage. Approved, June 17, 1864. June 17, 1864· Ci-mr. CXXX1II.—-An Act to amt theltiglzt of Preémption to cmain Seulersimglw —""_—`_`_ Rancho Bolsa ¢Z2TTomaks, in the Stale of California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United liclgwrfczg i’g",; States of America in Congress assembled, That it may and shall be lawful 0,;,,,,,dm; Om for the commissioner of the general land office to cause the lines of the Hanchv livin the public surveys to be extended over the tract of country known as the gf&2;;"gg:;*tQP Rancho Bolsa de Tomales, in Marin County, California, the claim` to California.’ 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 mst to actual cost of such survey and platting shall first be paid into the survey- be wld- ing fund by settlers, according to the requirements of the tenth section 1862, ch: 86,§10. of the act of congress approved thirtieth of May, eighteen hundred and V"l·x“‘ p·41°‘ sixty-two, " to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the public lands in the United States." Semerumy Sec. 2. Ami be it further enacted, That after the return of such enter their lands approved plats to the district office, it may and shall .be lawful for indi- ’f““` um S“"°·"· viduals, settlers upon the said Rancho Bolsa. 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 ·7<>i¤* ¢¤f¤i¢¤· supreme court, joint entries being admissible by ooterminous proprietors, in order that their respective boundaries may be adjusted in accordance with their several possessions. Claims to_be_ I Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all claims within the pur- §f§::‘E;;""°h‘“ view 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 pm,;,,,",;- receiver, under such instructions as shall be given by the commissioner register, Saga to of the general land office, to whom the proof and adjudication shall b° °°"n”"'be returned by the local land office, and no adjudication shall be final Confirmation until confirmed by the said commissioner: Provided, That the conlirma- contestation in any action at law or suit in equity between them or be- _ tween parties claiming under them by title subsequent: And provided, b‘_E;*;;Q§;“;im9 further, That any claim not brought before the register and receiver to be b,,,.€d_ ’ within twelve months, as aforesaid, shall be barred, and the lands covered thereby, with any other tracts within the limits of said ranoho, 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 are presented within the limit of the time prescribed as aforesaid: Pro- to enter a greater quantity of land than three hundred and twenty acres. Approved, June 17, 1864.
 * ° be mud- tion by said commissioner shall be conclusive and Enal between cotcrminous proprietors, and the correctness thereof shall not be open to
 * Q;‘$‘_"* ‘° be °“‘ vided, That no person under the provisions of this act shall be allowed