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 534 THIRTY—EIG HTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 115. 1865. be, and is hereby, repealed, and no oEcer of the navy employed as superintendent shall receive other than the shore-duty pay of his grade. Armovrn, March 3, 1865. Mm-eh 3, 1865. CHAP. CXV.——An Act for the Relief of the Occupants of the Lands of the Ex-mission "‘*""‘*‘ of San hse] in the Swtc of Chhfornia. Bo il enacted Ig:] the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Rigbtful occu- States of America in Congress assembled, That every person who has the Eyg gg 3:: ex_ possession rightfully as against all others except the United States, oi-, niiggion of San being out of possession, is, as against all others except as aforesaid, enhzé may enter titled to the possession of any portion of the tract of land situate in the
 * mf;}°:’,;‘;° °h° county of Almeda, State of California, known as the lands of the ex-mission

United States. of San José, as included in the map and survey thereof, made October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by E. H. Dyer, deputy United States surveyor, shall have the right, and the right is hereby granted to each and every such person, to enter and purchase of the United States, nt. the sum or price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, such portion of said tract so rightfully possessed by him, her, or them, or to which he, she, or they may so have such right of possession, whether such person claim the same by conveyance from or under Andres Pico and Juan B. Alvarado, Pmviso. or either of them, or by possession only: Provided, however, T hat any personhentinled under this act to a. parcel of less than eight acres shall in all suc cases pay ten dollars for the same. _ Persons desrr- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming any "‘€ *l‘° b°“°m benefit under this act shall, within one ear from the assave thereof re- Of this M to sent to the re¤i*ter and receiver of thie United State}; larid office ai gan l'0S01\{ SUYVG 5 B t - il'i:ihi¤ gps >’¢§¤‘, Francisco a survey or plat of the portion of said tract claimed by him, her, gen:" °“ S°“°°‘ or them, and which shall exhibit the quarter section or sections, or parts thereof, included in said plat, made by or under the direction of the United States surveyor-general for California, and therewith a written statement setting forth the right of such claimant to enter and purchase such portion under the provisions of this act, and whether the said claimant has acquiied the alleged title of said Pico and Alvarado, or either of them thereto, Register and or olds by possession only; and thereupon such register and receiver ’ general land-oflice, proceed and take, hear, and examine the evidence which may be offered in support of or against such claim, and, upon the Proviso. proofs being closed, shall determine upon and decide the same: Provided, That no decision of said register and receiver shall be final until approved by the commissioner of the general land-0Ece. psmnin Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the claimant in whose favor §°’;;?;?°;¤;¤;l§g:l dual decision has been made, upon paying to the receiver of the land-ofiice tdhave pmeup at San Francisco for the land embraced in such final decision the sum therefor prescribed in the first section of this act, shall be entitled to a plptepyt fordsgch land from the United States, conveying all the interest of t e United States therein to such claimant. Lines of public Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That upon all proceedings under this §;‘;;2.§¤°P:cF;;§· actbeing closed, and upon the appeal, taken to the supreme court ofrtlw lands, when, M United btates by E. L. Beard and others, claimants of said lands against the United States, being dismissed, or the decree appealed from affiuned, the surveyor-general of the United States for Caliibrnia shall cause the lines of the public surveys to be extended over all portions of said land which shall not have been disposed of under the provisions hereof, and ghegeafter the same shall be disposed of as in the case of other public an s. Approved, March 3, 1865.
 * $§§;‘#:;8*g;*·k° shall, under such rules as may be prescribed by the commissioner of the