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 634 THIR.TY·-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 41. 1851. to grant an injunction to restrain the party at whose instance the claim to the said lands has been confirmed, from suing out a patent for the same, until the title thereto shall have been finally decided, a copy of which order shall be transmitted to the commissioner of the general land office, and theren on no atent shall issue until such decision .P. P. . . shall be made, or until sufficnent time shall, in the opinion of the said judge, have been allowed for obtaining the same; and thereafter the said injunction shall be dissolved. . This act not Sec. 14. And be tt further enacted, That the provisions of this act
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grant from any corporation or town to which lands may have been granted for the establishment of a town by the Spanish or Mexican government, or the lawful authorities thereof nor to any city or town or village lot, which city, town, or village existed on the serienth day hProvision for- of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six; but the claim for the same fo;°”° °f °“°l‘ shall be presented by the corporate authorities of the said town, or ` where the land on which the said city, town or village was originally granted to an individual, the claim shall bd presented by or in the name of such individual, and the fact of the existence of the said city sown, ·or bvillagei on the (paid seventh July, eighteen hundred and orty-six, eing uly prove, shall be prima facie evidence of a grant to such corporation, or to the individual under whom the said lotholders claim; and where any city, town, or village shall be in existence at the time of passing this act, the claim for the land embraced within the limits of the same may be made by the corporate authority of the said city, town, or village. Proceedipgsto Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the final decrees rendered {.:1,, a:°:;,;‘_;;: by the said commissioners, or by the District or Supreme Court of the U._ S. and the United States, or any patent to be issued under this act, shall be con- °1*“m‘*“”· cglusive between the United States and the said claimants only, and s all not affect the interests of third ers . ugeigdgusten- Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, 'lilildt it shall be the duty of the 1,,,,,,,, and  commissioners herein provided for to ascertain and report to the Secpeld by certain retary of the Interior the tenure by which the mission lands are held, ”d’“'· and those held by civilized Indians, and those who are engaged in agriculture or labor of any kind, and also those which are occupied and _ cultivated by Pueblos or Rancheros Indians. Ctampensation. Sec. 17. And be it fin ther enacted, That each commissioner ap- ,,,s_ °""""“‘°“' pointed under this act shall be allowed and paid at the rate of six Secretary. thousand dollars per annum; that the secretary of the commissioners VCl°fl“- shall be allowed and paid at the rate of four thousand dollars per Vgljgplzggf annum; and the clerks herein provided for shall be allowed and paid ap the fiatelof one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; the a or-esai sa aries to commence from the day of the notification by the commissioners of the first meeting of the board. mpgcretary f to Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the board émgfisgmjfg shall receive no fee except for furnishing certified copies of any paper uses. or record, and for issuing writs of subpoena. For furnishing certified copies of any paper or record, he shall receive twenty cents for every hundred words, and for issuing writs op subpcena, fifty cents for each witinegs; which feep slhall be equally div ded between the said secretary an the assistant c er. Armtovnn, March 3, 1851.