| John Arnold Rockwell - 1851 - 700 pages
...the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 pages
...some extent. § 348. The Act of Congress of March 3, 1851, provided for a board of commissioners " for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California."2 The 8th section of the Act was as follows: "That each and every person claiming lands... | |
| 1858 - 472 pages
...was made, to wit: (Vide page IT of this Transcript.) Petition. To the honorable the Commissioners for ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California. The petition of Dona Maria Manuela Valencia respectfully [EEC. cxcr, D, T. 1858.]—! represents: That... | |
| 1860 - 782 pages
...the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be... | |
| William Wharton Lester - 1860 - 786 pages
...the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be... | |
| United States - 1862 - 1136 pages
...the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be... | |
| Frederick Charles Brightly - 1865 - 1152 pages
...settlements made prior to and within two years after the pass- }'« age of this act. V. LAND CLAIMS.(d) 34. For the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the state of SMarchissi gl. California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted which shall consist of... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 974 pages
...The commissioners appointed under the 1st section of the Act of March 3, 1851 (9 Stat. atL., 631), " For the Purpose of Ascertaining and Settling Private Land Claims in the State of California, " had not jurisdiction over a claim to "a mine " alleged to have been acquired from the Mexican Government.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1889 - 778 pages
...claims in the State of California ; " and the first section, above quoted, uses the same terms. "That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted," etc. The eighth section, which prescribes the functions... | |
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