...commissioner. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That each and every person claiming lands in California by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government, shall present the same to the said commissioners when sitting as a board, together with...

...and places as the President might designate, before whom "all persona claiming lands in California by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican governments," prior to the 7th day of July, 1846, should present them for examination. It provided that the claims...

...proceeding prescribed by the eighth section, which applies to the claim of every person who claims by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government, appears to open the whole question of title, including the evidence of the original grant,...

...March 3d, 1851 limits the jurisdiction of this Commission " to persons claiming lands in California by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican Government ;" and requires the Commission to decide upon the validity of the said claim, entering therein...

...considerable property in the city of San Francisco. § 29. In order to determine and define all rights claimed by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican governments, Congress passed, March 3d, 1851, a an act to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State...

...commissioner. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each and every person claiming lands in California by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government, shall present the same to the said commissioners when sitting as a board, together with...

...commissioner. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That each and every person claiming lands in California by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government, shall present the same to the said commissioners when sitting as a board, together with...

...we must presume to have actuated Congress. 1. The Act declares that every person claiming lands hy virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican Governments, shall present his claim, etc. There is thus no specification as to the nature of the claim, except...

...the State of California," it is provided " that each and every person claiming lands in California, by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican Government, shall present the same to the said commissioners when sitting as a board, together with...

...supported by its meaning. A previous section of the act requires every person claiming lands in California by virtue of any right or title derived from the Spanish or Mexican government, to present his claim to the commissioners for examination. The 14th section qualifies this...