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act of possession Alcalde Alexander Forbes Almaden Alta California Andres Castillero año Antonio approval archives asked Attorney azogue Barron Berreyesa Birnie Castro certified Clerk Consul Contra Costa county copy counsel for claimant dated denouncement deposition District of California documents Don José draft duly Edmund Randolph Examination Exhibit expediente Flores and Bassoco Fomento grant Guadalupe Guanajuato handwriting James Alexander Forbes José Castro José Reyes Junta resolved Justice Juzgado la Junta Larkin letter Mazatlan ment Mexican Mexico Mineria mining Minister Ministry Monterey month notary official communication Ordinances papers Peachy pertenencias petition Pico present President proper entries question quicksilver rancho relation remitting REVERDY JOHNSON Rubric Sainsevain San Francisco San José Santa Clara seal Señores Flores Señores Segura Session signature signed Suñol Supreme Government sworn Tasco Tepic testified testimony three thousand varas tion transmitted Tribunal U. S. Commissioner United W. H. CHEVERS Walkinshaw witnesses
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Page 2936 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 2902 - Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this Seventeenth day of September, AD 1866, and of the Independence of the United States of America the Ninety first.
Page 3544 - A war, therefore, declared by Congress, can never be presumed to be waged for the purpose of conquest or the acquisition of territory ; nor does the law declaring the war imply an authority to the President to enlarge the limits of the United States by subjugating the enemy's country.
Page 2926 - In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guaranties equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.
Page 2606 - An Act to ascertain and settle the Private Land Claims in the State of California...
Page 3544 - But the genius and character of our institutions are peaceful, and the power to declare war was not conferred upon Congress for the purposes of aggression or aggrandizement, but to enable the general government to vindicate by arms, if it should become necessary, its own rights and the rights of its citizens.
Page 3541 - I pretend, after the best consideration I have been able to give to the subject, to hold an opinion far from doubt.
Page 3546 - As commanderin-chief, he is authorized to direct the movements of the naval and military forces placed by law at his command, and to employ them in the manner he may deem most effectual to harass and conquer and subdue the enemy.
Page 3338 - It is called in Latin status; it signifying the condition or circumstance in which the .owner stands with regard to his property.
Page 3406 - Court, and all lands the claims to which shall not have been presented to the said commissioners within two years after the date of this act. shall be deemed, held, and considered as part of the public domain of the United States...