Dana

Claim for about six thousand acres of land in Santa Clara county, rejected by the board, and appealed by the claimants. The claimants in this case derive their title from a grant made by Governor Alvarado on the twenty-sixth of March, 1839, and confirmed by the departmental assembly on the twenty-sixth of May, 1840. The nonproduction of the original grant is accounted for by the depositions of various witnesses taken in case number two hundred and seventy-five, and by stipulation made evidence in this case: and a copy has been introduced, duly certified by Manuel Jimeno and two assisting witnesses as true and legal, from the original expediente in the office of the secretary. This certificate is dated October 14th, 1843. A certificate signed by Manuel Micheltorena, governor, and M. Jimeno, secretary, dated October 12th, 1843, is also produced, from which it appears that the grant was confirmed by the departmental assembly on the twenty sixth of May, 1841. It also directs that this certificate be delivered to the interested party in confirmation of his grant. A copy of the expediente from the archives is also produced, containing the original petition and diseño of the land…