Romero

It appears from the ex-pediente on file in the archives, that on the eighteenth day of January, 1844, the brothers Romero petitioned the governor in the usual form for a grant of land, being a sobrante lying between the ranchos of Moraga, Pacheco and Welsh. This petition was by a marginal order referred to the honorable secretary for his report. The secretary referred the papers to the first alcalde of San José, with directions to summon Moraga, Pacheco and Welsh, hear their allegations, and return the papers to the office. On the first of February, 1844, the first alcalde reports that the owners of the lands bounded by the tract have been confronted with the petitioners, and that the former are willing and desirous that the land be granted. He adds that it had come to his knowledge that one Francisco Soto claimed the tract some six or seven years ago. But as he had never used or cultivated it, the pe-tioners appeared to him to be entitled to the favor they ask. On the fourth of February, 1844, Manuel Jimeno, the secretary, reports to the governor that, in view of the report of the first alcalde, there would seem to be no obstacle to making the grant. On this report of the…