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The evidence in this case shows that on the twenty-eighth of June, 1845. John Bidwell petitioned the governor for a grant of land. After the usual reference for information and reports thereon, a grant was issued on the fourth of October, 1845, by the governor. Pio Pico, subject to the approval of the departmental assembly, which approval was given four days afterwards. The genuineness of the grant is not disputed. The land solicited is described in the petition as “the tract of land known by the name of ‘Colus,’ on the bank of the river Sacramento, which tract is vacant, and contains two sitios, bounded thus: on the north-west by vacant land; on the north-east by the river Sacramento; on the south and south-west by vacant land, as shown by the drawing annexed to this peti *1074 tion.” In the grant the land granted is described as the tract of land known by the name of “Colus,” on the bank of the river Sacramento, to the north-east direction. Under the evidence submitted to the board, this claim was rejected for want of definiteness of boundaries, or any description sufficient to enable a surveyor to locate it. It was considered by the board “that the only thing which is certain…