Payson

The official surveys of these ranchos are objected to by the owners of the former. The principal controversy relates to the location of the northern line of the Buri Buri, or Sanchez grant, which is also the southern boundary of the Visitación Rancho, confirmed to Henry R. Payson et al. The grant to Jose De La Cruz Sanchez was issued on the 23d September, 1S35. The only boundaries it mentions are “San Mateo and the Corral de San Bruno.” The fourth condition describes the land as of the extent of four square leagues,' as shown by the map. In the resolution of approval by the departmental assembly, the boundaries are mentioned with more particularity: “The tract conceded will include the lands now occupied, boufided by the Mission of San Francisco on the north, with the rancho of San Mateo on the south, with the esteros of the bay on the east, and with the rancho of La Costa on the east, which dimensions will be observed at the time of giving possession.” The rancho of Cañada de Guadalupe Visitación y Rodeo Viejo, granted to Jacob P. Leese, is described as bounded “on the east by the bay, on the west by the Camino Real and Portezuelo, on the north by the rancho of Don Comelio…