Peralta

The claim in this case is founded on an alleged grant by Pio Pico, made in the spring of 1846. The expediente which is produced by the claimant shows that in 1845 she petitioned the alcalde of San Rafael to obtain a report from the colindantes of a certain tract she desired to solicit from the government, in order that the report might accompany her petition to the governor for a grant of the land. On the same day the magistrate certifies that the colindantes had stated before him that the sobrante asked for was vacant and might be granted. On the 8th November, 1845, she presented a petition to the prefect, in which she set forth her previous application to the alcalde, and the report of that officer, and requesting him to take such further proceedings as might be necessary. This petition was referred by the prefect to the subprefect; and by the latter to the first judge of San Rafael. On the 29th November the first judge reports the land to be vacant. On the 20th December, Castro, the prefect, recommends to the governor that the title issue. And on the 18th February, 1845, the governor attaches to the expediente an order to that effect. The expediente containing all these…