Supreme court of the United States. No. 135. The United States, appellants, vs. John A. Sutter. Appeal from the District court U.S. for the Northern district of California.

642 The United States vs. Sutter.
at pages 158 and 159, supposed to be recorded on or about the elerenth day of December, A. D. 1860.
Witness my hand and official seal this 12 day of December, 1860.
C. E. WILCOXON, County Recorder,
[SEAL. By S. J. STABLER, Dep. Recorder.
672 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, 1860.
It is admitted that the due execution and delivery of the
original of the within can be proved by Roland Gelston, one of the
subscribing witnesses thereto, who is now present.
ELIHU JOHNSON,
Att'y for R. Gelston.
A. P. CRITTENDEN,
Att'y for Sutter.
JOHN B. WILLIAMS,
Att'yfor Algier et al
Endorsed: Filed Jan'y 5, 1861.
W. H. CHEVERS, Clerk,
Exhibit U, for U. S.
General instructions from the U. S. surveyor general for California,
to the deputy surveyors engaged in surveying the finally confirmed
land claims in the State.
Instructions.
1. In making the survey of ranchos that have been finally
673 confirmed, you will not only use great diligence and precaution in ascertaining the true locality of each claim, but exercise much care and discrimination in establishing the boundary lines
in such a manner as to preclude any reasonable ground of complaint
or opposition on the part of any person who may be interested in the
same. A strict adherence to this mode of procedure is of paramount
importance, and is absolutely essential, in all cases, in order to do
justice to the proper owners of the land, as well as to obviate the
necessity of a resurvey, the expenses of which the department would
not be likely to sanction.
2. If other land claims, held under legitimate titles, adjoin any
claim to be surveyed. you will, before commencing operations, ascertain all the information you can respecting such claims, and notify the
claimants, in writing, of the time at which any lines in which they
may be interested will be run; and if they themselves, or their agents,
are presented at the time of running such lines, that fact must be
stated. In case any line, as run by you, between any such
674 adjoining land claims, shall be agreed upon between the respective claimants of the lands, you will obtain their written
assent to such agreements; and in case any of the claimants shall make
a written protest against any such lines you may establish, you will
note the same, and return all such agreements, protests, and other
relevant documents to this office, with your field-notes.