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Show this Act shall be so construed as to interfere with any person or persons holding possessory claim or claims under the laws of this State, or holding pre-emption claim or claims under the laws of the United States. Board of7 Sec. 4. At the expiration of three years from Commission- ers. the passage of said Act by the Government of the United States, or sooner, if the said work shall be sooner completed, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a competent Civil Engineer, on behalf of the State, and the Board of Supervisors of the Counties of San Diego and San Bernardino shall each appoint another Civil Engineer, which three, so appointed, shall compose a Board of Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to inspect and examine the work when complete, to see if the same is, or is not, completed, in all respects, according to the terms and conditions of this Act; and their report shall be made to the Governor within three calendar months from the expiration of the three years aforesaid, and the said report shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and be open to public inspection; and when so made, the same shall be final and conclusive as to the point whether or not the said grantees have fulfilled all the terms and conditions required by this Act. sworn gEc^ t^ Said comm{ss{onerSj before entering upon or performing any of the duties herein prescribed, shall be severally sworn, before some officer competent to administer oaths, that they will well and faithfully perform the duties herein |