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Show REPORT OF TEE OOMMtSSIONBR OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 121 nor cultivation on the part of San Diego; but mid place belongs at the present time to the ssld mi-sion, and st petitionefs request I sign this in Ssn Diego. J11AN MA MISRON. ADGUST 6, 1844. Mod R. P. VINCE~TO LIYAS: With the objeetof solieitingin property theplaoe known by the name "Vallo deSnn Jwi.." formerly occupied by the mission under your charge, I beg of you to be ao End as to inform me if, at the present day, the hlission of S%n Diego does oocupy the mid lsnd, and if not, haw long dnce it has been absndoned. JUAN J. WARNER. 8AN DIEGO. Atig& 6. 18U. The "Vslley of San .lasev' can he granted M the party who petitions for it, insamueh sslhe Mision of sen Dieeo. to whom it belonaed. has no mans somcient to oultiwte end ocoupy it, end it is not ~ ~ - . . . ao nee-ry for the &ion. MISION OF BAN DIMO, Augl~6~.1t8 LL. FR. VINOENTP. OLIVB. The grant was iti these words: ~hecitizen,ManuelMicheltorenag,o ners1 of br igdeot the Mexican srmy, adjutsntgenenrl of the -me, g~vern~r-g(.nercnoIm, ntar.der x81d ~mpcctorof 1,olh C~l l iornla~: U' h e r c ~Ju~a n J.sC Werner, Mexllan by ~latllralisationh, aa per:tloorrl lor hisoam personal benefit. and that of hts familr. r1.c lnlld known br rhd name ' \'slle 11" R m .l o*e," bnondedon the earl by the entrance into 6%" Feline and the mountain, on the west by the mountain and canyon of Aguanga; and "11 lhe north ~oun.ial by the moltm.mhn, and the bu81tldariei ow t1.n roufh beng the rarriso" and the mnunmirl. lhm,ine prc.il.,u-!! omp plied wlrlm the nntrcr.nn 1 invt~s~igatio~onb r% rL runttern r..~~-~ -~ r-~.r.o rhl\h, ~e dh I ~h , ~ ~ r~eeunI~dri. ,ns, ercreisltle the oo\vrr%c onf.rrc.1 on zoc it, I IW !."me oi the ~~~~ ~ . - - . Mexican nation, I hweresolved togmnt him tho ssid Isrod, deolaringit by these presents hisproperty. subjeot to theapprobation of the most excellent esembly 4 the department, and M tho conditions following, to wit: First. He will not be allowed to sell it, to alienate it, nor to mortgage it, to place it llnder bond, or to plnee it under any obligation, nor give it nwsy. Second. He will be sllowed to fence it in, without interference with the roads and other usages (~e~vidumbres)H. e will hold i t freely and exclusively, turning i t M agriculture or any other use he may please, end he shall builds house on it within one year and live in it. Third. Eeshallappls to rherrspective judge to give him judloial possession thereof, by virtueof this order, by which he sM1 mark out the boundaries, wherean he shall place the stakes, some fmit and wllsi ire,.% iolsomr. use orotlber. Fuurrll. TIIQ land lrhlrh ia kinggrnnfed rnndnw uf sir lengucr, more or lpm (scir ririoi depeosdo may,? arcording lo rhc res~eclivcn .al, or plnll. 1I re judge w1.o mAg e r e pn<*c'\i.ln tlrcwoirhsll hare i r ,ur\erednc,vrdl,lb. I . . law, lenvlng the r + n d ~ erd .rdnfc to rhe inntion for le we. Fifth. i l l c "14 he in11 8 , r om~l yjr ltit there vrndl l l~t~I.c. . %l.dlli orlell hi5 right to ihr land, end it will l ~celr ~.n~~nec-nhhylc n ro!llt.r. Tllereion., 1 order that thl, present drerpc be m him his ritle,a!mrl l t , ld~mL( ior YIL~.Im d V R ~ B On otice ther~ufb c ~'nrerul, nu, the rr.spr,,t:ve books mad l,e plrien to ihc intoresied pa& for his protection and other purposes. The grant was subsequently approved by the departmental assembly on May 21, 1845. On the application to the private land commiasion the matter waa investi-gated, and a report made by Commissioner Feleh in these words: J. J. Warner u. The United Sfstes, for the plnee ealled Agua Caliente y Ve.ll.lle de San So@, in Ban Diego (.0~111y. conwin~ngs ix D ~ U B C CI~ ag11.9 of land. Two granrs aro pme nw~aln d pmved in this cs-e: The Rmr, mule I r Covernor lual, B. Alvsrsdu to Jc\+ .\nlooio Re" oo the8rlrdsy ulJl>ne.lRIO: ~ h ocrl ltr 1) Gorcrnc rMannel \Ill.nrllurel#au ll the 28th day of November, 1844, to the present claimant. The land embraced in the grant to Pioo ia designated by the name Agua Caliente, and that described in the gmnt to Wsrner is called the Valle de Ben Jose. On comparing the descriptions of the two parcels of lands and maps which mnsti-tute wrtions of the two eroedientes it is manifest that the grant to Warner embraces the premises dePehh~dil l the prerlousgiot to Rro. ~ h p,lac e inown by the onmc o i Agua ca~ieorero nnitutea 1 1 8 ~n ~r t l .~nmpo rtiorm 01 the valley known by the namc r i Snn ImE, %rlulet he grnnr W Warner d ~ s e r ~ h e srinhri~m valley. find the ~ v ! l a ~ . . ~w\ ew~r lfy that the rarlrho claim~db y \Vsrner la kou\sn by 1Le9~na mes, but mow iwq!,eorlg rt ha^ ~ e r u t l hye en called War~~Pr.raachn.T he lestlmony show9 thnr Plro had set uur some rlner os r1.e j~lsce heiorr, t1,egrnnr ua3 mad? lo him, arbd that hc built a houw on rhe place after the grsnt, hut in 1 C e he left the pl*rr, probnblg oo nrrounr ci the dan-r from t i r itlcliaa~sa, nd d m n ot nppear to dduc dnyte11.p more in connectmu with 11 The ~ r w ~f ~ P C R P CS U~ ~~CYI L . ~ Ito e~lslblieht ot. ~.c-fbmmsoreo i tire rolldllions of the grant by him. while jlis absence from the plaee and the want i f any evidence of sn attempt to return to it sfter 1842 indicate fin sbandonmeot of it. It war so treated by Warner in petitioning for a grant of the |