The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-23

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Point where the Sumaury river will br in.
trrscctcd by the road To be- opened hom
Pensacola TO ST. Augustine, aud 10 cause
To be surveyed and marked out, the roate
for public road, from Cape FLORIDA To ST.
Augustine.
Sec. 8. .and be il farther enacted, That
for dehhylns the expenses of thr surveys
aforesaid, the sum oil lhrre Thousand dol
lars be, and the same - hereby appropi-
atrd, 10 be paid ouI of any nnncy N the
Treasury, not otherwise app oplial,d.
Washington, February 80. 18et
Approved, JAMES MoNKOE
AN ACT 10 extend the time limited for the
settlement at private land clhlus in the
1elrifor, OF Florida.
BE Il eHocttd by Ne Senate nnd House
Of Representatives qfHe United SUITES q
.3stcrica ~ Congress assembitd That the
time limited for the settlement ii private
land cla,ns in the Territory OF Florida, by
an act of the Seventeenth Congress, cnti.
tied An act amending, aud supp,mcnla-
ry 10, the Act for nscertnuing The claims
aud titles 10 land IN the Territory Of FlOr-
da, aud 10 provide for the survey aud dls.
pusai of the public lands IN Florida, be-,
aud the same is hereby, extended aud en-
hrecd, until the first day Of january uext,
when the commissioners for asccrtninlug
claims and titles To the lands aforesaid shall
make a return of their proceedings te the
Secondary II the Treasury, 10 be- laid be
fore Congress.
Sec G. lind he II faHhtr pnrtc1ed, That
the claimant or claimants shall not be re.
qIircd IN produce, IN evidence, n drraign.
incnt OF title from the original grantvc OF
patenler, bat the inhhitun of the original
the papers, asr"cabiy To the fourth SECTION
OF an act, passed the eighth of May, righ
teen hundred and twenty twn, entitled
- An art fof tn" asccitn,ning c'aims and title
10 lluds within the Territory Of Florida"
with the decd ~ devise, to the claimant,
and the Office ab.traet or abstracts of the
intermediate convey anccs for the las, ten
wears preceding The surlci der OF Florida To
the United States and, " here they rAuhot
he Produced their absence being saiielac
tuIi, accounted for shall he sufficient
evidence Of the right of the claimant or
claimants toihc lHnd So claimed rs against
the United States PrOp'dtd, The claim
BE- defined III quantity, and the amount
docs net exceed the quantity limited
- the second secIlon Of the arr which
this Is intended 10 rxlcnd lind plpnided,
The conditions required by the lave aud
ordinances of the Spanish government,
aud the treaty betnsrcn Spain and the
United States, shall have been complied
with.
Sec. g. .1hH be II fultter rncu,d, That
no person shalt be- taken and deemed to hc
an actud settler within the pfnt i-ious of
the Act amending, and supplements.
~ TO, an net for a6crltatning claims aud
titles To land in TIM Territory ol florlda,"
passed on the third day ui March, one
thousand eight hundred aud inenty-thr.e,
unless sael person or those under whom
be claims tile, shall have been III the cul.
ii,alion, or occupation, Of the land, at and
Lrforc the period pf the c"saOn.
Sec 4. AMI bt II I,ttfher onaeied, That
a. IN ch ol thr uct of which this is an
amendment, as authorizes the Secretary
of SAID commissioners to demand and re
revr from the claimants ten ccnts per hun
drrd words for recording titles IN land be,
aud the same is hereby, repealed
Sec. B. .1nd b. Il further enocted, That
the former Secretaries to he said RUnrds Of
Commissioners, who shall have received
their salary Of one thousand two hundred
aud fifty dollars, from the Treasury of the
United States, which Is, by law, declared
To bc their fall compensation, shall br. and
they are hereby, required, to pay over, re
spccllyely, 10 the Commissioner confor
uably with the provision vi die origua
law, all such fees AS have been demanded
aud received by them, WI .ich shall be- ap
Propriated TO deiray the expenses OF the
Commission.
Sec. G. .1"d b. II GDher tnacted, Thai
So much OF Tie act Of which this is amen
datory, n lakes sUid all claims not FLEE
before III :. first day ofDccember, one thou
sand o.ght hundred aud twenty three, be
, md the same is hereby repealed and j
! ,,naIl be lawful for claims to be fled any
{ time previous to the first day OF Septrm
Der next bat all aud every claim not file,
by that time shall be held aud deemed voit
and OF non. effect.
Sec. I. md be II further enacted, Tha
each of the Commissioners heretofore ap
pointed, or who may hereafter he appointed
who has performed, and shall hereaiIe
perform, the duties assigned him, shall re
crivr from the first Monday in ebruar.
until the first day of January next, at III
rate Of two thousand dollars per annum, i
full compensation for his services.
Washington, Feb %, 1894.
Arprasrd JAMES MONROE