The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-13
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Az act granting donations of land 10 certain
actual settlers in the territory ofFlorida
BE u eHncted Jy The !S,nat, and U6use NJ
Representatives. ofhe United States Of IL
nericn IN rongress dss.hIlei, That 10
commissioners foe aseerininng titles Il claims
To lands In Florida be aud They brc hereby
authorised and required, within their fesp,c-
live districts, and In addition 10 their former
duties, To receive aud examine all claims lint
may he presented In them, and The esidence
IA support OF each ri such claims, ionnGrd
~ hnbitHtion mud cultivation of ans INIT of
land, town or city oi. or EN- lot, by any ter-
son, being Tire head Of family, aud twenty
me yeurs ii age, VIM, IN the twenty -srt ond
dny OF February one thousand eight hundred
anil nineteen, nctunlly inhabited and c1llivn-
ted such lfhrt nl ltd, or actually cultivate
aHd improved such lot, ~ who, On fiini Il, Y,
cultivated any treel If land in the vicinity Ut
my town or city, having permanent re- J.
dtnee ia sneh town or city, in said lerriior, /,
| aud 60 grant ccrtifcnfrs vi confirmation fur
my trnet oi mud thus inhabited aud cniiivui.
ed, or cultivated hy my person af the abuvu
description residing Ia any town or ely in
| The vicinity of the ifact 30 rniti,ntcd; which
land shnll be located IN nh entire hody, ~
| nearly NJ possible, in conformity Ia ile sur
,eys "t the contiguous phllie lands, mud -
nsto olnb1aenthc principal inpfoV cmenis Then
| made ou huy tract 80 claimed, and siall not
exceed IN quantity ga hundred mud foriy n
efes; Mud II shall also be the dnly Of snif
commissioners 90 receive claims 10 lnnds,
/ founded on hhhi,niun mud cultivation, be-
tween the twenty second of fphfusry, onn
thousand eigh, Hundred mud nineteen, an'i
the seventeenth of July, one thousand ciplt
hundred aud twenty our, when lofidn wns
5nrrendcredin the United Sairs, and eYidonce
IN support al the snmc aud 10 report mn abs
strsct oT Nil such claims Ia Congress, mud Of
the clnims by them confirmed, 10 the Socrr-
tary Of the Treasury aud the eluiins merely
reforted on shall be hid before Congress, ~
their next session, with the rvidcuec Of the
time mature mud extent If aish naturalization
mud cultivation, in snrh ease, mud The extent
lnf the claim Proridcd, Tint no claim SHAH
Tba received confirmed or reported In Con
lgrrss hy the said romu,is siuncrs for conRrnh.
ton, w hvor ui1n, person, or the lrfh Yep
rcsrntullvss OF any person. Who claims any
tfhci of land Ia said territory by pirfdn Of any
written evidence pi the title derived from eli
Their the British or Spanish governments.
Washington Arrroyed May 90, 1921.
| JAMES MONROE
! AN ACT to complete the survey ~ the South
crn aud western boundary OF the state Of
| Missouri
Bet eHdcted b1 tlf Senate and House of
Representatives. u United Sfdies Of a
mf'icd IN Congress assembled, That, the
s,m of fifteen hundred dollars, 10 be paid
out of any money ~ the Treasury not o.
tllerwlse appropriated, aud 10 be applied
under the direction az The Secretary uf the
Treasury, be-, aud The same Is hereby ND.
proprlaird, to complete the pay ,neni f,r
surveying tho southcro boundary line of
the state 81 Missouri, aud ~ much oi tho
western boundary line tn feof as lies south
of III. Missouri river.
Washington, May 20, 1924 approved
AN ACT making an appropriation towards
| The cxiinguislment Of the QnnpuW tales Il,
| Lands in the territory al Arkansas.
| BE II enocitd By The Senate and HOUSE
IV Representatives. Of he tuited States Of
.1mcrIca ~ COugfSs dSscmbifd, That II sum,
moi exceeding seven thousand fye hundred
Idollars, be-, aud the sam, is hereby, nppro-
IPriaicd, 10 BIZ paid ont OF any money in The
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, 10
enable the President Of the Uni,rd Statrs
10 n"goiimt" u treaty with The Quhpaw 10
dams, Ear The extingnishmeni Of their title
10 landsln the territory of Arkansas.
Washington, May 40, 1G2s.--Appro,ed
JAMES MONROE.
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The following il from Blarkwnod's Ma
ga2nc, q wurk not noted for pnrtiaiiiy 70,
this country;
There does not exist NJ this timc, on
the whole face Of The earth, any district
mere nonfishiug, more improving, more
rntrrprislng, than the state Of New York.
The great canal, which brggnrs, 10 insiguif
cnnrc all similar undertakings In the old
world ~ in point nfrxtrnl is the largest line
ofron'lnned labor 10 the world, after The
wall of China, IS of iis"lf . Sufficient proof