The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-04-08
An ACT 10 extend tho time limited sor the
setticmeot Of private land clsims 10 the
ToTritory of Florida

settlement Of private land clsims 10 the
Territory Of Florids.
Be IL enacted By he Senate ard House OF
Representatives Of the United SIases of diner.
ica IA Congress assembled, That tho time lin.
tied for tho settlement OF pfivs,e land claim.
m tho Territory Of Florida, BY an act OF the
Seventeenth Congress, entitled 40 sci ..
meodlng, sOd supplementary to, the Act for
sscer'ainiog claims end titles TO land in the
Te''i'ory of Florida, and TO provide Tor the
survey and disposal OF tho public lands IN
Eta 'ds, be, and the same 10 hereby, extended
end enlarged, until the first day Of Jsnusty
neSt. when the commissioners for ascertain.
Ing claims and titles 10 Tho lands efo-, ss,d
shsli make retu'n Of their proceedings to
the Secretary Of the Treasury, to DO laid DO.
FIRE Congress.
Sec. 2. .Snd be il further enacted, That
She claiman, or claimants shall not DO requir.
al 20 produce, 10 evidence, g dersignmeDt OF
fiiie hom the original grantee or pstsntse,
pnL the exhibition OF the original title pspers,
agrsesby TO the fourth section Of an act,
passed the eighth of Mey, eighteen hundred
snd twenty-five, entitled A" An act fot sscer.
tanning claims and ti,les TO lands within the
ferrito'y Of Florida" with the deed or do.
wise, TO The claimant, and the otEce sbstrsct
or abstracts Of the intermediate convey yaDees
~ tho last ten years preceding the susrender
os Florida 10 tho United S'aIes end, whore
Shsy csnnot be produced, their absence being
satisfactorily accounted for, shall be sufficient
evidence OF the righ, OF tho clsImant or claim.
snts to tho land so clsimed as against the u.
Dited States: Provided, The claim BE desn.
ed 10 quantity, aud the smount doe, not ex.
cd tsd in bs
.ion of the act which ,hi. i, intended TO ez.
tend -hnd nropided, The conditions required
by the isws aud o'dinsnces Of the Spanish
yoveroment, and tho treaty between Spain
and the CDned States, shall have been com.
Yhcd with.
Sec. ). .fnd Sc it further enacted, Taa, no
person shall be taken aud deemed TO be an
actual settler, within tho provisions Of tho
"Aet amending, aud supplementary TO, an
act for ascertaining claims and titles 10 Isnd
30 The Territory of Fiorida," passed on tho
third day Of March, one thousand eight hun.
dred snd tweniy.three, unless such person, or
those under whom he claims title, shall have
been in the cultivation, or occupation, Of The
hnd, at and before tho period OF the cession.
Sec. d. ind BE u Jurther snceied, That
SO much Of the act of which this is an smeod.
menf, IS sutboriges the Secretary OF ssic
commissioners 10 demand and receive from
the claimants ten cents per hund cd words
for recording titles TO lend, be, and the same
~ hereby, repealed.
Soc. $. ind be it |ur,hey enacted, That
the fo' mer Secretaries, or those who msy
now be Secretaries, TO ,bs said Boards al
Com missioners, who shall have received their
salary Of ono thousand two hundred aod 6ily
dollars, from the Treasury Of Tho United
Sta,es, which is, by lew, decls ed 10 be ,hsir
Allf compensation, shall be, and they ere
hereby, required TO pay over, respectively, 20
tho Commissioners, confornsbly wrh the
provisions Of tho original Law, ell such tees a.
have been demanded, and received by them,
which shall be spprop'is,ed TO dsitsy the ex.
pensss OF the Commission.
Sec. 6. .fnd be az further enacted, That 90
much OF the sct, of which this i, smendstoy.
o. mskes void all claims not hleo before the
G~si day OF December, one thousand eight
hundred snd twcnly,htee, be, and the same
Z hereby, repeated; aud il shall be lawful for
p aim. 20 be 6sd any time previous to the
l.t day Of Sspte next; bu, all sod e'.
n, gsim NJ, Eied by ,hs, time, shall be held
Adsemed void and Of none effect.
I L-fgc. 7. Ind be n further enacted, That
Vnof the Commissioner heretofore sp.
Al<ed, or who my hereafter be appointed,
lcV hs. pstfotmed, and shsli heresf,e' per.
.lSg gihe duties assigned him, snsl! receive,
[>8Nhe s 81 Monday IN February until the
<(h Wof J,nusy next, q, tive rste Of iva
"a per sunun, in foil compensation Tor
Lhingtoo, Feb. 2sih. is24
Ned JANE, MONROE.