Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-05-27


dred and twenty five, the period at which
that Board expired by law, be, and the !
same are hereby, recognized as valid, |
and confirmed as aforesaid; ard the said
Com missioners, and their Secretary,
shall be entitled 10 receive the same
compensation as they were authorized to
demand by law, prior to that day, up to
the time at which the Receiver and Re-
gister took possession Of their records,
in obedience to an act of the third day of
March, eighteen hundred and twenty
FIVE, entitled can act for ascer,ainlng
claims and TILES TO lands in the Territory
OF Florida" &c.
Sec. 8. .dnd be il further enacted, That
the Spanish claims contained in special
reports, from one to thirty, reported in
obedience to the fourth section OF an ACT
OF Congress, approx May eighth, eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-five, entitled
" An act for ascertaining claims and IT,
ties to lands in the Territory of Flo
rda," be, and The same are hereby, con-
firmed to the claimants in possession.
Sec. 4 Ind Be il further enacted, That
the claims to lots in report and abslrac,
X, recomm ended for confirmation as
equitable titles, with the exception OF
the last ten, be, and the san are hereby
declared valid and confirmed, and The
claim OF the Catholic inhabitants 10 loi
ON which the church stands, be, and the
same is hereby confirmed 10 them for
that use, SO long as it is occupied for thai
purpose.
Sec. S. .fnd be il further enrcted, That
The claims contained IN the repor, OF the
Receiver and Register, made to the Sc
crelary of the Treasury, in obedience to
law of the last session of Congress,
dated the thirteenth day OF July, cigh-
teen hundred and twenty-five, be, and
the same are hereby confirmed.
Sec. g. Ind be ii further enacted, Tha,
the claim OF Francisco and Fernando
Moreno, near For, San Carlos de Bsran.
cas-, shall be so located as not to interfere
with the grounds reserved by. the laws
and ordinances OF the Spanish Govern.
mcnt, for forts, nor with that which has
been lately selected for navy yard and
naval depot, by the Navy Commission
ers, and approved by the President OF
the United STATES.
Sec.7 .And be il further enacted, Tha,
the claims to lots, in report l., with the
exception OF that on the square Ferdin-
and Seventh, be, and the same are here
by, approved and confirmed, so far as
the United States have any title to the
same, without preludice to the rights OF
the corporation: and the lots reserved
Tor market house and other public uses,
in the plan of the Constitutional Cabildo,
are relinquished and confirmed TO the
corporation OF Pensacola and the lots
reserved and granted for church, parish,
vicar, school, and custom house, are re.
spectively set apart and confirmed, for
the objects set forth in the DEGREES of
said Cabldo, SO far as the United States
have any title 10 the same, without pre-.
judice, as aforesaid Provided, That no
claim on the public squares of Seville,
Ferdinand Seventh, and The square and
garden on which the court house stands,
as laid off in said plan OF the Cabildo,
shall be allowed or recognized as valid,
by this act: .znd nrovided, also, That
the confirmation Of all the said claims
provided for by this act, shall amour,
only to REIMBURSEMENT forever, on the
part Of the United States, of any claim
whatever to the tract of land, SO confirm
ed or granted.
Sec. 8. ind be it, further enacted, Tha,
the lands fronting Pensacola Bay, from
the mouth of the Big Bayou, 10 line be-
low Tartar Point, and thence back to
the Bayou, selected by the Navy Com
missioners, and all the lands fronting
said Bay, end for one mile back, as far
as the Grand Lagoon, shall be reserved
from sale or location, for the use of the
Navy-Yard or Depot, and for other pub
lie works of the United States.
Sec. 9. .4nd be il farther enacted, That
the proper accounting officers of the
Treasury Department be, and they are
hereby, authorized to receive and adjust
the accounts of the Commissioners ap-
pointed to ascertain claims aud titles to
lands in East and West Florida, for the
contingent expenses of said Commission.
ers, and 10 pay the same out OF any mo-
ney in the Treasury, not otherwise ap
propriated.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN C. CALHOUN,
Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved-April %, 1926.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS