The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-05-18
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PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF IHE
gie9 q bNiNETEENTH CONGRESS.
F-'1- IPusLlo--No. 25
AN ACT TO confirm the Reports OF the Commits
sioner, for ascertaining Claims and Titles to
Lands IN West Florida, and for other purPos-
Is.
p. il Enacted by the Senate and House
of Rehresenfdsfves of the United States Of
Imerica IN Congress assembled, That all
the decisions made by the Commissioners,
appointed to ascertain claims and titles to
lands in the District Of Wes. Florida, made
in favor Of claimaDes TO lands and lots in said
District, contained in the reports. opinions,
abstracts, Of the Commissioners, which have
been transmitted to the Secretary Of the
Treasury accol ding to law, be, and the same
are hereby, confirmed.
SEC. g. .4nd be if further enacted, That
all the reports, abstracts, and opinions, made
and forwarded by the two commissioners in
said Districts, subsequently, to the first day
Of January, eighteen hundred and twenty
Ave, the period at which that Board expired
by law, be, and the same is hereby, recog-
nised as valid, and confirmed a, aforesaid; and
the said Commissioners and their Secretary,
ahall be entitled to receive the same COM
pepsation as they were authorized to de-
mand BY law, prior to that day, up to the
time at which the Receiver and Register
took possession of their records, in obedience
TO an act of the third of March, eighteen
hundred and twenty-five, entitled, "An act
for ascertaining claims and titles to lands in
territory of Florida" &c.
SEC. 8. .fnd Be hfurther enacted, That
the Spanish claims contained in special
reports, from one to thirty, reported in obe
dience to the fourth section of an act of Con-
gress, approved May eighth, eighteen hum
dred and twenty-five, entitled, IAN act for
ascertaining claims and titles to lands in the
territory Of Florida" be, and the same are
hereby, confirmed TO the claimants in possess
sion.
SEC. 4. ,dnd Be II further enacted. That
the claims to lots in report and abstract X,
recommended for confirmation as equitable
titles, with the exception of the last ten, be,
and the same are hereby declared valid and
confirmed, and the claim Of the Catholic in
habitants to a lot on which the church
stands, be, and the same is hereby confirm
ed to them for that use, so long as it is occu-
pied for that purpose.
SEC. s. And Be A further enacted, That
the claims contained in the report Of the
Receiver and Register, made to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, in obedience to law
of the last session Of Congress, dated the
thirteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and
twenty-five, be, and the same are hereby
confirmed.
Sec. 6. And be IL further enacted, That
The claim Of the Francisco and Fernando
Moreno, near Fort San Carlos de Barancas.
shall be so located as not to interfere with
the grounds reserved by the laws and ordin
ances of the Spanish Government, for forts,
nor with that which has been lately selected
for a navy-yard and naval depot, BY she Ma
Wy Commissioners, and approved by the
President of the United States.
SEC. z. And be H. further enacted, That the
claims to lots, in report l., with the excep-
6on Of that on the square Ferdinand Seventh,
Be, and the same are hereby, approved and
confirmed, SO far as the United States have
any title to the same, without prejudice to
the rights Of the corporation: and the lots
reserved for market house and other public
nses, in the plan of the Constitutional Cabil-
do, are relnquished and confirmed to the
corporation of Pensacola; and the lots re.
served and granted for church, parish. Vi
car, school, and custom house, are respect
fully set apart and confirmed, for the objects
set forth liz the DEGREES Of said Cabileo, so
far as the United States have any title to
the same, without prejudice, as aforesaid
Provided, That no claim on the public
square, 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 recognised as
valid by this act; and provided also that the
confirmation of allthe said claims provided for
by this act, shall amount only to relinquish-
ment forever, on the part Of the U. States of
any claim whatever to the tract of land, SO
confirmed or granted.
SEC. 8. And be ii further enacted. That
the lands fronting Pensacola Bay. from the
mouth of the Big Bayou, to line below Tar
ter Point, and thence back to the BAYOU. Sc
lected by the Navy Commissioners. and all
the lands fronting said bay, and 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
public works of the United States.
SEC. 9. |7ad De it further enacted, That
the proper accounting officers of the Treas
ury Department be, and they are hereby,
authorized to receive and adjust the accounts
Of the Commissioners appointed to ascertain
claims and titles to lands in East and West
Florida, or the contingent expenses Of said
Commissioners, and to pay the same out q
any money in the Treasury, rot otherwise
appropriated.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN C. CALHOUN,
Vice-President of the United States, and
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