Delaware patriot & American watchman., 1828-06-17

ports Of the Commissioners. anu numpereu Joa''
IA, eieht r81 and ten, 10. excluding from ,he
latter the land contained in certificate, and IN 'he
plats A and c, and the CLAIMS contained in the re
norts of the Commissioners Of East Florida, and
in the reports of the Receiver and Register acting
as such, made in pursuance of the several acts Of
Congress providing for the settlement OF private
land claims in Florida, and Recommended Tor CON
frmation by said Commissioners. and by the ke
eister and Receiver, be, and the same are hereby
confirmed, to the extern Of the quantity contained
in one league square, to be located by the CLAIM
ants or their agents, within the limits OF such claims
Or surveys flied. as aforesaid before the saiu Soni.
missioners. or Receiver and Register, which loca.
ton shall be made within the bounds OF the orisi
nal grant, in quantities of not less than one sec
ton, and to be bounded by sectional lines
Sec 9. find be it further enacted, That no more
than the quantity Of acres contained in league
square, shall be confirmed within the bounds OF
anv one grant and no confirmation shall be eilec-
uai until ali the parties in interest, under the orr
gina, grant shall file with the Register and Recei
yer Of the District where the grant may be stua-
ted fun and final release Of all claim to the res
idue contained in tie grant; and where there shall
he any minors incapable nt acting within SAID Ter
Iritory ut Florida, reIMqulshment by the legal
guardian shall De sufficient; and thereafter the
excess in SAID grants respectively, shall De liable
States
Sec 5 .4aa be it farther enacted, That all the
decisions made b, the Register and Receiver of
tine district OF Eas' lorida, acting, e.r gDicio, a,
Commissioners, IN pu, Of an act OF Congress.
approved the ei9hih Of February. one thousand
eight huu;ireA and tWerty-sevpn, authoflsng them
to ascertain and deciGe claims and titles to lands
in the dst,ict .fuyr-ad. and those recommended
for confirmation under the quantity OF three thou
sand five hundred acres contained in tine reports,
abstracts and otrlrh-. ot the sad Register and
Receiver, transmitted 70 the Secretary Of the
Treasury, according to law aud referred by him
to Congress, oA the twenty ninth January, one
thousand eight hundred and went. eisht be. and
the same are ne, eby confirmed. 'Fhc conirma-
ton, authorized b. This act shall operate only as
Ia release ef anc claim had bv the tinted States,
and not to affect NE interest Of third persons
Sec 4 .iAd be It tarthpr enacted That the said
Register and Receiver shall continue to examine
anu decide Tie lenalning claims in East Florida,
subject To tire same limitations and in conformity
with the provisions Of thn several acts of Congress
for the adjustment Of private land claims in Flori-
Ia. unt tie FIST MONDAY in December next when
thei shall make q i!na report Of all the claims,
iaturesad, IN SAID district, to the Secretary of the
Treasury and II shall never be lawful. after that
time, for any Of the claimants to exhibit any fur.
said Register aud Receiver, and Clerk shall re
ceive tne compensation provided in the act atore-
said. TO be paid out Of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated Provided. that the
extra compensation Of one thousand dollars, each
which is hereby allowed to the Register and Re
ceivcr for services under and by the provisions Of
this act. shall not be paid until report Of all the
claims be made to the Secretary Of the Treasury.
I Sec. 5. .7Rd BE- It further enacted, That the pro
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they hereby authorized TO adjust and pay the
accounts Of tie Register and Receiver, acting as
commissioners, their contingent expenses, and the
Receiver the compensation heretofore allowed for
bringing their reports TO Washington, out Of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec 6. md be II further enacted, That all
claims to land within the Territory OF Florida, EN-
braced by the treaty between Spain and the Uni
ted states OF the twenty second Of February, one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen, which sha
not be decided and finally settled under the fore
going provisions Of this act, containing greater
quantity OF land than the Commissioners were au
thorlze3 TO decide, and above the amount confirm
ed BY this act; and which have not been reported as
antedated or forged by said Commissioners, or Re
gistei and Receiver acting as such, shall be receiy
ed and adjudicated, by the Judge of the superior
Count 1t the District within which the land lies
upnn the petition Of the claimant, according to tn,
farms. rules, regulations, conditions, restrictions
aud limitations prescribed by the district Judge
and claimants in the State Of Missouri. by act !
Congress, approved May twenty sixth, eighteel
hundred and twenty -four, entitled, an act ena
bling the claimants to land within the limits of tn
, State Of Missouri, and Territory Of Arkansas, t
{ institute proceedings TO try the validity Of thei
s c,ams;' Provided, that nothing in this sectio
sall be construed % authorize said Judges to tax
cn.tlLanCe OF any claim anrulieu by the said treo
Of spain, nor any claim not presented to the Con
y nissloners or Register and Receiver. in conform
! ty to the several acts Of Congress providing f,
the settlement OF private laud claims in Florida
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