Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-05-01
[PUBMC, No. Sc.
AN ACT to establish town at st. Marks, in Flo
APPROVED, March 2, 1888.

PUBLIC, No. DO.
AN ACT to establish town at St. Marks, in Flo
rida
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the United States of Ameroa Congress
sembled That the President OF the Urite States be,
and he is hereby authorized to much of the
public lands at st. Marks, in the territory
of Florida, he may deem proper, to'be laid Off in
to lots, not to contain than one quarter OF
an each and into streets, avenues and out lets
and public squares for the of the town, and,
whenever the survey of the same shall be completed,
it shall be the duty of the surveyor for the territory
of Florida to plats thereof to be made out,
on which the and out lots shall be respectively
designated by progressive numbers; one of which
81 be transmitttec with copy of the field notes,
to the commissioner of the general land office, and
the other to the register of the land office for the
proper district. Provided, That the President may
adopt, if he shall approve, such plan as may have
been already reported to the general land office.
Sec O. And be it further enacted, That the afore-
said town and out lots at said Site with the excep
ton of such of them as the President may for
Notifications shall be offered for sale to the highest
bidder under the direction ofthe register and receiv
er of the proper land office at such times and places
as the President SHALL by public proclamation, de-
signate for that purpose, and all lots remaining
sold the closing of the public sales shall be subject
to entry at private sale at the proper land office
Provided, That no lot shall be sold for less than
twenty five dollars, any out lot for less than at
the rate OF twenty-five dollars per acre; anu tney
shall, in every other respect, be sold on the same
terms and conditions provided for the disposal
of the other public lands of the United States.
SEC. g. And be it further enacted, That previous
to offering the aforesaid town and out lots at public
sale the President of the United States shall cause
the value Of any improvements which may have
been made thereon to be ascertained in such
he may prescribe for that purpose; and the pur-
chaser at public sale of any lot which there are
such improvements, other than the owner thereof,
SHALL in addition to the to be paid to the United
States be, and hereby is, required to pay to the
er of the improvements, the value of them as thus
ascertaned and, if payment thereof shall not be
nude upon the day on which thu was purchased,
the lot shall be again offered at public sale on the
next day of SALE and such person shall not be
BILE of becoming the purchaser of that of any other
lot offered at the public sale: Provided, That, if any
lot so offered and bid of tie last day of the pub
lie sale shall not be thus paid for the same may be
entered at private sale, upon paying to the United
States the sum at which it was bid off, and to the
owner ofthe Improvements the previously ascertaned
value thereof: And prou,ded, further, That the
President be not authorized to offer any part of said
town lots for sale till he shall be satisfied that the site
proposed for said town is not inclined within the lin
its of any conflicting Spanish title, which may not be
released, or decided to de invalid.
APPROVED, March 2, 1888,