The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-24
PERMIT.

To settle, under The provisions Of the act Of Congress, ap
prored on the 4h august lo42, entitled SIN act 10
provide for the armed occupation and settlement u the
unsettled part Of the Peninsula Of East Florida"
| Pursuant to the provisions Of the act aforesaid
| is hereby declared to have permission
to make settlement, in virtue OF the authority of said
act, on tract Of public land situate "south of the
line dividing townships numbers nine and ten south"
in the peninsula Of East Florida and which he de-
| scribes in the mode ret forth in the accompanying
copy of his notice, the original Of which has been
|! placed on file in this office.
The conditions on which this PERMIT is granted
| are as follows
| [2dl That said settler shall reside in
the Territory Of Florida south of the said township
line, for FIVE consecutive years and to take his grant
| on any public land south Of that township.
| I'D That said settler shall erect thereon house
mt tor the habitation Of man. and shall clear enclose,
and cultivate, at least fire of said land and
side thereon for the space of four years following
the first year after the date of his PERMIT, if he Tor
she] shall so long live
4th That such settler shall within one year after
the survey of said lands and the opening of the proper
office for the entry and sale of the by the Uni
ted States prove before such tribunal and in such
manner and form shall be prescribed by the Com
missioner of the General Land Office with the APP
prova Of the President the fact that the settlement
| has been commenced and the particular quarter
ton upon which II is located and also that such set
tier SHALL within sr months after the expiration of
fire years from the date of his PERMIT, prove in like
manner the fact of continued residence and cultivation
required IN the second and third conditions herein
above prescribed; whereupon, and not until then,
patent shall issue to said settler for such gu rter
section.
The act declares shat no right or donation shall
be acquired under this act within two miles of any
permanent military post of the United States estab
ished and garrsoned at the time such settlement and
residence was commenced"
The act further Declares "that all sales gifts, de-
vises, agreements bonds or powers to SELL transfers,
liens, whatsoever private or judicial of the lands,
any portion thereof, acquired by this act made at
any time before patents shall have issued for the
same shall be utterly void and without effect, to
cry intent and purpose, whether in law or equity (,
and the purchaser obligee under any such sale,
agreement, bond, power to sell, transfer, or ie,
shall not be entitled to back the price
sideraan paid therefor but shall forfeit the alb
soutely to such settler or his heirs"
The act also declares, that upon the death of
settler before the end of the five years before the
issuing of the patent, all his rights under this act
shall descend TO his widow, and heirs al law, if he
leaves widow, and to his heirs at law if he leaves
none, TO be held and divided by them according to
the laws of Florida any previous sale transfer of
the same, of any interest," legal equitable in the
same to the contrary Notwithstanding; and proof Of
his compliance with the conditions of this act up to
the time of his DEATH shall be sufficient to cntitle them
| to the patent"
1t is to be distinctly understood that this PERMIT is
not designed to confer any rights whereby the lire oak
| and red cedar timber Astounding on the public lands,
shall be inerfered with to the detriment of the Uni
ted States for whose use such timber is reserved
and protected by the act of Congress- approved on
| the LIST March, 1917, entitled Gan act making
walton of certain public lands to supply timber for
| naval purposes"
Given under my hand at the Land Office at
this day Of lS4
Register oflke Land Office.
The notices TO be carefully filed in your office ;
each Of them to be endorsed with the name of the
party the number of the notice, and referring to the
date of the PERMIT thereon issued the number as
signed to which must, in every instance, be the same
| as that of the notice.
| You will X. ep book to be styled DOCKET OF
PERMITS granted to settlers by the Register of the
Land Office at ------, pursuant to the Prov
August, lS42, entitled An act to provide for the
| armed occupation AMI settlement of Florida " and
which will be columned off in the following mode;
| 1st column-Number of the Permit.
| I'd do. Date of the Permit.
Sd do. Name of settler to whom granted.
| 4th do. Brief reference to the designed loca-
| ton, iy regular designation, of
| quarter section township, and
range or otherwise, if the land is
| not surveyed.
| 5th do. Number of notice filed.
| 9th do. tDate of notice filed.
18th do. Name of person to whom he Permit
| was delivered.
In addition to such docket it will probably become
| necessary to keep an Alphabetical Index of the
names of parties filing notices for facility Of refer
ence. Such index would consist Of
| LIST Name of settler filing notice.
I'd Number of Permit granted.
Copies of the notices under which Permits are
from time to time granted together with copies Of
the diagrams accompanying the same, will have t. be
| furnished by you to the SURVEYOR GENERAL for his
information and to enable him give the proper in
| STIR ctions to his deputy surveyors.
Similar copies OF the NOTICES must be furnished to
this office at the end of each month, also certified
| transcripts from your docket.
| Prior to transmitting such copies, however, you
will take the precaution to compare the same with
the originals with the aid of the Receiver, and you
are requested to attach thereto your Joint certificate
| Of examination.
have to enIon you the exercise of every dill
gencc, care, and promptitude necessary to faithful
| and satisfactory execution of the law.
am, respectfully, your obedcnt servant,
| THO. H. BLAKE Commissioner.
| AN ACT To provide for the armed occupation and
settlement of the unsettled part of the Peninsula
| of East Florida.
BE IL enacted by The Senate aud House Of Representa-
tires of the United States Of .1u,erca in Congress
bled That any person, being the head of family, or
single man eighteen years of age, able to bear
| arms who has made, or shall, within one year from
and after the passage of this act make actual set
Element within that part of Florida situate and being
| south of the line dividing townships numbers nine
and south and east of the base nc shall be enti-
tied TO quarter section of said land the ioi-
| lowing conditions and stipuations
| First That said settler shall obtain from the Re