The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-06
KA5oRlfY AND nIoR1fY 1IpalB.

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O4ss Ez-niastioa. nsds t. fallouine njss s1pcrts
A.rnlr HAIz. T.lI.A.ssse, Pa. MIA !. lsss.
speakv Of De Aaenbly:
en-we. the undersigned, nsjotg of tie Conaittee
.FPoissd = isvs-s.ss tie stats Lead 0Steg leave
We Do think It s within prosince n @ committee
anything In regard 70 the ky.te Beard Of
r securing patents for lands selected srthe Swamp
Lid Aess and 16dsnnty Certificates bat ether
hsrsnzffer referred TO- viii discuss sheta hfay,
We f1d that contracts have been nade the present
u Dor "a. ssy 4 n ever made Sr The ORE. s.rd for e
selection q either swamp and overlooked o&kt sands
The eostr.c. With Sydney Wales Tor sssag patents
~ The General Government OF swap la1ds Ash had been
sed BY the State under the Swamp Land AL made
dag Governor Drevs administration WA so the con
me State entitled to under the Swamp Ead Act, but
~aeh ts General Government sold Otherwise disposed OF
eF the passage Of the act such Indemnity icing provided
Tor under the .cs Of Congress Of March g. and March
Z, 1851. !;
These contracts were made in the early pA Of 1875 and
duly reported the Legislature Of lb y Governor
Drsr and"ee mot dsApproved by that Lefia.ure the
The securing patents Tor Iana hected grew
u The following circumstances Large qnssi4s Of swamp
lands lad been selected by the State prior
year lscl and others subsequent the M prior Gov
ernOF. Dre~s administration The title 70 t~e lands had
fhus for number Of years. remained tied D the lands
ts lad been made, had proved years. aioftise Cover
Drew acting with the concurrence Of the srd OF Trus
and wishing have the title to the lands perfect
q making large sale for purposes Of pairing of the in
dsass Of the fund.- and believing that it only by
Ee Efforts Of at Washington that PATENTS could be
Land Office, desfaained to ap-
nt NJ Wales State Agent The CONTRACT pfded
al sEap land selections made prior for which he
should nts he should receive eight 49, ar cent Of all
sOds inc 3 such patents and for those selected subse
sasnt should be paid every acre.
pay D. -s in lands the regular scbede prices
si81
y sd that patents for 4l54Tz2 Of swamp lands
obtained Ey Mr. Wales since his appointment OF
s s-snts for S7s5,44s obained between
ring II The Legislature OF 1879 and that OF fesl AMI
rp,d fully to the Legislature Of the latter year These
and dates show how vast quantity 81 snd and for
Tow long such lands had stood condition
title and in FACT without evidence Of title he1o the State
q Florida S
CBdertae procuring indemnity H swamp
wheb Lad been disposed Of by the Uhted sta Government
the Of March g. 1851 Mr. Wales gst twenty per
u ali indemnity recoverable p pay ali Expenses Of the
and getting proofs Of the sales BY the govern
ent Of sue lands and all other 20 such
Indemnify is by the affidavit Of az least
two witnesses At forty piece OF snd 70 which in
dsmnty il came the 28th 81 Sepetler 1850, the
dz.e 9Th swamp land swamp land wish me4nng Of
such act To get this proof has been necessary
the State in vehicles and obtain the 4davits of persons Who
Ofser knowledge 2s.F dsy September,
], ESQ acquainted with the character OF sh lands
There las been realized 70 the ffnd by Substituting this
effort recovering indemnity 6OO0s 10 acres Of land which
sid for the Of ss6.0049O No effort bad 1een made
ct What il had thus since 1851 been possifx Il, get
There evidence show that She pay agreed be given
% M Wales in in excess of the ordinary charges
IN such cases Il:
By securing the patents above mentioned over four million
Of land rendered subject TO entry aud SALE with
Ar titles and nearly four million wsfe aided the
Tux Of lands which the trustees Offering sell
~ O the Internal improvement debt and large quantiti
seD included in the sale Dsstpn which h&s prac-
tio.ble
we should say the Board Trustees lave paid
any Mr. WaIes either Tor getting patents Indem-
nifty Certificates and it is fact that the sount in dollars
and spoken Of as $48 330S5 the aaoas which Mr..
WAe would have been entitled to under tbs twocsnt
contract for getting patents for if
he had been paid in money but the CT SAB has
been paid lands schedule prices swccent per
We end that there have been any and yet conveyed
70 railroad by the trustees except alternate sections Of
msde Of land outside Of such limit or subject the
lien Of the Indebtedness OF the fund.- We
granting lands outside mile limit Enacted in 1879
and 1851, makes provision for tie trustees
que by the grantees railroad companies Of any
part Of the funds debt condition precedent to the grants
require the payment the fund Of any moneys
fund sn<
The gross number Of of swamp disposed
Of o careful foongs Of the abstract boo for 1881
ss2 s6l sores. and for 1882, 29s, 1l4.l3 acres
OF this ss.0unt find Sidney Wakes, ;Ehe State Land
Agent Washington received the show 07s7s
or Gyices and Williams, Stann anA Coey 586649
s for SERVICES in selecting lands unde thr sontrsct with
Ey eethcAtes received sooOsIs aer sold We find
IssSs Of hese sold for so cents per and
-. remaining Ssl for about 81 eas PER In
Guided in WALES twentynine thousaad nctes
o. these Indemnity Certificates, for adjust
ovsd Of swamp lands in 1881 and 1884, sores We
And Of entries cancelled Of sales Of swamp the aggregate
which received on eeiacatss aaose aggregate
amount g. 1906; the balances 70 insalfment
sE.1P lands are sss cO4ss acres soI to Hsston Ds.son
11s8e 50 directly from tie Interres Improvement
Bod The total amounts receives from ts sale Of these
The 1881 and 1884, 1911 e this aaount 8.