The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-09-04

Board. the other under the act charterlng
Company -and these are still subject to
the remaining indebtedness Of the Trust
Fund contracted under the act of January
9th, 1855 BY the act chartering the In
ternationa Railroad and Steamship Com
pany all swamp lands south OF latitude
- deg. north are reserved from sale eN-
rept to actual settlers, and each settler is
entitled under its provision to enter of
the lands embraced in this reserve not
exceeding 100 acres AT State prices.
All OF the balance of swamp lands not
sold or embraced in the six mile limit re-
serve of some line of railroad or canal
have been reserved from sale by the
Boar,i except to actual settlers. who can
enter OF this class of lands one hundred
and sixty acres at State prices. Thus, ali
lands embraced IN both yt",rM rc~,rrt<
can be entered hv actual settlers in
bodies not To exceed one hundred and
sixty acres at State prices. and they need
not have been settlers At The dates of the
general withdrawals or reserves. but they
may at any time in future, As long a. the
lands remain under such reserves, make
settlements and enter this class of lands
at State prices hv filing the usual proof
of settlement and payment OF the
the Drainage District belong To the
General Reserve lands, and are subject
TO entry on the same terms. The
same is true of any lands within the
six mile limits of any railroad or ca.
nal which have not been Withdrawn or
rived. There are 80 many reserves for
SO many companies in all portions of The
State. some taking the even and some the
odd numbered sections, often IN the same
townships. that IN every instance of the
applications that are constantly made
the maps have to he referred to for iutnr-
nation As 70 whether the lands applied
for have been specially reserved ana for
what companirS--or are in either 81 the
general reserves.
The statement that there arr three or
four million acres Of swamp lands ~uhjcc'
to sale IT, actual settlers in bodies not rX-
ceeding one hundred AMI sixty acres, "
although true in substance is calculated
to m>ra'i because il draws no distinction
between the lands which ar. and those
which are not subject to entry. and be
cause II is apt IL create tine inpr"> si"u that
| all swamp lands are subject to rnirN on
| the same terms. when in tact the contrary
i true. Ii j. equally applicable, in us
effect on the public mind. to lands within
| the >iN mile limit and those in the general
reserves. when, under the laws of the
State, II c'n properly apply only /" the
| latter. Nm error of this character, with
others frequently occurring in new >paper
articles. make i due |" the Board of
Trustees thlt some explanation should
| be made ri !hc embarrassing cirrum>tan-
ce~ in which they arr placed by the com
plicated legislation on tht. subject OF these
! lands. Il vii h." -crn how easy it i for
a persons 10 be- mistaken in an idea hc
may have iurmcd IL to the conditions If
trrting any particular tract OF land il
! which he j. interested. and how the action
OF The Beard mey necessarily be just the
rrver-~ Of what IA" anticipated and de
sired. II he is to complain he should
not complain of the Commissioner OF
Lands and Immigration or OF the Board
of Trustees, but OF the varied legislative
restrictions by which their action is con-
tr"llcd and hampercd.