The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-07-09

Gulf Coast Canal and Okechobee Land
Company, on drainage contract, /, -
942 acres and that OF the patented landS,
the title to 1926 ,532 acres remains III the
trustees of the internal Improvement fund
of Florida.
1t appears further that the lands so
conveyed to corporations have been
largely pleged for the moneys which have
been expended ins their works or sold to
individuals, including not only specua-
tors, but large numbers OF settlers and
immigrants, all of whom have pur-
chased upon the faith OF the patents of
the United States issued after determi-
nation of the question of the character
of the land by the Secretary of the 1nte-
rior, who was, by the act making the
grant, invested with the power to finally
determine the character Of the land so
far as the United States is concerned
that as to the lands the title of which
remains In the trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund, large portion is
involved In contracts with drainage and
canal companies who have invested their
money on the faith of the patents for
the same, and that other portions of said
land are held by said trustees to pay the
liabilities of said fund
1t appears that the swamp lands grant
ed to the State blythe said act of Sep
TENDER 20, 1850, were, by a statute OF
Florida of January 6, 1855, vested in the
trustees of the Internal Improvement
Fund, and that tie Governor, Comptroller,
Treasurer, Attorney General, and Com
missioner of Lands and immigration are
er-0Dlcio such trustees. The trusts to
which the lands are devoted by the origi-
nal act and all amendatory acts may be
stated as follows:
CD Internal improvements, by rail
roads and canals.
(2) Drainage, by work devoted immc-
diately to that purpose.
(3) encouragement OF actual settle
ment and cultivation OF said lands, by
allowing premiums Of not exceeding one
section to any one settler.
\ number Of railroad companies in the
state have special land grants from this
fund varying in quantity bat subject to
The general trust, Of thc act creating
such fund and ii, amendments and
every railroad, or ";lna OF company IL
colporatrd uH'cr 81. general corporation
acf- ~ ll,. STATE nocr,uc~ entitled Is -
criHc the alternate sections "a ~ta,o band
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as.,l auy nrr>,I lr.,- l..i.ilt. .v.s,.},
lands etil Lril h\ The trustees a,,l 49,
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l"| any 'iI'| ~ 81 ''f' "'' - we
ho;tl Vi !:lhiiN, "f H ~, mt -"llr Ic.,
Of ace. can Acquire 20 acres q, ~Hr. land
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di't ClI'tNII'H thtt any l''T>Dh WHO :
an acj utI settler OH ~UcO lana C;Iu pro
rlnDt ami arunir,. the title 10 such land
. , .. 49,, ~, =;
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lVF thc sam" ANA PAVING - an acre
therefor IN three lhstn,imcutS, unc-t hirl
ON entry onc.t}ir.I in TWO v,.ar, tLnr..,f
for and nun.thir1 j., tIr.o ,oor. ,L.,.,t'
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Ter.
1t appears. also, that IN the grant of
these lands 10 railroad comnanies and in
III. sales of lands IN largc nuanti,i., tho
''O - 80 COS i''''' Wy
llSh'N ol ScttIc'S nave oeeh projected.
pom THIS point the committee quote the
following from the statement Of the trll,-
tees Of the imnrovempnt fund
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"c P'li'H OF VIC 'i"S "' / '''Iit as 10 actual