gislature may hereafter direct, and to no other use, intent, or purpose, whatsoever. Approved, December 28, 1824. lic lands, where been found void, to as they may have paid therefor. CHAP. 318.-An act authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asPurchasers of pub sembled, That every person, or the legal representative of the purchase has every person, who is or may be a purchaser of a tract of receive such sum land from the United States, the purchase whereof is or may be void, by reason of a prior sale thereof by the United States, or by the confirmation or other legal establishment of a prior British, French, or Spanish grant thereof, or for want of title thereto in the United States, from any other cause whatsoever, shall be entitled to repayment of any sum or sums of money paid for or on account of such tract of land, on making proof, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the same was erroneously sold, in manner aforesaid, by the United States, who is hereby authorized and required to repay such sum or sums of money paid as aforesaid. missioners for ad western district of Approved, January 12, 1825. [See Part II, Nos. 368, 373, 416, 420, 423, 455, 862.] "that (1) By the third section of the act of 25th February, 1825, "making appropriations for the support of Government," &c., it is further provided the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum or sums of money to which any person, or the legal representatives of any person, may be entitled, by virtue of the act authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the United States, approved the 12th day of January, in the year 1825, upon such person, or his or her legal representatives, complying with the requisitions of this act. CHAP. 319.-An act confirming certain claims to lands in the western district of Louisiana. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asReport of the com- sembled, That all the claims to land embraced in the report justing the titles, made by the commissioners appointed for adjusting the &c. to land in the titles and claims to land in the western district of Louisiana, Louisiana, of 20th upon the thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and confirmed. fifteen, and recommended by them for confirmation, be, and Proviso; no person the same are hereby, confirmed: Provided, That no person league or persons shall be entitled, by any one claim, to a greater quantity than one league square, under this act. Approved, February 5, 1825. December, 1815, entitled to more than square. a [See Part II, No. 19.] CHAP. 320.-An act to authorize the sale of a section of land therein men tioned. 34, of the eleventh SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and Section numbered he is hereby, authorized to cause to be exposed to public township,and third sale, in the same manner other lands of the United States range of townships, are, the section numbered thirty-four, of the eleventh town- sale in Ohio. ship and third range of townships offered for sale at Steubenville, Ohio; and if not so sold, the said section shall be If not sold, &c. liable to entry in the Steubenville land office, as other lands are. Approved, March 3, 1825. to be offered for CHAP. 321.-An act to extend the time for the settlement of private land claims in the Territory of Florida, to provide for the preservation of the public archives in said Territory, and for the relief of John Johnson. the Treas'y, when ana, did enter, certain half-quar ter sect'ns of land, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when the Secretary of the Treasury shall be The Secretary of satisfied that John Johnson, of Indiana, did enter, at the satisfied that John Brookville land office, in said State, the east half of the Johnson, of Indinortheast quarter of section thirty-five, and the west half of through mistake, the northwest quarter of section thirty-six, in township seventeen north, in range four east, by mistake, instead of the east half of the southeast quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter of the same sections, it shall be lawful for a patent to be issued to the said John Johnson for the two last-mentioned half-quarters, so intended to be entered, on his relinquishing to the United States his interest in, and on relinquishing surrendering the patent issued for, the two first-mentioned interest, and surhalf-quarters, in such manner as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. shall issue to him a patent for two others. rendering patent. in East Florida, to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commission- The commissioners appointed to ascertain claims and titles to land in East ers of land claims Florida be, and they are hereby, authorized to continue continue their ses their session until the first Monday of January, one thousand Monday in Januaeight hundred and twenty-six, under the same laws, ordi- ry, 1826. nances, and regulations, heretofore established for their gov ernment. sion until the 1st for the settlement claims in Florida, SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the Part of the act exact entitled "An act to extend the time limited for the set- tending the time tlement of private land claims in Florida,"* as renders void of private land all claims to land in said Territory not filed on or before the repealed. first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and see act of 28th twenty-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and it chap. 293, ante. shall be lawful for claims to be filed before the board of Claims commissioners in East Florida any time prior to the first prior to 1st Nov. Feb. 1824, sec. 6, may be filed at any time 1825. Two additional clerks for the sioners of East day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twentyfive. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be board of commis- appointed two additional clerks to the board of commissionFlorida, 700 ers of East Florida, to each of whom shall be allowed the sum of seven hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly by the Treasury of the United States. dolls, each. at the commissioners, Compensation of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of the comat the rate of 2,000 missioners appointed for the examination of claims in East dolls. per annum. Florida be allowed at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, in full for their services, to be paid quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, out of any money in the Proviso; no com Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, however, missioner, except That no one of said commissioners shall be entitled to draw on faithful performance, &c. any portion of the compensation hereby allowed him, except on showing an actual and faithful performance of the duties required of him. pensation to com Duty of the late commissioners and their clerk. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the late commissioners for the examination of titles and claims to lands in West Florida, and of their clerk, to deliver to the register and receiver of the land office for the western land district of Florida all records, evidence, and papers, in the possession of them, or either of them, relating Duty of the regis to said titles and claims. And it shall be the duty of said register and receiver to examine and decide on all titles and claims to land in West Florida, not heretofore decided upon by said commissioners, subject to the limitations and in conformity with the provisions of the acts of Congress heretofore passed on that subject. ter and receiver. Claimants, where their claims have mitted to file them, ter and receiver, SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the several claimnot heretofore b'n ants to lands in said district, where claims have not been decided on heretofore decided on, be permitted to file their claims, and &c. with the regis the evidence in support of them, with the register and rebefore the 1st of ceiver of said district, at any time before the first day of November next, whose duty it shall be to report the same, with their decision thereon, to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the first day of January next, to be laid before Congress at the next session. Nov. next, report, &c. The register and receiver SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said register ed to appoint their and receiver shall have power to appoint their clerk, and clerk, &c. prescribe his duties, and who shall be allowed, in full com800 dolls. to clerk. pensation for his services, the sum of eight hundred dollars; and said register and receiver shall each be allowed the sum of 1,000 dolls. to reg- one thousand dollars for the performance of the duties reIquired of them by this act; which said several sums of money shall be paid said register and receiver, and their clerk, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, whenever the business is completed, and the report approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. ister and receiver, each. appoint two keep The Precident to SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President of ers of the public the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint archives in Flori- two officers, to be called the keepers of the public archives da. in the Territory of Florida, one of whom shall keep his of fice at St. Augustine, in East Florida, and the other at Pen- At St. Augustine sacola in West Florida. and Pensacola. bond and security duties, in 20,000 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said officers Keepers to give shall each give bond and security, in the sum of twenty thou- for the faithful per sand dollars, for the safe keeping and preservation of the formance of their said archives, and for the faithful performance of the duties dolls of their respective offices, and the translation of such of the records and documents as are hereinafter provided for, and shall each receive a salary of five hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly from the Treasury of the United States. translation, &c. of cords, having rela claims derived and British Governments. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said officers said officers shall cause to be made a faithful and complete translation and cause a complete record of all the Spanish records and documents delivered the Spanish reto them, and having relation to land claims derived from the tion to the land Spanish and British Governments, distinguishing and keep- from the Spanish ing separately those which relate to grants made within the districts of Baton Rouge, Mobile, north of latitude thirtyone, and those made within the present limits of Florida; a complete descriptive list of each of which translations and Descriptive list, records, when completed, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the said officers shall, severally, 10 cents for each be entitled to receive from the Treasury of the United States, on the completion of the work, a compensation at the rate of ten cents for each hundred words by them translated and recorded. &c. 100 words. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said officers said officers to deshall make out and deliver to individual applicants copies or translations to inliver copies or translations of any documents in their said offices, on being dividual appli paid for the same at the rate of six and one fourth cents for each hundred words. cants. ated by this act to SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the several sums Money appropri of money hereby appropriated shall be paid out of any mo- be paid from the ney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1825. Treasury. CHAP. 322.—An act to extend the time of issuing and locating military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army. Further extend'd. See act 2d March, 1827, chap. 348. by the act of 24th ing military land warrants, extend SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time limited by the second section of The time limited the act, approved the twenty-fourth day of February, one Feb. 1819, for issu thousand eight hundred and nineteen,† for issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army, shall be extended till the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and the time for locating the unlocated warrants shall be extended till the first day of October thereafter. Approved, March 3, 1825. [See Part II, Nos. 2, 43, 108, 113, 114, 115, 116, 121, 236, 237.] ed. +Chap. 226. authorized to sell Congress for the invest money in some productive fund. CHAP. 323.-An act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Ohio to seli the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that State. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress usLegislature of Ohio sembled, That the Legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, lands reserved by and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, use of schools in all or any part of the lands heretofore reserved and approsaid State, and to priated by Congress, for the use of schools within said State, arising therefrom and to invest the money arising from the sale thereof in some productive fund, the proceeds of which shall be forever applied, under the direction of said Legislature, for the use and support of schools within the several townships and districts of country for which they were originally reserved and set apart, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever: Provis, townships, Provided, Said land, or any part thereof, shall in no case such portion of the be sold without the consent of the inhabitants of such townproceeds of the fund as may ac- ship or district, to be obtained in such manner as the Legisarising from sale lature of said State shall by law direct: And provided, also, of land belonging That, in the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, Proviso; proceeds each township and district aforesaid shall be entitled to such divided among the part thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district. &c. crue from money thereto. of said fund to be respective townships. If the proceeds accru'g to any town support of schools SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the proceeds ship or district be accruing to any township or district, from said fund, shall be insufficient for the insufficient for the support of schools therein, it shall be therein, the Legis lawful for said Legislature to invest the same, as is hereinthe same as before before directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the permanent maintenance and support of schools within the lature is to invest directed, until ade. quate thereto. same. Approved, February 1, 1826. from CHAP. 324.-An act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Mississippi to appropriate the amount of the three per cent. fund, arising from the sales of public lands. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as3-5ths of the 5 per sembled, That three fifths of the five per cent. fund, arising cent. fund, arising from the nett proceeds of the sales of public lands within the public lands, to be State of Mississippi, may be appropriated by the Legislature making of roads thereof to the making of public roads and canals, and to the improvement of the navigation of rivers and bays, within said State. appropriated to the and canals, &c. Approved, March 14, 1826. |