Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 3.djvu/563

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS.Sess. II. Ch. 93.1819.

offices established by this act, to such suitable place, within the district for which it was established, as he shall judge most proper.

Compensation to each register and receiver.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of the registers of the land office, and receivers of public moneys, shall receive five dollars for each day’s attendance in superintending the public sales in their respective districts.

Approved, March 3, 1819.

Statute II.

March 3, 1819.

[Obsolete.]

Chap. XCIII.—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Florida, and establish a temporary government therein.^[1]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the

↑ The acts passed relating to the territory of Florida have been:—
An act to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of east and west Florida, and establish a temporary government therein, March 3, 1819, ch. 92.
An act for carrying into execution the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington on the 22d day of February, 1819, March 3, 1821, ch. 39.
An act for establishing a territorial government in the territory of Florida, March 30, 1822, ch. 13.
An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the establishment of a territorial government in the territory of Florida,” and for other purposes, March 3, 1823, ch. 28.
An act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend an act for the establishment of a territorial government in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes,” May 26, 1824, ch. 163.
An act granting donation lands to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida, May 26, 1824, ch. 164.
An act authorizing the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory of Florida from the state of Georgia, May 4, 1826, ch. 31.
An act to amend the several acts for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida, May 15, 1826, ch. 46.
An act to carry into effect the ninth article of the treaty concluded between the United States and Spain on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, March 3, 1823, ch. 35.
An act for ascertaining claims and titles to lands within the territory of Florida, May 8, 1822, ch. 129.
An act amending and supplementary to “An act for ascertaining claims and titles to land in the territory of Florida,” and to provide for the survey and disposal of the public lands in Florida, March 3, 1823, ch. 29.
An act to extend the time limited for the settlement of private land claims in Florida, Feb. 28, 1824, ch. 25.
An act to extend the time for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida and to provide for the preservation of the public archives in said territory, and for the relief of John Johnson, March 3, 1825, ch. 83.
An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, and the territory of Florida, April 22, 1826, ch. 28.
An act to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private land claims in East Florida, and for other purposes, Feb. 8, 1827, ch. 9.
An act confirming claims to lots in the town of Mobile, and to lands in the former province of West Florida, which claims have been reported favourably on by the commissioners appointed by the United States, May 9, 1822, ch. 122.
An act for ascertaining the claims to lands within the territory of Florida, May 8, 1822, ch. 129.
An act to confirm the reports of the commissioners for ascertaining claims and titles to land in West Florida, and for other purposes, April 22, 1826, ch. 29.
An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of land claims in Florida, May 23, 1828, ch. 70.
An act to provide for the settlement of land claims in Florida, May 26, 1830, ch. 106.
An act to ascertain and mark the line between the state of Alabama and the territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the state of Illinois, and for other purposes, March 2, 1831, ch. 86.
An act to equalize the representation in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes, June 18, 1834, ch. 46.
Resolution authorizing the President to furnish rations to certain volunteers of Florida, Feb. 1, 1836.
An act to re-organize the legislative council of Florida, and for other purposes, July 7, 1838, ch. 168.
An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the usettled part of the peninsula of East Florida, August 4, 1842, ch. 122.
An act to establish an additional land district in Florida, April [August] 30, 1842, ch. 271.
An act to amend an act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled parts of East Florida, June 15, 1844, ch. 71.
An act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union, March 3, 1845, ch. 48.
An act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes, March 3, 1845, ch. 75.

[1] The acts passed relating to the territory of Florida have been:—
An act to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of east and west Florida, and establish a temporary government therein, March 3, 1819, ch. 92.
An act for carrying into execution the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington on the 22d day of February, 1819, March 3, 1821, ch. 39.
An act for establishing a territorial government in the territory of Florida, March 30, 1822, ch. 13.
An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the establishment of a territorial government in the territory of Florida,” and for other purposes, March 3, 1823, ch. 28.
An act to amend an act entitled “An act to amend an act for the establishment of a territorial government in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes,” May 26, 1824, ch. 163.
An act granting donation lands to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida, May 26, 1824, ch. 164.
An act authorizing the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory of Florida from the state of Georgia, May 4, 1826, ch. 31.
An act to amend the several acts for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida, May 15, 1826, ch. 46.
An act to carry into effect the ninth article of the treaty concluded between the United States and Spain on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, March 3, 1823, ch. 35.
An act for ascertaining claims and titles to lands within the territory of Florida, May 8, 1822, ch. 129.
An act amending and supplementary to “An act for ascertaining claims and titles to land in the territory of Florida,” and to provide for the survey and disposal of the public lands in Florida, March 3, 1823, ch. 29.
An act to extend the time limited for the settlement of private land claims in Florida, Feb. 28, 1824, ch. 25.
An act to extend the time for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida and to provide for the preservation of the public archives in said territory, and for the relief of John Johnson, March 3, 1825, ch. 83.
An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, and the territory of Florida, April 22, 1826, ch. 28.
An act to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private land claims in East Florida, and for other purposes, Feb. 8, 1827, ch. 9.
An act confirming claims to lots in the town of Mobile, and to lands in the former province of West Florida, which claims have been reported favourably on by the commissioners appointed by the United States, May 9, 1822, ch. 122.
An act for ascertaining the claims to lands within the territory of Florida, May 8, 1822, ch. 129.
An act to confirm the reports of the commissioners for ascertaining claims and titles to land in West Florida, and for other purposes, April 22, 1826, ch. 29.
An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of land claims in Florida, May 23, 1828, ch. 70.
An act to provide for the settlement of land claims in Florida, May 26, 1830, ch. 106.
An act to ascertain and mark the line between the state of Alabama and the territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the state of Illinois, and for other purposes, March 2, 1831, ch. 86.
An act to equalize the representation in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes, June 18, 1834, ch. 46.
Resolution authorizing the President to furnish rations to certain volunteers of Florida, Feb. 1, 1836.
An act to re-organize the legislative council of Florida, and for other purposes, July 7, 1838, ch. 168.
An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the usettled part of the peninsula of East Florida, August 4, 1842, ch. 122.
An act to establish an additional land district in Florida, April [August] 30, 1842, ch. 271.
An act to amend an act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled parts of East Florida, June 15, 1844, ch. 71.
An act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union, March 3, 1845, ch. 48.
An act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes, March 3, 1845, ch. 75.

[1]