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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 90. 1848. 243 live per centum on the said price heretofore allowed in addition to such price: Provided, however, That it shall be the duty of the Presi- Provision for dent at some convenient time, and before offering any of said islands *;:,.0 °"Q1“l“°¤°“ for sale, to have an examination made by, and a report from, a board N S e` of engineers, to ascertain whether any of said islands or parts of them, and if so, which of them, should be reserved from sale for the use of the United States; and that all islands or parts of islands recommended by such board to be reserved for public use shall be reserved from s e. Approved, June 28, 1848. Can. XC. —/In Act for the Relief of the bona fide Settlers under the Actsfar the JW L mia armed Occupation and Settlement of a Part of ilu Territory of `Florida. j"""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases in Boris sae setwhich proof shall be made to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of *1°,l'”j. **31***** mg the General Land Omce that any person who obtained a permit under ggcuhinozarrgsd the act entitled "An Act to provide for the armed occupation and ¤¤¤l¤¤¤¤€ ¤f ¤ settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida," approved £,°f:,y°f;,,?h,$1,,I;,*:;,Q August fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and who was an occu- to be entitled to pant under that act, and the act amendatory thereof, approved June j‘,:E"·;ml,‘;, fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and who actually occupied Occupied by or settled under said acts, and did not voluntarily relinquish and aban- *l=¤m· don the same, but continued to reside on said frontier south of said 1842, ¢l¤··l2?· line specified in said act of eighteen hundred and forty-two, thereby 184A,e1i.71. aiding to effect the object of said acts, and who has not received the lands provided by said acts, such settler shall be entitled to a grant and patent for the land so occupied or settled by him, the same as if all the conditions and stipulations of said acts and requirements of the General Land Oihce in relation thereto had been fully and strictly fulfilled and complied with. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where the lands Svfflcrpmpylcsettled or occupied by such settler, or any part thereof, were or are f,$’;,;};'e_Q‘§,i‘lf,· not legally subject to donation under the said acts on any account by prior mimi whatever, then such settler may locate his right, or the part so inter- ;’,;’c°;’_;’ lm':,}" {ered with, on any vacant public lands in the same, or any adjacent cent m;,gb,pia` township. Ssc. 3. And beit further enacted, That this act shall extend to, This act exand be construed and executed for, the benefit of the widow and heirs lfidggitrg of any settler, according to the principles of the fifth section of said nm. first above-recited act. Sec. 4. And be itficrtber enacted, That immediately after the pas- Secretary of the sage of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint an agent g`;§$sg;Yag°;¤t°j’g to proceed forthwith to the diferent county seats of the counties of proceed to pj,,,, the State of Florida, where said lands lie, who shall attend at least ten iiayshiqe the nid successive days at each county seat, if so long time be necessary, to cgve ,,:,:;,,-2,; take and receive proof by depositions before him, or in such manner lationto such seb as he may prescribe in relation to such settlement or occupation, and gis::;:, md °°· of settlers being entitled under this act to a grant or donation of land ` as aforesaid; and said agent shall also attend at such other places in said settlements as the convenience of such settlers in furnishing their proofs may demand, under the instructions of the General Land Office; Said_ agent to and said agent shall, within live months after he shall commence his *';‘:;.:"°uk*Ll¤*l*)° duties in said State, transmit all the proofs he may take, and make Kim, wm, hg; report of his opinion as to each case to said Commissioner of the ¤pi¤i<;¤ tip émh General Land Office, who shall proceed forthwith to examine and de· $;"§j0:,,,, if *;,2: cide said cases: Provided, That if any settler does not submit his <}srrer:r1La¤d0r- proof to such agent within four months after reasonable notice, by ad- “°°·