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 I. THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 107, 109. 1848. 725 Cyp. CVII.-·An vfctfof the Relief ofJ`0sc Jrgote Villalobos, Marie Rose, Fran. Jul 20 ,848 cois Feliz, Marquis do Fougeres, or their Heirs or legal Representatives. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqresentatives of the United States 1y' America in Congress assembled, That Jose Argote Jcremgctc Vil- Villalobos, Marie Rose, Francois Felix, Marquis de Fougeres, or their lalobos and cthheirs or legal representatives, or such thereof as may be deemed to be f,*;e”"°f;;;f3;§ proper parties therefor, may, within one year from the passage of this on the docket or act, reinstate, or have reinstated on the docket of the Supreme Court gw ,,S;P'§mF of the United States, an appeal to the said _Supreme Court from a cer- mguémeg 5,, Q1; tain decree of the Superior Court of the district of East Florida, in the P•;¤1d¤"¤>m arcirlate Territory of Florida, rendered on theltenth day of September, one §‘,:;6,'f§:g°0:’,,,;0§ thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in favor of the United States, the eastern disrejecting a certain claim or grant for certain landsin said State, and said j.;,°,f,°;,f if Supreme Court shallhave jurisdiction of said appeal, and proceed to hear ted Smeg_ m and determine such appeal, the same as if the appeal heretofore taken and dismissed by said Supreme Court or Court of Error in the proceedings respecting said appeal by the officers of said Superior Court had not been irregular, and as if the time limited by law had not elapsed; it. appearing that some of said parties have died, some residents of France, and some minors, and that delay in taking said appeal in due time has been occasioned thereby. Approved, July 20, 1848. Curr. CIX. —An Act to authorize the Sale a a Part o Public Reservati - bered Thirteen, in the City of Washington, andjflor other Purposestm mlm Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States if America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- Sak, of- ,, ,,°,_ sicner of Public Buildings in the city of Washington be, and he is tion of public rehereby, authorized to sell to the vestry of Washington parish such por- fgllggldlcgg; gg tion of the public reservation of land in the city of Washington, num- lzVashington tpubered thirteen, called the Hospital Square, as the said vestry may 'Sh a“*h°'l'° · desire to purchase, for the purpose of enlarging the Washington parish burial-ground, not exceeding six acres: Provided, The Secretary of Prcvisc. War and the Secretary of the Navy shall be of opinion that the said land can be sold without injury to the public service; and, upon pay- Upon payment ment being made to the said Commissioner for the said land, at the <>fp¤r<=h¤¤¤ monsame price per acre which the United States received for the adjoining 3Q9g2d,:;:;?: square of ground, numbered eleven hundred and fifteen, he shall exe- ccuted. cute a conveyance therefor to the said vestry, in the same manner as he now conveys public lands when sold. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the vestry of Washington Said vestry may parish shall have authority to enclose, possess, and occupy so much of ;‘;;;°;‘;,;ggs °:,Z Nineteenth Street east as passes between square numbered eleven hun- cgrtgin shew, dred and fifteen, in the city of Washington, (the present burial-ground,) and the land proposed by the first section of this act to be sold; and also, with the consent of the corporate authority of the city of Washington, the said vestry may enclose, possess, and occupy so much of any street or streets as may pass between the said square numbered eleven hundred and fifteen, and any other whole square of ground of which it may become the possessor, for the sole purpose of enlarging the said burial-ground. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the vestry of Washington an·3¤f__ Mid parish shall have power to hold and enjoy forever any land which. it any  $2:; may purchase or possess for the extension of the Washington parish purchase for cxlmrla-l·gFOUDf1Z Provided, The whole quantity shall not exceed thirty °f b¤1'1¤i· ¤01‘<—>S, any thing in any former act to the contrary notwithstanding; Pmvgm