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said court shall, by decree or adjudication, under this act, review lands to be and annul any prior decree or adjudication therein, any lands which subject to may have been heretofore entered, under any such prior decree or adjudication, shall, hereafter, be subject to sale or entry as other public lands of the United States may be.

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§ 6. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United President States, is hereby authorised to employ, on behalf of the United rized to emStates, such counsel on their part, in the Territory of Arkansas, or ploy additionelsewhere, to be associated for that purpose with the District Attor- al counsel. ney of the same territory, as he may deem the interests of the United States may require, in the prosecution of such bills of review before the said court.

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appeal.

§7. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases, the party Appeal to Suagainst whom the judgment or decree of the said court may be preme Court finally given, shall be entitled to an appeal, within one year from the time of its rendition, to the Supreme Court of the United States, which court shall have power to review the decision of Grounds of the court below, both on the law and the facts: and the Court in Arkansas be, and the same is hereby, required to spread upon the record the whole testimony, together with the reasons for their decision in each case, and to transmit to the Supreme Court of the United States the same, together with the original warrant, concession, grant, order of survey, or other evidence of title.

per annum.

§ 8. And be it further enacted, That each of the Judges of the Extra com Supreme Court of the territory of Arkansas shall, while in the Pensation to Judges, $800 discharge of their duties imposed by this act, be allowed at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum, in addition to their salary as Judges of the Superior Court for the territory of Arkansas, which shall be in full for their services, to be paid out Appropria. of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, May 8, 1830.]

tion.

CHAP. 91. An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to Act of 1829, authorise the citizens of the territories of Arkansas and Florida to ch. 173, ante elect their officers, and for other purposes."

p. 2164.

vernor till

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That in case any vacancy has occur- Certain va. red, or shall occur in any office to which any person has been, cancies to be filled by goor shall be elected by the citizens of Arkansas, under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, either by a refusal next general to accept the same, or by death, resignation, or otherwise, the election. governor of the said territory is hereby authorised and required Others, till to supply such vacancy, until the next general election; and in meeting of legislature. case any vacancy shall occur, in the offices of justice of the peace, auditor, or treasurer for the said territory, either by a refusal to accept the same, or by death, resignation or otherwise, the governor thereof is hereby authorised and required to supply such vacancy until the next meeting of the legislature. [Approv ed, May 8, 1830.]

СПАР. 96. An act to alter the time of holding the sessions of the
Legislative Council of the territory of Florida.

§1. Be it enacted, &c. That the legislative council of the Times for VOL. IV.

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sessions to commence.

Certain en

actments of

led.

territory of Florida shall commence its session on the first Monday in January in each year, instead of the second Monday in October, as now directed by law.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the first and third sections of an act "to amend an act for the apprehension of criminals and L. C. annul the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors," passed by said legislative council the fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, be, and the same are hereby annulled. [Approved, May 14, 1830.]

Duty on
Coffee.

Cocoa.

Teas import

CHAP. 98. An act to establish a port of delivery at Delaware City.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That Delaware City, in the district of Philadelphia, shall be a port of delivery; and a surveyor shall be appointed, who shall reside at said city. [Approved, May 20, 1830.]

CHAP. 101. An act to reduce the duties on coffee, tea and cocoa.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the duty on coffee shall be two cents per pound, and from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the duty on coffee shall be one cent per pound, and no more; and from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the duty on cocoa shall be one cent per pound, and no more. And that, from and after the thirty-first December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the following rates of duty and no other, shall be levied and collected on teas imported from China, or other place east of the Cape of Good Hope, and in vessels of the United States, to wit: Imperial, Gunpowder, and Gomee, twenty-five cents per pound; Hyson and Young Hyson, eighteen cents per pound; Hyson skin, and other green teas, twelve cents per pound; Souchong and other black teas, except Bohea, ten cents per pound, and Bohea, Teas import four cents per pound; and on teas imported from any other place, ed from other or in vessels other than those of the United States, the following places or in rates, to wit: Imperial, Gunpowder and Gomee, thirty-seven foreign botcents; Hyson and Young Hyson, twenty-seven cents; Hyson toms, &c. skin, and other green teas, twenty cents; Souchong, and other black teas, except Bohea, eighteen cents; and Bohea, six cents per pound.

ed from China, &c.

These duties

applied to tea,

&c. remaining in custom-house stores, &c.

Proviso.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That tea, cocoa, and coffee, which have been, or which shall be hereafter, put into the custom-house stores, under the bond of the importer, and which shall remain under the control of the proper officer of the customs, on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, respectively, shall be subject to no higher duty than if the same were imported, respectively, after the said thirtyfirst day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter or postpone the time when the duty on the said tea, cocoa and coffee shall be payable. [Approved, May 20, 1830.]

CHAP. 102. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to regulate the Act of 1824, practice in the Courts of the United States, for the district of Louis- ch. 181, vol. iana."

3, p. 1971.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the mode of proceeding in draw- Mode of ing and empanneling juries in the Courts of the United States for drawing and the Louisiana districts, shall be the same as is now provided by empanneling

courts.

juries to conlaw in the District Courts of the state of Louisiana; and that the form to that Judge of the United States' Courts in said districts be, and he is of the state hereby authorised, by rule, to adopt any amendment that may hereafter be made to the laws of the said state, prescribing the qualification of jurors, and providing for drawing and impanneling juries.

relation to

2. And be it further enacted, That all the duties prescribed Duties of the by the laws of the state of Louisiana, to be performed by the U. S. Marshal sheriff, in relation to the drawing and summoning of jurors, shall and Judge, in be performed by the marshals, and those so prescribed for the drawing, &c. Parish Judge, or the District Judge of the state, shall be performed juries to conby the District Judge of the United States. And that the duties form to those so prescribed by the said state laws, imposed on any other state Sheriff and officer, shall be performed by such householders as shall be desig- Judges. nated by the said Judge of the District Court of the United States. [Approved, May 20, 1830.]

CHAP. 105. An act to quiet the titles of certain purchasers of lands between the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the state of Ohio.

of the state.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the President of the United States Appropriation be, and he is hereby, authorised to pay, out of the money in the of $62,515 25 treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to the Virginia military nia Military to pay Virgiclaimants of lands situated between the two lines in the state of claimants. Ohio, commonly called Ludlow's and Roberts's lines, and south of the Greenville treaty line, located prior to the twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, the sum of sixty-two thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents, with interest thereon from the fourth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, at six per cent. per annum, until paid; being the amount at which said lands were valued, exclusive of improvements, under the act of Congress, entitled "An act to authorise the President of the United States to enter into certain negociations relative to the lands located. under Virginia military land warrants, lying between Ludlow's and Roberts's lines, in the state of Ohio;" Provided however, That before the payment of said sum, the said claimant or claimants titles to be shall relinquish, by deed or deeds to the United States, in such relinquished. manner as the President shall direct, their title or titles to the said lands.

Proviso:

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That the payments aforesaid Payment, to shall be made as directed to the said claimants, according to the be made according to valuation of their respective tracts of land, made under the above valuation. recited act of Congress. [Approved, May 26, 1830.]

Certain claims.

Confirmed;

except, &c.

Report to be

laid before Congress.

Conflicting claims con

firmed as to U. S.

*Act of 1822,

c. 129, vol. 3, p. 1869.

Certain other claims con

firmed.

Remaining claims to be settled.

CHAP. 106. An act to provide for the final settlement of land claims in Florida.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That all the claims and titles to land filed before the register and receiver of the land office, acting as commissioners, in the district of East Florida, under the quantity contained in one league square, which have been decided and recommended for confirmation, contained in the reports, abstracts and opinions, of said register and receiver, transmitted to the secretary of the treasury, according to law, and referred by him to Congress, on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, be, and the same are hereby confirmed, with the exception of such claims as were confirmed by the Spanish Government, subsequent to the twenty fourth of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, which shall be re-examined and reported with the evidence by the register and receiver, before the next session of Congress, to the secretary of the treasury, to be laid before Congress.

§ 2. And be further enacted, That all the conflicting Spanish claims, reported in obedience to the fourth section of the act of Congress, approved May the eighth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two,* and recommended for confirmation as valid titles, be and the same are hereby, confirmed, so far as the United States have any title to the same.

§ 3. And be it further enacted, That all claims derived from the former British Government, contained in the reports of the commissioners of East Floida, or the register and receiver, acting as such, who did not avail themselves of the provisions of the treaty between Spain and England, signed at Versailles on the twentieth of January, one thousand seven hundred and eightythree, by leaving said province, but who remained in the same, and became Spanish subjects, and whose titles were approved by the Spanish authorities, and have been recommended for confirmation by said commissioners, or register and receiver, acting as such, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed.

§ 4. And be it further enacted, That all the remaining claims which have been presented according to law, and not finally acted upon, shall be adjudicated and finally settled upon the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations, in every respect, as are prescribed by the act of Congress, approved twenty-third May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement c. 70, ante, p. and confirmation of private land claims in Florida."* Disposition of § 5 And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Papers rela register and receiver to deliver over all papers relative tive to claims. to private land claims in East Florida to the keeper of the public

*Act of 1828,

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archives.

Operation of § 6. And be it further enacted, That all confirmations of land confirmation. titles, under this act, shall only operate as a relinquishment of the

right of the United States to the said lands respectively, and shall not be construed either as a guarrantee of any such titles, or in any manner affecting the rights of other persons to the same lands.

plained.

7. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of Act May 23, twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 1828, exeight, as directed that the selection of claimants who availed themselves of the first section of said act by accepting a quantity equal to one league square within their respective grants, which confined the selection to sectional lines, shall not be held to extend to the selection by the claimants of a greater quantity than a section, but the said claimants who have, or may hereafter select, under the provisions of said law, any quantity equal to the amount granted in bodies larger than a section in the form of any Spanish survey, or plat of survey, or where the sections are broken by any river, the said land so selected, or which may be so selected, is hereby confirmed to said claimants; and it shall be the duty of the surveyor general to make a survey and certificate of all such claims, to return the same to the commissioner of the general land office, and thereupon a patent shall issue to the original grantee, or to his assignee, if the land has been sold or transferred to any other person, or to the legal owner by purchase or descent.

§ 8. And be it further enacted, That the claimants who are Time for reentitled to the provisions of that act, or who may avail themselves linquishment of the foregoing provisions of this act, by taking a quantity equal extended. to a league square in lieu of the whole grant, shall be, and they are hereby, allowed the further time of one year, from the passage of this act, to execute their relinquishments, and to file their acceptance of the provisions of said law.

§ 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Title deeds. registers and receivers, to restore to the claimants the title deeds on which they may have finally rejected the claims.-[Approved, May 26, 1830.]

CHAP. 146. An act to confirm certain claims to lands in the District of Jackson Court House, in the state of Mississippi.

firmed.

§ 1. Be it enacted &c. That all the claims to lands reported by Certain the register and receiver of the land office for the District of claims conJackson Court House, in the state of Mississippi, under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Mississippi,* as founded Act of 1828, on any order of survey, requette, permission to settle, or other c. 95, ante p. written evidence of claim derived from the Spanish authorities, 2137. which ought, in the opinion of the said register and receiver, to be confirmed, and which by the said reports, appear to be derived from the Spanish government prior to the twentieth of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, and the land claimed to have been cultivated and inhabited on or before that day, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the title had been completed: Provided, That in all such claims where the plat and cer- Proviso. tificate of survey, made prior to the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, under the authority of the Spanish government in pursuance of such claim, has not been filed with the said register and receiver, such claim shall not be confirmed to any one person for more than twelve hundred and

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