EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 80,83. 1825.

Chap. LXXX .—An Ant to change the time of holding the district court of theUnited States for the eastern district of Louisiana , (a) *

, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the district court of theUnited States for the eastern district of Louisiana , shall be annuallyholden in the city of New Orleans , on the second Monday of December,instead of the third Monday of November, as now prescribed bylaw.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all suits, actions, writs, pro-cesses, and other proceedings, which now are pending in said districtcourt, or which are, or may hereafter be, commenced for or returnableto, the said district court, on the third Monday of November, as hereto-fore established, shall be returnable to, heard, tried, and proceeded with,in the said district court, in the same manner as if the time for holdingthereof had not been changed.

Approved, March 3, 1825.

Chap. LXXX11I .—An Act to extend the time for the settlement of private landclaims in the territory of Florida , to provide for the preservation of the publicarchives in said territory, and for the relief of John Johnson. [V)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, when the Secretary ofthe Treasury shall be satisfied that John Johnson, of Indiana , did enter,at the Brookville land office, in said state, the east half of the north-eastquarter of section thirty-five, and the west half of the north-west quarterof section thirty-six, in township seventeen, north, in range four, east, bymistake, instead of the east half of the south-east quarter, and the westhalf of the south-west quarter of the same sections, it shall be lawful fora patent to be issued to the said John Johnson for the two last-mentionedhalf quarters, so intended to be entered, on his relinquishing to theUnited States his interest in, and surrendering the patent issued for, thetwo first-mentioned half quarters, in such manner as shall be directed bythe Secretary of the Treasury .

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointedto ascertain claims and titles to land in East Florida , be, and they arehereby, authorized to continue their session until the first Monday ofJanuary, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, under the samelaws, ordinances, and regulations, heretofore established for their govern-ment.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, entitled“An act to extend the time limited for the settlement of private landclaims in Florida, ” as renders void all claims to land in said territory,not filed on or before the first day of September, one thousand eighthundred and twenty-four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and itshall be lawful for claims to be filed before the board of commissionersin East Florida , any time prior to the first day of November, one thou-sand eight hundred and twenty-five.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointedtwo additional clerks to the board of commissioners of East Florida , toeach of whom shall be allowed the sum of seven hundred dollars, to bepaid quarterly by the treasury of the United States .

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each of the commissionersappointed for the examination of claims in East Florida , be allowed at

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Statute II.March 3, 1825.

Time of hold-ing the districtcourt of UnitedStates , for theeast district ofLouisiana ,changed.

All suits, &c.,to be proceededwith as before.

Statute II.March 3, 1825.

Act of April22, 1826,ch. 29.

The Secretaryof the Treasu-ry , when satis-fied that JohnJohnson, of In-diana,did enter,through mis-take, certainhalf quartersections of land,shall issue tohim a patent fortwo others.

The commis-sioners of landclaims in eastFlorida , to con-tinue their ses-sion.

Part of theact extendingthe time for thesettlement ofprivate landclaims in Flori-da , repealed.

Act of Feb.24,1824,ch. 25.

Two addi-tional clerks forthe board ofcommissionersof East Florida .

Compensationof the commis-sioners.

(<z) See notes to the act of March 3, 1823, ch. 44.(6) See note of the act of May 8, 1822, ch. 129.