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Duty of thelate commis-sioners andtheir clerk.
Duty of theregister and re-ceiver.
Claimants,where theirclaims have notheretofore beendecided on, per-mitted to filethem, &c., withthe register andreceiver, beforeNov. 1.
The registerand receiverempowered toappoint theirclerk.
The Presi-dent to appointtwo keepers ofthe public ar-chives in Flori-da .
Officers togive bond andsecurity for thefaithful perfor-mance of theirduties.
Officers tocause a com-plete transla-tion, &c., of theSpanish recordshaving relationto the landclaims.
Officers todeliver copies
the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, in full for their services, tobe paid quarterly at the treasury of the United States , out of any moneyin the treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, however, That noone of said commissioners shall be entitled to draw any portion of thecompensation hereby allowed him, except on showing an actual andfaithful performance of the duties required of him.
Sec. 6. And he it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of thelate commissioners for the examination of titles and claims to lands inWest Florida , and of their clerk, to deliver to the register and receiver ofthe land office for the western land district of Florida , all records,evidence, and papers, in the possession of them, or either of them,relating to said titles and claims. And it shall be the duty of saidregister and receiver to examine and decide on all titles and claims toland in West Florida , not heretofore decided upon by said commissioners,subject to the limitations, and in conformity with the provisions of theacts of Congress heretofore passed on that subject.
Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That the several claimants to lands,in said district, where claims have not been heretofore decided on, bepermitted to file the,ir claims, and the evidence in support of them, withthe register and receiver of said district, at any time before the first dayof November next, whose duty it shall be to report the same, with theirdecision thereon, to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before thefirst day of January next, to be laid before Congress at the nextsession.
Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, That the said register and receivershall have power to appoint their clerk, and prescribe his duties, and whoshall be allowed, in full compensation for his services, the sum of eighthundred dollars, and said register and receiver shall each be allowed thesum of one thousand dollars for the performance of the duties requiredof them by this act, which said several sums of money shall be paid saidregister and receiver, and their clerk, out of any money in the treasurynot otherwise appropriated, whenever the business is completed, and thereport approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint two officers, to be calledthe keepers of the public archives in the territory of Florida , one ofwhom shall keep his office at St. Augustine , in East Florida, and theother at Pensacola, in West Florida .
Sec. 10. And he it further enacted, That the said officers shall eachgive bond and security in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for thesafe keeping and preservation of the said archives, and for the faithfulperformance of the duties of their respective offices, and the translationof such of the records and documents as are hereinafter provided for,and shall each receive a salary of five hundred dollars, to be paid quar-terly from the treasury of the United States .
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said officers shall causeto be made a faithful and complete translation and record of all theSpanish records, and documents delivered to them, and having relationto land claims derived from the Spanish and British governments, distin-guishing and keeping separately those which relate to grants made withinthe district of Baton Rouge , Mobile, north of latitude thirty-one, andthose made within the present limits of Florida ; a complete descriptivelist of each of which translations and records, when completed, shall beforwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the said officers shall,severally, be entitled to receive from the treasury of the United States ,on the completion of the work, a compensation at the rate of ten centsfor each hundred words by them translated and recorded.
Sec. 12. And he it further enacted, That the said officers shall makeout and deliver to individual applicants, copies or translations of any