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Lighthousenear the mouthof Duck creek.
Salaries ofthe respectivekeepers oflighthouses.
Proviso.
Appropriation.
Statute I.May 23, 1828.
Act of May 8,1822, ch. 129.
Act of March3, 1823, ch. 29.
The threeclaims to landin the district ofWest Florida,contained in thereports of thecommissioners,numbered 4, 8,and 10, exclud-ing from the lat-ter the land con-tained in certi-ficate, and inthe plats A. andC. ; &c., con-firmed.
No morethan the quan-tity of acrescontained in aleague squareshall be con-firmed withinthe bounds ofany one grant,&c.
All the deci-sions made bythe register,&c., of the dis-trict of East Flo-rida, as com-missionersunder act ofFeb. 8, 1827,ch. 9, recom-mended for con-firmation, con-firmed.
To build a lighthouse near the mouth of Duck creek, adjoining Dela-ware bay , the sum of four thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passageof this act, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,authorizedand empowered to regulate and fix the salaries of the respective keepersof lighthouses, in such manner as he shall deem just and proper : Pro-vided, The whole sum allowed shall not exceed an average of fourhundred dollars to each keeper.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five thousandtwo hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out ofany money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to thesums heretofore appropriated, to pay the salaries to the several keepers ofthe lighthouses within the United States ; to be applied under the direc-tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, in conformity to the authority inhim vested by the third section of this act.
Approved, May 23, 1828.
Chap. LXX.— An Act supplementary to the several ads providing for thesettlement and confirmation if private land claims in Florida , (o)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the three claims to landin the district of West Florida, contained in the reports of the commis-sioners, and numbered four, [4] eight, [8] and ten, [10] excluding fromthe latter the land contained in certificate* and in the plats A. and C., andthe claims contained in the reports of the commissioners of East Florida,and in the reports of the receiver and register, acting as such, made inpursuance of the several acts of Congress providing for the settlementof private land claims in Florida , and recommended for confirmation bysaid commissioners, and by the register and receiver, be, and the sameare hereby, confirmed to the extent of the quantity contained in oneleague square, to be located by the claimants, or their agents, within thelimits of such claims or surveys filed, as aforesaid, before' the said com-missioners, or receiver and register, which location shall be made withinthe bounds of the original grant, in quantities of not less than one sec-tion, and to be bounded by sectional lines.
Sec. 2. A nd be it further enacted, That no more than the quantityof acres contained in a league square, shall be confirmed within thebounds of any one grant: and no confirmation shall be effectual untilall the parties in interest, under the original grant, shall file with theregister and receiver of the district where the grant may be situated, a
full and final release of all claim to the residue contained in the grant:
and where there shall be any minors incapable of acting within said
territory of Florida , a relinquishment by the legal guardian shall be
sufficient; and thereafter the excess in said grants, respectively, shall beliable to be sold as other public lands of the United States .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the decisions made by theregister and receiver of the district of East Florida, acting ex officio, ascommissioners, in pursuance of an act of Congress , approved the eighthof February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, authorizingthem to ascertain and decide claims and titles to lands in the districtaforesaid, and those recommended for confirmation under the quantityof three thousand five hundred acres, contained in the reports, abstracts,and opinions, of the said register and receiver, transmitted to the Secre-tary of the Treasury, according to law, and referred by him to Congress ,on the twenty-ninth January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-