TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 70. 1828.
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eight, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. The confirmationsauthorized by this act shall operate only as a release of any claim hadby the United States , and not to affect the interest of third persons.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receivershall continue to examine and decide the remaining claims in EastFlorida , subject to the same limitations and in conformity with the pro-visions of the several acts of Congress , for the adjustment of private landclaims in Florida , until the first Monday in December next, when theyshall make a final report of all the claims, aforesaid, in said district, tothe Secretary of the Treasury; and it shall never be lawful, after thattime, for any of the claimants to exhibit any further evidence in supportof said claims. And the said register and receiver, and clerk, shallreceive the compensation provided in the act aforesaid, to be paid out ofany money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, Thatthe extra compensation of one thousand dollars, each, which is herebyallowed to the register and receiver, for services under and by the pro-visions of this act, shall not be paid until a report of all the claims bemade to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officersof the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to adjust and pay theaccounts of the register and receiver, acting as commissioners, their con-tingent expenses, and the receiver the compensation heretofore allowedfor bringing their reports to Washington, out of any money in the trea-sury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all claims to land within theterritory of Florida, embraced by the treaty between Spain and theUnited States of the twenty-second of February, one thousand eighthundred and nineteen, which shall not be decided and finally settled underthe foregoing provisions of this act, containing a greater quantity of landthan the commissioners were authorized to decide, and above the amountconfirmed by this act: and which have not been reported, as antedatedor forged by said commissioners, or register and receiver acting as such,shall be received and adjudicated, by the judge of the superior court of thedistrict within which the land lies, upon the petition of the claimant,according to the forms, rules, regulations, conditions, restrictions, andlimitations prescribed to the district judge, and claimants in the state ofMissouri, by act of Congress , approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hun-dred and twenty-four, entitled “ An act enabling the claimants to landswithin the limits of the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas , toinstitute proceedings to try the validity of their claims Provided, Thatnothing in this section shall be construed to authorize said judges totake cognisance of any claim annulled by the said treaty, or the decreeratifying the same by the king of Spain , nor any claim not presented tothe commissioners or register and receiver, in conformity to the severalacts of Congress , providing for the settlement of private land claims inFlorida .
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for theclaimants to lands, as aforesaid, to take an appeal, as directe'd in the actaforesaid, from the decision of the judge of the district, to the SupremeCourt of the United States , within four months after the decision shallbe pronounced; and the said judges shall each be entitled to receive theextra compensation given to the district judge of Missouri , for the per-formance of the duties required by this act, out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act, theprovisions of which, so far as they are applicable, and are not altered bythis act, are hereby extended to the territory of Florida , as subjects theclaimants to the payment of costs in any case where the decision maybe in favour of their claims, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and
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Accountingofficers of thetreasury to ad-just, &c., theaccounts of theregister and, re-ceiver, &c.
Claims notdecided andfinally settledby the commis-sioners tobe decided bythe judge ofthe superiorcourt of thedistrict.
Act of May26, 1824, ch.173.
Proviso.