TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.73,74. 1844.

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Chap. LXXIII.— in Act making an appropriation for the payment of horses lostby the Missouri volunteers in the Florida war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby-appropriated the sum of thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars to beexpended out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriatedfor the purpose of paying the Missouri volunteers the value of theirhorses and equipage lost or cast away at sea, or which perished or diedin consequence of suffering at sea in the voyage from New Orleans toTampa Bay , in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; and alsofor such horses as were turned over to the Government by the order of thecommanding officer. The value of all horses to be ascertained, andthe settlement of all claims to be made according to the provisions ofan act entitled “ An act making appropriations for preventing and sup-pressing Indian hostilities for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine”approved third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, or so muchof said act as provides for paying the value of horses and equipage ofthe Tennessee and other volunteers who have at any time been in theservice of the United States in the Territory of Florida: and accordingto the provisions of the fourth section of an act entitled “ An act mak-ing appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousandeight hundred and thirty-nine,” approved third of March eighteen hun-dred and thirty-nine: and the said acts, or so much of them as relatesto or has a bearing upon those claims as aforesaid, and other existingclaims be and the same are hereby revived and continued in force fortwo years from the passage of this act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an act entitled “ An act toprovide for the payment of horses and other property lost in the militaryservice of the United States, ” approved on the eighteenth day of Janu-ary, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and all other acts or parts ofacts relating to the same subject be, and the same are hereby, contin-ued in force for the period of two years from and after the limitationprovided for by an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and for-ty-three : Provided, That the foregoing act shall not extend to caseswhich may arise in any future war.

Approved, June 15, 1844.

Chap. LXXIV —An Act to confirm certain entries of land in the St. Augustine land district, in the Territory of Florida, made under the pre-emption law of22d June, 1838.

Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the President ofthe United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue patents onall entries made in the St. Augustine land office in the Territory ofFlorida, under the act entitled “ An act to grant pre-emption rights tosettlers on the public lands,” approved twenty-second June, eighteenhundred and thirty-eight, where the land so entered was public land andliable to the operations of said act, any informality in the proof, or otherexisting defect therein, or in the mode of entry, to the contrary notwith-standing : Provided, That this act shall apply only to the cases wherethe settlers were forced from their homes by reason of Indian hostilities,and consequently were unable to make out the continuous residencerequired by the law.

Approved, June 15, 1844,

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Statute I.June 15, 1844.

Appropriation.

Value ofhorses, any set-tlement ofclaims, to bemade accordingto act of March3, 1839, ch. 93.

Act of March3, 1839, ch. 94.

Acts relatingto claims forhorses, &c., re-vived.

Act of Jan. 18,1837, ch. 5, re-vived.

Act of March3, 1843, ch. 103Proviso.

Statute I.June 15,1844.

Patents to is-sue on all en-tries made at St.Augustine un-der act of June22, 1838, ch.119, notwith-standing defectin proof.

Proviso.