...opinion of many distinguished jurists, all favorable to his claim. On the 4th of August last, the act entitled " An act to provide for the armed occupation...settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of East Florida" was approved. By the first section, it is provided "that any person, being the head of...

...EAST' FLORIDA IN RESPECT TO CUTTING LIVEOAK. Settlers on the public lands in East Florida, under the act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of East Florida, are not entitled to cut live-nnk and other timber, except for the purpose of clearing,...

...Union. Mr. McClernand, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 302) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the armed occupation...of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida:" which bill was read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the...

...messenger, seventeen thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Approved, August 4th, 1842. -CHAP. 122. — AN ACT to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of East Florida. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...

...application has already been made to the General Land Office. June 15, 18-14. No. 48. An Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to provide for the armed occupation...if application for change was made before August 4, 1S43. When settlements were made on lands not previously surveyed, the settler may, after survey, locate...

...diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1842 — Chap. 29, No. 173, p. 28 ; also, No. 1 17, p. 22. An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of East Florida — Chap. 122, p. 87. An act for the payment of Florida militia — Chap. 280, p. 220....

...requested to use their best efforts in obtaining the passage of a law by Congress so modifying the act entitled An act to provide for the armed occupation...of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida, as to authorize the issuing of their patents as soon as practieable to such settlers who have made...

...Spanish and French land claims authorized to enter the same, - - - - V. 505 Armed Occupation of Florida. An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement...of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida, V. 502 Certain persons to have a quarter section of land, on condition of building a house, five years'...

...land, and reside thereon for the space of four years next followto) An act to amend an act eniitled "An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of East Florida," June 15, 1844, chap. 71. Certain persons settling in Florida entitled to n quarter section...

...APPELLANT, vs. ISAAC GARRlSON, APPELLEE. The prohibition contained in the 4th section of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the Armed Occupation...Settlement of the unsettled part of the Peninsula of East Florida," approved August 4th, 1842, has reference only to contracts for the alienation of the...