1852. Representatives of the State of Florida in General Assembly convened, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Holmes to hold his office and exercise the duties thereof in any place in Holmes County; but the said Clerk shall be required to be at the Court House Clerk's office. on the morning of the day fixed by law for holding the Circuit Court; also to have the books, and all papers relating to business in said Court, at the Court House on the day of holding the Circuit Court in and for the said County of Holmes. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the true intent and meaning of this act, be and they are hereby repealed. [Passed the House of Representatives, December 6, 1852. Passed the Sen ate, December 14, 1852. Approved by the Governor, December 17, 1852.] CHAPTER 600.-[No. 121.] AN ACT for the relief of George W. Andrews, William W. Leggett, and Ashley Repeal. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Privilege to Representatives of the State of Florida in General Aspurchase cersembly convened, That it shall be the duty of the Register tain lands. of Public Lands to permit George W. Andrews to purchase the East half of North-East quarter, Section three, Township twenty-one, Range nineteen, South and East, at the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and the said Ashley Braswell to purchase the East half of the South East quarter of Section eight, Township twenty-one, Range nineteen, at the price of one-dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, [That] whenever the State shall obtain title to the South-East quarter of the SouthWest quarter of Section nine, in Township twenty-one, Range nineteen, South and East, the Register of State Lands shall permit William W. Leggett to purchase the same at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, under the regulations now prescribed by law. [Passed the House of Representatives, January 4 1853. Passed the Senate, January 6, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 8, 1853.] 21 1 1852. chase. CHAPTER 601.-[No. 122.] AN ACT for the relief of George W. Phillips. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Florida in General AsRight of pur- sembly convened, That George W. Phillips and his heirs shall have the exclusive right to become the purchaser of that portion of fractional Section twelve, in Township three of Range one, North and East, containing two hundred and fifty-four 25-100 acres, or thereabouts, now in his possession, lying immediately adjacent and contiguous to his lands and plantation, on Lake Iamonia, in the County of Leon, at such price and [on] such terms as may be previously fixed by the State, according to law. Forfeiture. ed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if the said George W. Phillips, or his heirs, do not become the purchaser of said land at the price and on the terms prescribed in the manner above mentioned, within the space of ninety days after the same shall have been valued and brought into market, that then he and they shall forfeit the right granted in the foregoing section, and stand in no better position in relation thereto than he or they would have been had this act not have been passed. [Passed the Senate, January 12, 1853. Passed the House of Representatives January 13, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 14, 1853.] CHAPTER 602.-[No. 123.] AN ACT for the relief of Dr. James L. Shields. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Account allow. Representatives of the State of Florida in General As sembly convened, That the Comptroller be and he is hereby instructed to audit and allow the account of Dr. James L. Shields for the sum of seventy-six dollars for post mortem examination on the body of John White, mileage, detention, expenses, &c, also for the sum of fifty dollars for medical and surgical services rendered to a prisoner in the Jail of Gadsden County about the first of March, A. D. 1851. [Passed the House of Representatives, January 3, 1853. Passed the Senate January 6, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 8, 1853.] 1852. CHAPTER 603.-[No. 124.] AN ACT for the relief of Stephen Hollingsworth. Accounts al SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Florida in General Assembly convened, That the administrator de bonis non of the estate of Felix Ortis, late of Hillsborough County, deceased, be and he is hereby required, after paying all the expenses of said administration, to allow and pay the accounts of lowed. Stephen Hollingsworth against said estate out of any moneys or effects of the same, and it shall be the duty of the Judge of Probate of said County to receive said accounts as proper vouchers of said administrator de bonis non. [Passed the House of Representatives, January 7, 1853. Passed the Senate, January 8, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 10, 1853.] CHAPTER 604.-[No. 125.] AN ACT for the relief of John B. Allen. WHEREAS, John B. Allen purchased of the Register of Public Lands of this State forty acres of land, it being South West quarter of the North West quarter, Section twenty-four, Township twenty-one, Range nineteen, South and East, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, And whereas, As there appears to have been a mistake in the numbers and that the said John B. Allen did not get the Land he intended to purchase but a different piece or tract which to him will be useless as he purchased said land for his own use and not for speculation: Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and IIouse of Representatives of the State of Florida in General Assembly convened, That the Register be instructed and he Money refundis hereby authorized and required by this Act to refund ed. and pay back to the said John B. Allen the sum or amount of money received from him for the aforesaid forty acres of land when he the said John B. Allen shall reconvey the said forty acres of land to the State of Florida. [Passed the Senate, December 13, 1852. Passed the House of Representatives, December 21, 1852. Approved by the Governor, December 29, 1852.] 1852. Discharge. CHAPTER 605.-[No. 126.] AN ACT for the relief of James Brown and William Gainer, Sr. WHEREAS, West S. Winfrey was indicted at the Spring Term of the Circuit Court held in Washington County, 1851, for Bull stealing, and gave bond for his appearance at the ensuing Term of the Court, with James Brown and William Gainer, Sr., in the sum of two hundred dollars : And whereas, the said Winfrey has since absconded from the State, and the said Brown and Gainer are held liable to pay said bond: And whereas, it is considered that the flight of said Winfrey from the State is regarded as a sufficient satisfaction of the violated laws of the State: Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Florida in General Assembly convened, That the bond of two hundred dollars, executed in favor of the Governor of Florida, by West S. Winfrey, James Brown, and William Gainer, Sr., conditioned for the appearance of the said W. S. Winfrey, at the Spring Term, 1851, of the Circuit Court for Washington County, be and the same is hereby released, so far as relates to the said Brown and Gainer, and they are hereby discharged and acquitted from payment of the same. [Passed the Senate, December 22, 1852. Passed the House of Representatives, January 1, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 8, 1853.] CHAPTER 606.-[No. 127.] AN ACT for the relief of the South-Western portion of Gadsden County. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Relief of cer- Representatives of the State of Florida in General Astain persons sembly convened, That from and after the passage of this from jury duty, &c. Act, the Citizens, residing in the Southwestern portion of Gadsden County, to-wit: Commencing at Rock Bluff on the Apalachicola River, taking the Federal Road to mule Creek, from thence down said creek to Talogey, from thence down said creek to the Ockolockey River, from thence down said river to the new line established last Session of the General Assembly between the Counties of Gadsden and Franklin, from thence along said line to the Apalachicola River, from thence up said River to Rock Bluff. 1852. All persons residing within the above described boundary shall not be compelled to serve the Circuit Court when held for the county of Gadsden as Jurors, nor to attend the said Court as witnesses except in criminal cases; their testimony shall be taken as though they were occupying a separate and distinct County: Provided, nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent persons residing within the above discribed boundary, from suing and being sued in said Court. [Passed the Senate, December 29, 1852. Passed the House of Representatives, January 3, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 8, 1853.] CHAPTER 607.-[No. 128.] AN ACT for the relief of William R. Hayward. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Appropriation. Representatives of the State of Florida in General Assembly convened, That the sum of two hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated in full satisfaction of the services performed by William R. Hayward as receiver of moneys for lands sold by the Register of Public Lands. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller is hereby authorized aud directed to issue a warrant on the Treasurer for the above amount in favor of William R. Warrant. Hayward, and the Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out of the Seminary, Internal Improvement, and School Funds; each of said Funds to bear its just proportion of said amount. [Passed the Senate, January 4, 1853. Passed the House of Representatives, January 6, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 8, 1853.] CHAPTR 608.-[No. 129.]. AN ACT for the relief of John Clarke. ed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Florida in General As- Money refundsembly convened, That the Treasurer of this State be and he is hereby authorized and required to refund to John Clarke fifteen dollars, the same having been wrongfully collected from him in Gadsden County, in 1851. [Passed the Senate, January 4, 1853. Passed the House of Representatives, January 6, 1853. Approved by the Governor, January 8, 1853.] |