Chapter XCIII. *to provide for the final Settlement of the Land Claim of the Persons claiming as Heirs of or under Jehu Underwood, as Purchasers or otherwise to certain Land in Florida, and to confirm the Title to the proper Owner or Owners.* March 3, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
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Chap. XCIII.— An Act *to provide for the final Settlement of the Land Claim of the Persons claiming as Heirs of or under Jehu Underwood, as Purchasers or otherwise to certain Land in Florida, and to confirm the Title to the proper Owner or Owners.* March 3, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the claim and title, derived Land claim of heirs Jehu Underwood to be settled, &c.from the Spanish government, by John or Jehu Underwood to land in the State of Florida, so far as the same remains unsettled, shall be received and adjudicated by the judge of the district court of the northern district of Florida, upon the petition of the heirs of said Underwood, or of any other person or persons claiming under him as purchasers or otherwise, according to the forms, rules, and regulations prescribed by Congress in similar cases, and in the same manner, in all respects, as such claim would have been received and adjudicated if said claim had been presented within the time prescribed by the several acts of Congress for presenting the same for confirmation.
And so far as said claim is unsettled and is found to be valid, the said district court shall, and is hereby, authorized and required to enforce the location thereof to the person or persons entitled thereto, as heirs, purchasers, or otherwise, under the same rules and regulations as have been exercised in regard to other mill grants in Florida. Approved, March 3, 1859.