Chapter 243. To provide for settlement of titles and disposition of public lands in the Arredondo grant, in Columbia County, Florida
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CHAP. 243.— An Act To provide for settlement of titles and disposition of public lands in the Arredondo grant, in Columbia County, Florida.May 25, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the lands embraced in Florida. Disposal of lands in Arredondo grant. To Lake City. the Arredondo grant of twenty thousand acres, in Columbia County, State of Florida, are and shall be disposed of as follows: The lands in the incorporated limits of Lake City shall be subject to entry only by the mayor of said city, in trust for the use and benefit of the several owners or occupants under claim of title of paid lands, in accordance with the Acts of Congress in such case made and provided.
All other lots or parcels of land in said grant entered or purchased Confirmation of purchases. of the United States prior to April tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, are confirmed to the several persons, their heirs and assigns, by whom they were so entered or purchased respectively, according to the terms of such several entries or purchases, and upon performance of the conditions thereof, if there are any such conditions to be performed. In all cases where any lands in said grant have been purchased prior Purchases from railroad companies. to April tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, from any railroad company or trustees for the bonds or indebtedness of any railroad company, claiming under or through any Act of Congress or any land grant from the United States in aid of any such railroad, and in all cases where any such lands have been purchased prior to said April Purchases from Florida. tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, from the State of Florida, or from the trustees of the internal improvement fund of the State of Florida, or from any board or officials of said State, claiming the same under or through any Act of Congress or land grant from the United States, as swamp and overflowed land, internal improvement land, school land, or otherwise, the titles to such lands are hereby confirmed to the several persons who have so purchased any such lands, their *Proviso.* No title to railroad company or the State. heirs, and assigns: *Provided,* That nothing in this Act shall be construed to give or confirm any right or title, or right of entry or purchase in or to any land in said grant to any railroad company, or any trustees for the bonds or indebtedness of any railroad company, or to the State of Florida, or any board or official thereof.
Sec. 2. That all other lands in said grant shall be disposed of according Sale of remaining lands. to the laws of the United States. Approved, May 25, 1896.