{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "1974", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "V cv\\n.,4\\nG^\\nJ\\ni\\n1^ 5\\nV o o O,\\nk\\n.n\\nS^.*\\n9^,\\n(i^*\\n,0\\n1-^\\n0*\\n-V\\n%^V^^\\n%v^\\n*!W^^\\nV\\n4^\\n*P.\\nf\\\\ s O\\n7JM,", "height": "3169", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "o", "height": "3169", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "REPORT V\\nON\\nSEMINAUY LANDS.\\nTallahassee, 18th November, 1845.\\nTo his Excellency W. D. Moseley,\\nGovernor of Florida\\nThe Trustees of the Seminary Lands, beg leave to submit the fol-\\nlo\\\\ving as their annual report, in conformity -w xih the law organizing\\nthe Board.\\nAs the subject is now for the first time to be brought before the\\nGeneral Assembly of Florida, it will be better understood if prece-\\nded by a short reference to the various acts of Congress, the acts of\\nthe Legislative Council and of the Executive of the Territory, which\\nrelate to this matter.\\nACTS OF CONGRESS.\\n^rd March, 1823, Congress granted an entire township, in\\neach of the Districts of East and West Florida. (See page 14).\\n24 7i May, 1824, Congress declared by law that the Suwannee\\nriver should thereafter be the dividing line of East and West Flori-\\nda. (See sec. 4, L.)\\n29/^ January, 1827, Congress enacted that the township of the\\nEastern District, may be located in sections, east of the Apalachi^\\ncola and that losses by pre-emption in the township located west\\nof the Apalachicola, may be located in sections, on any unap-\\npropriated lands in said district of country. (See page This\\nlaw also gives power to the Territorial Government, to lease from\\nyear to year, c. (See page 14).\\n\\\\st. Jidy, 1836, Congress authorized the Governor and Legis.\\nlative Council to sell, in fee simple, a moiety of the two town-\\nships, for the benefit of the University of Florida, of which Joseph\\nM. White, c., c. are Trustees, and to appropriate the pro-,\\nceeds for buildings, apparatus, dec. (See F).\\n3rd March, 1845, Congress gave two entire townships of land,\\nin addition to the two townships already reserved, for the use of two\\nSeminaries of Learning one to be located east, and the other west\\nof the Suwannee. (See F).\\n^,.,.ary\\not", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "ACTS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.\\n20^^ Noveinher, 1828. A law was passed giving authority to\\ncommissioners in each county to lease the Seminary lands and the\\nproceeds were required to be paid into the Territorial Treasury.\\nllth February, 1832. A law was passed, repealing the power to\\nlease the Seminary lands.\\n12th February, 1837. A law was enacted authorizing the Treas-\\nurer of the Territory to prosecute trespassers on Seminary lands.\\n4:th March, 1842. An act was passed authorizing and requiring\\nthe District Attorneys to prosecute such trespassers.\\nl^th March, 1843. The law was passed creating ihe Board of\\nTrustees of the Seminai-y Lands. It provides that the Trustees,\\nfive in number, are to be annually appointed by the Governor and\\nCouncil, with ample corporate powers, to take charge of the Semin-\\nary lands, protect them from waste or trespass, lease them from year\\nto year privately or at auction, collect and distrain for rents, eject\\ntenants, k;c.\\nThe Trustees are also to take charge of the fund to be obtained\\nfrom the distribution of proceeds of public lands, the Seminary fund\\nin the Territorial Treasury, and the rents, ;c and to lend out the\\nsame on bond and mortgage of real estate, at 8 per cent interest\\npayable annually.\\nThe Trustees are to receive no compensation for their services.\\nAnd are to make an annual report to the Governor and Council, of\\ntheir acts and doings, of the lands, funds, contracts, c., ;c.\\nLOCATION OF SEMINARY LANDS.\\nOn the 17th May, 1826. Governor Duval reported to the Se-\\ncretary of the Treasury, that he had selected Township No. 5, in\\nRange 11, North and West, for the Township West of Apalachicola.\\n(See page 15).\\n1th April, 1827. The Secretary of the Treasury approved this\\nselection, so far as it did not interfere with rights of pre-emption un-\\nder the law of 26th April, 1826. (See page 17).\\n(By the above pre-emption law more than 6,700 acres of the very\\nchoicest lands were taken by various claimants, which, after deduct-\\ning also the 16th section belonging to Common Schools, left for the\\nSeminary only 15,699,80 acres, instead of 23,040.) (See page 29).\\nl^th May, 1827. Governor Duval, notified the Secretary of the\\nTreasury of further selections of the Seminary lands, under the act\\nof 1827, authorizing this to be done in sections. (See page 17).\\nWi June, 1827. The Commissioner of the Land Office, forward-\\ned the approval of part of these selections, viz of 3,570,50 acres\\nwest of Apalachicola, and of 7,371,55 acres easi of that river. (See\\npage 18).\\n18//t September, 1828. Governor Duval directed the locating\\nAgent, R. C. Allen Esq., to suspend further selections, awaiting the\\ndecision of the Supreme Court in the case of the Forbes s grant.\\n(After a most diligent resort to every accessible source of infor-", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "mation, (he Trustees are unable to ascertain all the selections that\\nwere made by the Agent, Col. Allen. His letters to the Register of\\nthe Land Office in Tallahassee, are presumed to have been destroyed\\nin the great fire in May, 1843.)\\n27^/1 May, 1844. T. Baltzell and W. Anderson Esqrs., notified\\nthe Secretary of the Treasury of two sections, (containing 1,278,63\\nacres,) Ibrming part of these old selections. (See page 25).\\n25;/t Septembe?; 1845. The Commissioner of the General Land\\nOffice, informed of the approval by the Secretary of the Treasury ot\\nthese two sections. (See page 29).\\n(Some other sections are known to have been selected also as\\nSeminary Lands many years ago, and steps have been taken to ob-\\ntain the approval of the Secretary ot the Treasury to these also.)\\nThe whole quantity of Seminary lands, selected and approved un-\\nder the laws of 1823 and 1827, amounts to 27,920,48 acres a partic-\\nular description of which will be found in the annexed statement,\\nmarked (A.)\\nThere remain to be selected and approved, in order to complete\\nthe Township, west of Apalachicola, 3,766,70 acres, and for the\\ntownship east of the Apalachicola, 14,389,82 acres. Add to these\\nsums the quantity of the further grant in 1845, (46,080 acres), and\\nthey make all together 64,240,52 acres of Seminary lands yet to be\\nlocated.\\nBy the construction which the Secretary of the Treasury gives to\\nthe act of 1827, the remaining sections to fill up the two townships\\ngranted in 1823, must be made in bodies of a mile square. (See\\npage 24.) The law of 1845, is not very clear in its language, and\\nas no selections have yet been made under it, there is some uncer-\\ntainty what construction it will receive at the General Land Office.\\nIf the old decision be persisted in, that an entire township, means\\na body of land six miles square, (deciding that a particular shape,\\nrather than a particular quanliiy is intended,) and that it must be lo-\\ncated so as to avoid interfering with pre-emption and other private rights\\nand claims of settlement, it is apparent that we must go into the\\nswamps or pine barrens, where the grant will be utterly valueless.\\nSurely on a review of the decision, it can require no very profound\\nargument to prove that a township, being six miles square, must con-\\ntain an area of thirty-six square miles or sections; and that, if one\\nof these sections (as the 16lh for common schools,) is taken out or\\nwithheld, the other 35 do not form an entire township or, in\\nother words, that an entire township cannot be located in a square,\\nwithout repealing the general law reserving the 16th sections for\\ncommon schools. Even should a more just and liberal construction\\nbe given, and these two townships be permitted to be located in sec-\\ntions, the selections cannot be as advantageously made as in smaller\\nbodies. For, besides the interference of private claims already al-\\nluded to, the nature of the country where these lands must be chosen,\\nis such tliat but few entire sections can be taken, without includino-\\nmuch worthless land. Congress certainly never meant to trifle", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "with us by a gift of that which is of no value, and therefore will not\\nhesitate to authorize selections to be made even in quarter sections.\\nA precedent for this exists in the act of Congress of the 2d March,\\n1831, granting to Illinois the privilege of locating her seminary\\nlands in quarter sections. The same law also establishes another im-\\nportant precedent. It authorized Illinois to relinquish her entire\\ntownship, and relocate in quarter sections and doubtless for the\\nreason that the larger body embraced much land of no value.\\nFlorida ought to apply for a similar law. Township 5 N. R. 11\\nW., was selected chieiiy for the very lands afterwards taken away by\\npre-emption. Many of these lands could have been since sold at\\n$20 per acre. While sections 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35\\nand 36, containing 6,961 acres, are of little or no value. There\\nare also parts of other sections in the township equally worthless.\\nThe language of the law of 1845. is somewhat ambiguous as to\\nthe location of the two additional townships. The phrase in the\\nlast clause of the grant viz the one to be located east, the other\\nwest of the Suwannee, may be referred to the townships as readi-\\nly as to the seminaries, although there is little doubt that the latter\\nwas meant. It could not have been the intention of Congress to\\nconfine the location of one of these townships to be made in a land\\ndistrict where all the lands had been subject to private entry for 18 or\\n20 years. Yet, while seeking for further legislation in regard to these\\ndonations, it will be better to have this doubt entirely removed.\\nThe statement marked (B.) shows the amount of the seminary fund,\\nand in what it consists. It would seem proper that the Legislature\\nshould designate some mode (probably by a committee) of auditing\\nthe accounts of the board.\\nThe sanction of that body is also respectfully requested to the ex-\\npenditure by the late President for the school libraries procured by\\nhim, chiefly for the inspection of the members, and now placed in the\\nLegislative Library for that purpose.\\nThe duties of an agent in each county containing seminary lands, to\\nlease, collect rents, protect from waste and trespass, c., are arduous,\\nand sometimes unpleasant. These duties have hitherto been assigned\\nto different members of the board, and as the law provides that the\\nTrustees shall receive no compensation for their services, there has\\nbeen some delicacy felt to make any charge for this agency. In two\\nof these cases, Mr. Barkley and Dr. White, it has cost much time and\\ntroul)lo, and must continue to do so until some other disposition is\\nmade of the lands, and it deserves the consideration of the Legislature,\\nwhether it is sound policy to exact or expect the performance of very\\nonerous public duties without some remuneration.\\nThe statement marked (C.) furnishes a list of lessees, and of the\\nrents to be paid by them for the present year. This statement will\\nfurther illustrate the troublesome nature of the agency, by showing\\nthe number of persons with whom the agent has to transact business\\nduring the year.\\nThe Trustees believe that they only express the general sentiment,", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "when they most respectfully urge upon the General Assembly, to take\\nthe earliest and most efficient measures to have the location of the\\nseminary lands secured and placed on the best possible footing. The\\nmost valuable lands that can, should be reserved for our seminaries of\\nlearning, in preference to every other donation that Congress has\\nmade to Florida.\\nHaving thus, with great brevity, stated the past action of Congress,\\nand of our Territorial authorities, in regard to the seminary lands,\\ntogether with a suggestion or tvi^o of what is yet to be done, in order\\nto make the remaining locations in the most advantageous manner,\\nthe Board will jiow venture a few remarks, as to the proper disposi-\\ntion of these lands.\\nThe General Government evidently intended by this donation, to\\ncreate a permanent fund, to be inviolably preserved, and applied to\\nthe purposes of education. And, as a guarantee. Congress has, in\\nevery instance, restricted the States from the authority to sell or alien-\\nate these lands, except under its own immediate sanction, exacting the\\nmost solemn pledges for the faithful application of the fund.\\nAt present we have the right only to lease from year to year for\\nthe act of Congress of 1836, (see F), although never formally\\nrepealed, became inoperative, from the refusal of the Territorial au-\\nthorities to carry out its provisions. This Board, it is true, have but\\na limited experience on the subject of leasing, but their opinion is\\ndecidedly and unanimou.sly opposed to the system, both for general\\nexpediency, and for the preservation and increase of the fund. If\\nlands are leased from year to year, or even for four or five years at a\\ntime, no permanent or valuable improvements can be expected in\\nsuch short periods while the mode of culture, consumption of tim-\\nber, c., will all be on the most wasteful and extravagant scale. We\\nhave too many examples of this, in the unprincipled destruction of\\nmany of the finest school sections. Long leases, on the other hand,\\nare unsuited to the gem us of our people, and often result in a state of\\nthings greatly to be deprecated and of this we have abundant warn-\\ning in the present condition of the anti-renters of Delaware and\\nNew York. A third objection is, that a system of leasing invites and\\nencourages the least desirable class of population, and hence these\\nlands are often considered nuisances in the neighborhoods where they\\nlie. On the score of trouble and expense, in renewing leases, col-\\nlecting rents, and preventing waste, it must be evident that these\\nduties will be laborious and responsible, and their faithful performance\\ncannot be expected without adequate compensation.\\nThe Trustees therefore respectfully recommend that application\\nbe made to Congress for power to sell, and invest in some safe, pro-\\nductive funds. And there can be no doubt that this power will be\\nreadily conferred on Florida, as it has already been on the States of\\nAlabama, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri. Indeed this\\napplication for the right to sell, by nearly all the new States, is itself\\nthe strongest argument in favor of that policy. When the right to\\nsell is conferred, let it be deposited with this Board, or other proper", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "functionary, to be exercised under a sound discretion. Let the terms\\nof sale be liberal as to time, having the price well secured and bear-\\ning interest. The Trustees believe that many of the lands already\\nlocated could be now sold to advantage and that the interest on such\\nsales will greatly exceed the rents that can be derived from the lands,\\nand will increase the fund much more rapidly than by any enhance-\\nment of price which can be reasonably expected from holding the\\nlands.\\nThe Board has ascertained that patents are not issued for these or\\nany other lands granted to the State by Congress. It is therefore\\nsubmitted for your consideration that the State ought to have some\\nhigher evidence of title than a Commissioner s or Register s certifi-\\ncate. The law making the donation, fixes the quanlity, but does not\\nidentify the location, or else that would be a sufficient grant. It would\\nseem therefore as necessary to have a jmtent to show that the Gene-\\nral Government had conveyed its title in these lands, as it is in any-\\nother case. Congress will authorize this to be done upon the proper\\napplication.\\nThe Trustees ardently desire to see the cause of education occupy\\na large share of the public attention, and would cheerfully contribute\\nall in their power by introducing the subject prominently in the pre-\\nsent report, did they not consider it more proper to confine themselves\\nto the more immediate object of their appointment, which is to secure\\nand enlarge the education fund, and thus laii broad the foundation upon\\ntohich all future success must rest. To divert the public mind from\\nthese preliminary measures, and create the impression that we are\\nready to embark upon some splendid scheme of public education,\\nwould be most injudicious. Had the munificent donations of Con-\\ngress been properly secured, and faithfully managed for the last twenty\\nyears, we might now have been in a position to introduce some sys-\\ntem of common education, as well as to begin with our Seminaries\\nof a higher order. But the commencement of these glorious mea-\\nsures must be a little longer deferred, while we content ourselves at\\npresent, to avoid the reproach of those who foliov/ us, by our diligence\\nin securing a fund that shall be an honor to Florida, and adequate to\\nthe education of her children in all time to come.\\nHere the Board will close their annual report on the Seminary\\nLands and Funds under their care but as your Excellency has re-\\nquested that the President should connect with it a statement of the\\nother donations of Congress, for a Seat of Government, Common\\nSchools, and Internal Improvements, so as to bring the whole\\nsubject of our Purlic Laxds into one document, such statement is\\nhereto appended, with great pleasure, marked (D.) in which the sub-\\njects are classed under their respective heads, closing with an aggre-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ate of the whole amount of locations that remain to be made, so far\\nas they are ascertained, while I have the honor to subscribe my-\\nself your Excellency s obedient servant,\\nBENJ. F. WHITNER,\\nPresident of Trustees of Seminary Lands.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "(A.)\\nStatement of Seminary Lands in Florida, located under Acts of Con^\\ngress, M March, 1823, and 2Wi January, 1827.\\nWEST OF APALACHICOL\\nA.\\nQuan.\\nEAST OF APALACHICOLA.\\nSubdivisions.\\nSec.\\nT.\\nRansre\\nSubdivisions.\\nSec.\\nT.\\nRange] Quan.\\nAll.\\n1\\n5N\\nIIW\\n638 25\\nFractional.\\n5\\n3N\\n3W\\n617 75\\nS i N E 4\\n2\\n479 25\\nAll.\\n7\\ncc\\n625 25\\nSE4\\n3\\n159 62\\nSi N Wi\\n8\\n478 69\\nN^\\n4\\n319 37\\nAll.\\n15\\ncc\\n640 75\\nWi, Wi of N\\n6\\n,j\\nc\\n481 87\\nAll.\\n17\\n641 00\\nEi WiSEi\\nAll.\\n18\\ncc\\n619 25\\nAll.\\n7\\n644 50\\nAll.\\n22\\ncc\\ncc\\n639 25\\nSWi WiSEi\\n8\\n240 IS\\nAll.\\n23\\nc\\n641 00\\nE^ of S Wi\\n9\\n79 84\\nAll.\\n24\\nC\\ncc\\n642 50\\nN W4\\n10\\na\\ncc\\n1.59 81\\nAH.\\n17\\n2N\\n4W\\n639 50\\nNWI SE4\\n12\\n320 25\\nFractional.\\n29\\nc\\n547 30\\nEJ of N W4\\n14\\n80 18\\nAll.\\n30\\n639 2.5\\nEl\\n1.5\\n320 00\\nWi\\n13\\n1 S\\n5E\\n322 10\\nAll.\\n17\\n641 25\\nEh\\n14\\ncc\\nC\\n320 10\\nAll.\\nIS\\n643 50\\nSi\\n31\\ncc\\n322 20\\nAll.\\n19\\n643 75\\nNi\\n2S\\ncc\\n314 23\\nAll.\\n20\\n(C\\nfc\\n639 75\\nS^ N Wi\\n21\\nc\\n559 56\\nEast of Apalachicola, 8,650 18\\nWiofNEi\\nWest of Apalachicola, 19,270 30\\nSWi\\n22\\n160 GO\\nSi\\n23\\n321 00\\nTotal approved by Sec y.\\nSi N W4\\n24\\n479 62\\nof the Treasury, 27,920 48\\nAll.\\n2.5\\n639 .50\\nAll.\\n2G\\nc\\n640 00\\nAll.\\n27\\n639 25\\nAll.\\n28\\n640 25\\nAll.\\n29\\n639 50\\nAll.\\n30\\ncc\\n644 50\\nAll.\\n31\\ncc\\n641 50\\nAll.\\n32\\ncc\\n639 50\\nAll.\\n33\\ncc\\n640 25\\nAll.\\n34\\ncc\\n641 25\\nAll.\\n35\\ncc\\n641 75\\nAll.\\n36\\ncc\\n641 00\\nFractional.\\n14\\n4N\\n7 c\\n545 00\\nAll.\\n23\\n7\\n641 50\\nFractional.\\n24\\n7\\n.542 75\\nAll.\\n18\\n3N\\n9\\n642 50\\nNi SW4\\nEi of SE 4\\nG\\n5N\\n10\\n558 25\\nAll.\\n14\\n10\\n640 50\\ni\\\\CRES,\\n19,\\n270 30", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8\\n(B.)\\nStatement of Seminary Funds.\\nAmount paid into the General Fund of the Territorial\\nTreasury for rents of 1829, $55 35\\nAmount paid into the School Fundo^ the Territorial\\nTreasury for rents of 1831 and 1832, 85 25\\nReceived from distribution of sales of public lands, as re-\\nported last year, 1736 29\\nLeases for 1844, in Gadsden county, collected by\\nDr. White, f 120 00\\nDo yet due, 218 00\u00e2\u0080\u0094338 00\\nLeases for 1845, in Gadsden county, 572 00\\nDo 1844 and 1845, in Jackson county, 112 00\\n2,898 89\\nThese Funds are disposed of as follows\\nIn the General Fund, in Territorial Treasury, $55 35\\nIn the School Fund, in Territorial Treasury, consis-\\nting of Territorial Scrip and Bank of Florida bills, 85 25\u00e2\u0080\u0094140 60\\nLoaned, 27th Dec, 1844, at 8 per cent, on mortgage of\\nreal estate,\\nPaid for blank leases, ;c..\\nPaid for postages, paper and blank book, in 1844,\\nIn the hands of T. Baltzell Esq.,*\\nPaid for postages, paper and blank books, in 1845,\\nAmount yet due in Gadsden, on leases for 1844 and 1845,\\ndo in Jackson, do do do,\\nCash in hands of the President of the Board,\\n$2,898 89\\nJudge Baltzell has a charge for professional services unadjusted. He had\\nalso purchased two setts of the New York School Library, as stated in his last\\nannual report, at a cost of $41 75, an expenditure which will doubtless meet\\nwith general approbation, but which requires the sanction of the Legislature\\nbefore it can be properly brought into the account.\\n1,653\\n36\\n5\\n00\\n3\\n37\\n74\\n56\\n4\\n15\\n790\\n00\\n112\\n00\\n115\\n85", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "(C.)\\nSlafement of Lessees and Rents of Seminary Lands for 184\\nIN GADSDEN COUNTY.\\nJVames of Lessees.\\nPrice. II J^atnes of Lessees.\\nPrice.\\nPeter Wiley,\\nGeorge W. Phillips,\\nJoseph H. Sylvester,\\nWilliam Edwards,\\nCharles S. Sibley,\\nDavid W. Ilolloman,\\nThomas Wren,\\nHarris T. Wyatt,\\nWilliam S. Guiin,\\nA. R. Ransome,\\nEdward J. Thomas,\\nWilliam B. Seely,\\nJohn R. Hayes,\\nWilliam E. Howell,\\nR. S. Tucker,\\n13. J. Lambert,\\n20\\n00\\n25\\n00\\n25\\n00\\n2\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n20\\n00\\n15\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n75\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n1\\n00\\n7\\n00\\n12\\n00\\n8\\n50\\n30\\n00\\n20\\n00\\n290\\n50\\nThomas J. Cain,\\nA. H. Campbell,\\nJohn Buie, Sen.,\\nJesse Williams,\\nSamuel Woodbury,\\nAlexander Campbell,\\nSolomon Owens,\\nWilliam E. Kilcrest,\\nElijah Watson,\\nR. K. Shaw,\\nAlonzo H. Alley,\\nUz Williams,\\nJohn Mcllllily,\\nEliz. McLaucblan,\\nTotal,\\nIN JACKSON COUNTY.\\nJ. G. Roulhac, rent free,\\nJ. G. Russ,\\nHugh Speare,\\nJ. W. Russ, (nominal,)\\n.lames E. Coulette,\\nJames P. Coulette,\\n00\\n00\\n00\\n00\\n17\\n50\\n1\\n00\\n4\\n00\\n12\\n00\\n34\\n50\\n:^o\\n00\\n25\\n00\\n25\\n00\\n10\\n00\\n15\\n00\\n8\\n00\\n6\\n00\\n^0\\n00\\n20\\n00\\n20\\n00\\n12\\n50\\n25\\n00\\n20\\n00\\n35\\n00\\n281\\n50\\n290\\n50\\n$572 00\\nT. M. White, 77 50\\nJ. C. Lester, (no contract) 00 00\\n77 50\\n34 50\\n$112 GO\\nAnd one case where possession\\nmust be recovered by law.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\n(D.)\\nSEAT OF GOVERNMENT.\\n24:th May, 1824 Congress granted one quarter section for the\\nSeat of Government, and authorized it to be laid out and sold also\\ndirected 3 contiguous sections to be selected and reserved from\\nsale. (See L.)\\n8th February, 1827 Congress authorized the sale of one of these\\nJ sections, the other two to be reserved, until Florida becomes a State\\n(See K.)\\n2d, March, 1829 Congress designated six sections (besides the\\none laid off for the seat of government) as granted to Florida, two\\nof these, with a reserve at the Avater fall, to l^e reserved for and ves-\\nted in the State, the rest authorized to be sold. (See H.)\\nSd March, 1845 Congress granted eight entire sections, for\\nthe purpose of fixing the seat of government. (See E\\nSCHOOL LANDS.\\n2d March, 1845 Congress granted section 16 in every township,\\nor other lands equivalent thereto, for the use of the inhabitants\\nof such township, for the support of public schools. (See E.)\\n15//i June, 1844 ^Congress granted the power, where IGth sec-\\ntions are included in private claims, to select other adjacent lands,\\nwithin the land district, which have been ofTered at public sale and\\nremain unsold. (See G.)\\n20th May, 1826 Congress provided for the selection of other\\nlands, for fractional townships, where there are no 16th sections.\\n(See I.)\\nNote. Congress, by act of 2d March, 1827, authorized the State\\nof Alabama, with the consent of the inhabitants of each township,\\nto sell the 16th sections, and invest the proceeds in some permanent\\nfund, so that each township shall have the interest of the proceeds of\\nits own section and where this is insufficient to support a school,\\nthe fund is to accumulate until it is sufficient.\\nAnd by act of 26 February, 1845, Alabama was further authorized\\nto select other lands, in lieu of 16th sections, reserved or otherwise\\ndisposed of by Congress, in sections, half sections, quarter sections,\\nor previously defined fractions.\\nIt is deemed unnecessary to recapitulate the various acts of the\\nLegislative Council respecting the School Lands, and it would greatly\\nextend this communication, already become quite voluminous.\\nAs far as could be conveniently ascertained, there are one hundred\\nand fifteen townships in Florida (some of them fractional) within the\\nsurveys already made, where the 16th sections are covered by pri-\\nvate claims regularly established by law. Of these, 35 are believed\\nto be west of the Apalachicola 44 between the Apalachicola and\\nSuwannee, and 36 east of Suwannee.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "11\\nINTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\nith September, 1841 Congress granted to each new State (enu-\\ninerated or hereafter admitted into the Union) 500,000 acres, for pur-\\nposes of internal improvement, the selection to be made within its\\nlimits in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, to be located\\nin parcels of not less than 320 acres each, on any public lands not\\nspecially reserved, as soon as surveyed. (See J.)\\nDONATIONS OF PUBLIC LANDS TO BE LOCATED.\\nFor two Seminaries of Learning, 64,240 52 acres.\\nSeat of Government, 5,120 00\\nSixteenth Sections (taken by ;privateclaiffis) 73,600 00\\nInternal Improvements, 500,000 00\\nTotal, 642,960 52\\nLAWS OF CONGRESS REFERRED TO.\\n(E.) Act. of Zd March, 1845,\\nAn Act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa\\ninto the Union, and for other purposes.\\nSection 1. Beit, enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-\\ntives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in\\nconsideration of the concessions made by the State of Florida, in re-\\nspect to the public lands, there be granted to the said State, eight\\nentire sections of lands for the purpose of fixing their seat of govern-\\nment also section numijcr sixteen in every township, or other lands\\nequivalent thereto, for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for\\nthe support of public schools also, two entire townships of land, in\\naddition to the two townships already reserved, for the use of two\\nseminaries of learning one to be located east and the other west of\\nthe Suwannee river-; also, five per centum of the nett proceeds of the\\nsale of lands within said State, which shall be hereafter sold by Con-\\ngress, after deductiBg all expenses incident to the same and which\\nsaid nett proceeds shall be applied by said State tor the purposes of\\neducation.\\n(F.) Act of 1st July, 1836.\\nAn Act to authorise the Governor and Legislative Council of the\\nTerritory of Florida to sell the lands heretofore reserved for the\\nbenefit of a general senRinary of learning in said Territory.\\nSection 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Heuseof lleprcsenta-\\ntivcs of tlie United States of America in Congress assembled. That\\nthe Governor and the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida,\\nshall be, and they are hereby authorized to sell and convey, in fee\\nsimple, for the benefit of the University of Florida, of which Joseph\\nM. White, R. K. Call, Thomas Randall, John G. Gamble, Thomas\\nEston Randolph, Louis M. Goldsborough, Ben. Chaires, Turbutt R,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Betton, F. Epps, E. Loockerman, Fitch VV. Taylor, J. Loring Woart^", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nAshbell Steele, and J. Edwin Stuart, are trustees, any part not ox-\\nneeding one half of the two townships of land heretofore reserved\\nand appropriated by Congress for the establishment and support\\nof a seminary of learning in the Territory of Florida, and to appro-\\npriate so much of the money arising from the sale thereof as may be\\ndeemed expedient, tor the erection of commodious and durable build-\\nings for said University, for the purchase of apparatus, and whatever\\nelse may be suitable for such University and to invest the remainder\\nill some productive funds, the proceeds of which shall be devoted tbr-\\never, to the benefit of said University of Florida.\\n(G.) Act of loth June, 1844.\\nAn Act to authorize the selection of certain School Lands in the Ter-\\nritories of Florida, Iowa and Wisconsin.\\nSection 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refresenta-\\niives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, J hat\\nwherever the sixteenth sections in said Territories, either in whole or\\nin part, are now or may hereafter be included in private claims, held\\nby title confirmed or legally decided to be valid and sufficient, other\\nlands equivalent thereto, within any land district in said Territories\\nmost adjacent to said lands so taken up by private claims, which\\nhave been olibred at public sale, and remain unsold, may be selected\\nin lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury;\\nand the lands so selected shall be entered in the office of the register\\nof the land district in which they may lie, and be by such register re-\\nported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office as School\\nlands selected under this act Provided, That before making any\\nentry of such other lands, the case shall be made out to the satisfac-\\ntion of the register and receiver of said district, agreeably to rules to\\nbe prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for\\nthe purpose of showing that the sixteenth section or part thereof, has\\nbeen included in the manner above mentioned.\\n(H.) Act of 2nd March, 1829.\\nAn Act to authorize the establishment of a Town on land reserved for\\nthe use of Schools and to direct the manner of disposing of certain\\nreserved quarter sections of land for the Seat of Government of\\nFlorida.\\nSec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the following quarter see-\\ntions of land which have been heretofore reserved iVom sale, to wit\\nThe north-east and north-west quarters of section thirty-six in town-\\nship one, R. one north and weit, the north-east, soiith-west and south-\\ncast quarters of section one in township one of range one south and\\nAvest; and the south-west quarter of section six in township one of range\\none south and east, shall be granted to the Territory of Florida.\\nSec. 3. Aiul be it further enacted. That the Governor and Legis-\\nlative Council of Florida or a majority of them be, and arc hereby\\nauthorized to select any two ol the aforesaid (]uarter su ctions of land,", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "13\\nto be reserved tor and vested in the State, should the Territory ol\\nFlorida ever be erected into one, in contbrmity to the provisions of\\nthe fourteenth section of the act passed on the eighth of Feliruary, one\\nthousand eight hundred and twenty. seven and the residue of tlic\\nabove described quarter sectionsof land or any part thereof, including\\nso much of the north-east quarter of section one, in township one of\\nrange one south and west, contiguous to (he creek and water fall, as\\nshall not be reserved agreeable to the provisions of the act above\\nmentioned, tor the town of Tallahassee, shall be sold in such manner,\\nand at such time as the Governor and Legislative Council of Florida\\nmay deem proper, and the proceeds applied to the erection of public\\nbuildings in Tallahassee, any act or acts to the contrary notwith-\\nstanding.\\n(T.) Act of 201 h Mai/, 1826.\\nAn Act to appropriate Lands for the support of Scliools in certain\\nTownships and fractional Townships not before provided for.\\nSec. L Be if. enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives\\nof tli.e United States of America, in Congress assembled, That to\\nmake provision tor the support of Schools, in all Townships or frac-\\ntional Townships, for which no land has heretofore been appropria-\\nted for that use, in those States in which section number sixteen, or\\nother land equivalent thereto, is by law directed to be reserved for\\nthe support of Schools in each Township, there shall be reseived\\nand appropriated, for the use of Schools, in each entire Township\\nor fractional Township, for which no land has been heretofore ap-\\npropriated or granted for that purpose, the following quantities of\\nland, to wit: for each Township or fractional Township, contain-\\ning a greater quantity of land than three quarters of an entire Town-\\nship, one section; for a fractional Township, containing a greater\\nquantity of land than one half, and not more than three quarters of a\\nTownship, three quarters of a section for a fractional Township,\\ncontaining a greater quantity of land than one quarter, and not more\\nthan one-half of a Township, one-half section and for a fractional\\nTownship, containing a greater quantity of Land than one entire\\nsection, and not more than one quarter of a Township, one quarter\\nsection of land.\\nSec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the aforesaid tracts of\\nLand shall be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any\\nunappropriated public land within the Land District where the\\nTownship for which any tract is selected may be situated and,\\nwhen so selected, shall be held by the same tenure, and upon the\\nsame terms, for which the support of Schools, in such Townships,\\nas section number sixteen, is or may be held, in the State where\\nsuch Townahip aliall be ailualcd.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14\\n(J.) Act of ilk Sevtewler, 1841.\\nAN ACT to appropriate the proceeds of the Entry of Public Lands,\\nand to grant Pre-emption Rights.\\nSec. 8. And he it further enacted, That there shall be granted to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2each State specitiej in the first section of this act, five hundred\\nthousand acres of land, for purposes of Internal Improvement Pro-\\nvided, That to each of ihe said States which has already received\\ngrants for said purposes, there is hereby granted no more than a\\n(piantity of land whicli shall, together with the amount such State\\nhas already secured as aforesaid, make five hundred thousand acres,\\nthe selections in all of the said States, to be made within their limits\\nrespectively, in such manner as the Legislature thereof shall direct\\nand located in parcels conformably to sectional divisions and sub-\\ndivisions, of not less than three hundred and twenty acres in any\\none location, on any jTublic land except such as is or may be re-\\nserved from sale by any law ?C Congress, or Proclamation of the\\nPresident of the United States, which said locations may be made\\nat any time after the lands of the United States in said States re-\\nspectively, shnll have been surveyed according to existing laws*\\nAnd there shall be, and hereby is, granted to each new State that\\nshall be hereafter admitted into the Union, upon such admission, so\\nmuch land as, including such quantity as may have been granted to\\nsuch State before iis admission, and while under a Territorial Gov-\\nernment, for purposes of Internal ImprovemeRt as aforesaid, as shall\\nmake five hundred thousand acres of land, to be selected and locat-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ed as aforesaid.\\n(K.) Act of 8th February, 1827.\\nAN ACT to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private\\nland claims in East Florida, tmd for other purposes.\\nSec. 14. And be it further enacted^ That it shall be lawful for the\\nGovernor and Legislative Council to s cll ofre of the reserved quar-\\nter sections of land near Tallahassee, and apply the proceeds to the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0erection of public buildings and it shall be lawful for tiiem to re-\\nserve such portion \u00c2\u00bbf tlKj quarter section to tire town of Tallahas-\\nsee, contiguous to the creek and waterfall, as may, in their opinion,\\ncontribute to the health and convenience of the inhabitants and\\nthey shall have power to pass laws for the preservation of, and ex-\\npulsion from, the other two reserved quarter sections, all intruders,\\nand to abate all nuisances whi-ch said two reserved quarter sec-\\ntions shall be reserved for, and vested in, the Stale, should that\\nTerritory ever be erected into one.\\n(L.) Act of 24//t Alay, 1824.\\nAN ACT providing for a grant of land for the seat of Governmenl\\nin the Territory of Florida, and for other purposes.\\nSec. 1, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "15\\nof the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That there\\nshall be, and hereby is, granted to the Territory of Florida, one en-\\ntire quarter section of land, or fractional section, not exceeding in\\nquantity one quarter section, for the seat of Government in that\\nTerritory, to be located previously to the sale of the adjacent lands,\\nunder the authority of the Governor thereof, at the point selected\\nfor the permanent seat of Government for said Territory.\\nSec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governor and Legis-\\nlative Council of the Territory aforesaid, or a majority thereof, be,\\nand they are hereby, authorized to adopt such measures as to them\\nmay seem expedient, for the sale of said tract of land, or any part\\nthereof, for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of public\\nbuildings at said seat of Government.\\nSec. 3. And be it further enacted. That there shall be and here-\\nby are reserved from sale three entire quarter sections of lands of\\nthe United Stales, lying contiguous to and adjoining the quarter\\nsection granted by the first section of this act, to be located by the\\nGovernor of said Territory.\\nSec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the seventh\\nsection of the act of Congress of the third of March, one thousand\\neight hundred and twenty three, entitled An act amending and\\nsuj)plementary to the act entitled An act to provide for the sur-\\nvey and disposal of the public lands in Florida, as prevents the\\nappointment of a surveyor for Florida until the commissioners shall\\nhave decided and reported on the private claims in said Territory,\\nbe, and the same is hereby repealed and the Eastern and Wes-\\ntern land districts in said Territory shall be divided and separated\\nby the Suwannee river, and not by the ancient line of division be-\\ntween the provinces of East and West Florida, as prescribed by\\nthe eighth section of the act aforesaid.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "CORRESPONDENCE\\nRELATIVE TO\\nSEIINAHY SCHOOL LANDS.\\nExecutive Office, Florida,\\nCapitol, Tallahassee, Sept. 4, 1845.\\nSir The People of Florida having just organised their State\\nGovernment, desire to have the 16th Sections, appropriated by Con-\\ngress for the use of the inhabitants of each Township, applied as far\\nas practicable to the objects of the donation. I refer you to the\\nActs of Congress, relating to these 16th Sections in Florida. Act of\\n3rd of March, 1823, section 10, refering to general land laws, and\\nof 3rd March, 1845. Also, the Acts of May 20th, 1820, vol. 7,\\nNo. 491, and of June 15th, 1844, Chapter 55.\\nThere are many fractional townships in which there are no 16th\\nsections in this State the case provided for by the Act of 1820.\\nThere are many cases where the 16th sections is included in whole\\nor in part, in private claims confined to the claimants the case pro-\\nvided for in the Act of 1844.\\nI wish to be informed how you have decided to select the other\\nadjacent lands, as allowed by the Act of 1844 by what agent\\nand when, and who will pay him, c. I would respectfully ask,\\nalso, what mode of selection is to be pursued in the cases included in\\nthe Act of 1826. I have to-day enclosed you a copy of all the Acts\\nof the State Legislature, at the last Session, by which I was direc-\\nted to have those lands given in lieu of the 16th Sections covered by\\nprivate grants, c., located forthwith. I have deferred the selec-\\ntion of an Agent, till I hear from you.\\nIt is highly important that the State Government, should be ad-\\nvised fully of the decisions and rules of the General Government on\\nthis subject the action of the State Legislature, may harmonize\\nwith them, and I would earnestly solicit of you to render me full\\ninformation necessary in this instance for me to act advisedly. There\\nwill be at least thirty sections to locate in Middle Florida, in lieu of\\nthose 16th Sections included in the private grants called the Forbe s\\nPurchase claim and the inhabitants of the Forbe s Purchase are\\nanxious they should be located. There are also, many cases of pri-\\nvate claims in East Florida, and I learn some in the West, making\\nthis subject one of no ordinary merit.\\nI would respectfully make similar suggestions in regard to the\\nselection of an Agent to locate these lands, to those I have made\\nJ", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "with respect to the seminary lands in another letter I addressed you\\nto-day.\\nI am, very respectfully,\\nYour ob t servant,\\nW. D. MOSELEY,\\nGov. of Florida.\\nHon. R. J. Walker,\\nSecretary Treasury.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nSeptember 16th, 1845.\\nSir Your communications of the 4th inst., to the Secretary of\\nthe Treasury, on the subject of Seminary and School Lands for the\\nState of Florida having been referred by the Secretary, to this of-\\nfice I have the honor to acknowledge their receipt, and to inform\\nyou that they will receive immediate attention and the copies de-\\nsired, be prepared and transmitted at the earliest practicable period.\\nIn the mean time, I would state, in reference to the appointment\\nand compensation of a Locating Agent, that, with regard to the\\nSeminary locations, under the Act 3rd March, 1823, Messrs. Balt-\\ngell, Anderson and Cooper, were informed on their appointment by\\nSecretary Spencer, in March, 1844, that no provision having been\\nmade by Congress for compensation, for the service above specified,\\nnone can, of course, be allowed by this Department, and that the\\nact of 3rd March, 1845, granting two additional Townships, for\\nthe same purpose, is also silent on this subject.\\nWith regard to School selections, under the act of 20th May, 1826,\\nI enclose you a copy of the Circular from this office, of 30th August,\\n1832, from which you will perceive, that School Committees, Trus-\\ntees, or other authority having official cognizance over the School\\nlands, are permitted to recommend the selections, and that in\\ncase of failure on their part to do so, the Registers and Receivers,\\nare directed to make and report selections.\\nI am, sir, with great respect,\\nYour ob t serv t,\\n(Signed) JAMES SHIELDS.\\nCommissioner.\\nHis Excellency, W. D. Moseley,\\nGovernor of Florida,\\nTallahassee.\\nCircular to Registers 6f Receivers of the United States Land\\nOffices.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\n30th August, 1832.\\nGentlemen The Act of Congress, passed on the 20th May,\\n1826, entitled. An Act to appropriate lands for the support of Schools\\nin certain townships, and fractional townships, not before provided", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "for, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, to make the intend-\\ned selections on the following principles, viz\\nFor each township or fractional township, containing a greater\\nquantity of land than three quarters of an entire township of land,\\n(that is to say more than 17,280 acres,) 07ie section is to be reserved.\\nFor each fractional township, containing a greater quantity of\\nland than owe half, and not more than three quarters of a township,\\n(that is to say, more than 11,520 acres, and less than 17,280 acres,)\\nthree quarters of a section are to be reserved.\\nFor each fractional township containing a greater quantity of land\\nthan one quarter, and not more than one half of a township, (that is\\nto say, more than 5,760 acres, and not more than 11,520 acres,) a\\nhalf section is to be reserved.\\nFor each fractional township containing a greater quantity of land\\nthan one entire section, and not more than one quarter of a toivnship,\\n(that is to say, more than 640 acres, and not more than 5,760 acres,)\\none quarter section is to be reserved.\\nIn order to effect the intentions of this Act, a circular letter was\\naddressed from this office on the 24th May, 1826, to the Registers and\\nReceivers of the respective Land Districts, requiring them to make\\na report of such lands as they recommended to be reserved for the\\nobject, but as that circular was not accompanied by a prescribed form\\nfor reports, there have been a diversity of forms adopted by the dif-\\nferent offices.\\nHerewith is transmitted a supply of printed forms, agreebly to\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0which you are requested to make your reports.\\nAs these forms are designed to secure uniformity in all the pro-\\nceedings under the law, both past and future, you are requested first\\nto report to this office all the selections under the law, Avhich have\\nhitherto been reported from your district, of the approval of which\\nyou have been advised by this office, and also those heretofore re-\\ncommended, which have not yet been sanctioned.\\nYou are therefore requested to embrace in one report, to be mark-\\ned No. 1, all the selections recommended up to the date of such re-\\nport, discriminating those selections, of the approval of which you\\nhave been notified by this office, by a reference to the letter advising\\nyou of their approval.\\nThe following general rules are prescribed for your government\\nFirst. Where the lands have not been offered at public sale,\\nthe selections are to be made prior to the sale. The School Com-\\nmittees, Trustees, or other authorit} having official cognizance over\\nthe school lands, may be permitted to recommend the selections. To\\nenable them to do so, it may be proper that you give public notice to\\nthose authorities, that on or prior to a certain day, which you will ap-\\npoint, recommendations will be received from them of school selec-\\ntions for certain townships, which townships it will be necessary\\nspecially to designate in your notice. It is to be borne in mind, how-\\never, that no expense whatever will be incured in the publication of", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "such notices. If the school authorities should fail to make any re-\\ncommendations, you will report your own selections.\\nSecond. The quantity of school land selected for a township is to\\nbe located within the limits of such townships, provided a sufficient\\nquantity of good land exists therein. If you are satisfied that\\na sufficient quantity of good land cannot be found therein, the selec-\\ntion is to be made in the nearest adjacent township wherein good\\nland evists.\\nThird. Where a portion of the section No. 16, exists in a town-\\nship, the balance of the quantity to which the township is entitled,\\nunder the Act of 10th May, 1826, is to be selected.\\nFourth. -The selections of a section, three quarters of a section or\\nhalf section, for any one township, are to be made in one body of\\nland, if practicable if not, in separate quarter sections. A less\\nquantity than one quarter section is not to be taken. Fractional sec-\\ntions are to be excluded, except in cases where a portion of the sec-\\ntion No. 16, exists in the township, and a selection has to be made\\nof the balance of the quantity of land to which such township is en-\\ntitled, and where the quantity cannot be located on a quarter or half\\nquarter section, in such cases only, may fractional sections or parts of\\nfractional sections be taken, according to the legal subdivisions, to\\nmake up the deficiency in quantity, as nearly as practible.\\nFifth. Fractional townships created by Indian reservations, are\\nnot to be understood as coming within the meaning of the act, as,\\nwhen the township is completed, it will then have its proper school\\nlands.\\nSixth. You will be careful to note, by a pencil mark in your tract\\nbook, and on the plot of the townships, the lands recommended to be\\nreserved under the act, and icithhold them from sale, until you are of-\\nficially advised either of their approval or rejection.\\nWhen advised of the approval of such selections, you will note in\\nink, the fact of the reservation, making the object, thus In the tract\\nbook say, Reserved for Schools under Act of 20th May, 1826, per\\nletter of from the Commissioner of the General Land Office.\\nOn the plot say, School Lands. In case of the rejection of a\\nproposed selection, you will not fail to obliterate the pencil marks on\\nthe tract book and plot.\\nSeventh. You will not fail to retain a copy of the Report or Re-\\nports rendered to this office, in the printed forms, and when advised of\\nthe approval, you are required to note the fact thereon, and refer to\\nthe date of the letter communicating such advice.\\nI am respectfully,\\nGentlemen,\\nYour ob t serv t,\\n(Signed,) ELIJAH HAYWARD,\\nCommissioner.\\nTo the Register and Receiver,\\nthe Land Office at", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "Circular to Registers and Receivers of the U. S. Land Offices.\\nGenaral Land Office,\\nMay 17th, 1844.\\nGentlemen Should there exist in your land district any in-\\nstances where the 16th Sections, usually set apart for school purposes,\\nis interfered with in any township or fractional township, either\\nwholly or partially, by private confirmed claims or donations, you\\nare to regard such townships or fractional township, as entitled to a\\nselection for the use of Schools, of other lands in the district under\\nthe provisions of the Act of Congress, approved May 20th, 1826,\\nentitled, An Act to appropriate lands for the support of schools in\\ncertain townships, and fractional townships not before provided tor,\\nthe Secretary of the Treasury having recently rescinded the tenth\\nparagraph of the instruction contained in the printed Circular of\\nMay 30th, 1832, in relation to School Lands under the Act afore-\\nsaid which is adverse to the decision now given.\\nThe selections of School Land herein intended, are to be made\\nunderthe rules prescribed in the Circular referred to.\\nVery respectfully.\\nYour ob t serv t,\\n(Signed,) THO. H. BLAKE,\\nCommissioner.\\nExtract of a Copy of a letter from the Hon. John C. Spencer, ISe-\\ncretary of the Treasury, dated Treasury Department, March\\nSOth, 1844, addressed to Thomas Baltzell, Esq., Tallahassee,\\nWalker Anderson, Esq., Pensacola, Jas. G. Cooper, Esq.,\\nNassau Co. E. Florida, Agents of the Department to complete\\nthe selection of land, which the Secretary of the Treasury is au-\\ntliorised by the llth Section of the Act of Congress, providing for\\nthe Survey and disposal of the public lands in Florida, approved\\nid March, \\\\S 2Z, to locale and reserve from sale for the use of a\\nSeminary of Learning in Florida.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Li making the selections, it is of course to be understood that\\nyou are not to interfere with the rights of preemptors, or those who\\nhave made improvements, with a view of becoming purchasers of\\nthe land.\\nI certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the files of this\\noffice.\\n(Signed,) THO. J. HODSOxN, Register.\\nTallahassee, Fla., March 10, 1845.\\nExecutive Office Florida,\\nTallahassee, Sept. 4, 1845.\\nSir I deem it my duty to ask your attention to the situation of\\nthe lands given to this State by the U. S., for an University or\\nSeminaries of Learning.\\nI refer you to the Acts of Congress of 3d March, 1823, Vol. 7,", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "L. U. S., No. 148, Sec. 11, of Jan. 29th, 1827, Vol. 7. No. 53S,\\nSec. 1, and of March 3d, 1845, chapter 75, Sec. 1.\\nThe records and files of the proceedings of the Executive of the\\nTerritory of Florida, do not furnish me with certain, and definite in-\\nformation in relation to these lands nor am I fully satisfied as tc the\\ncertainty of that which I have been enabled to obtain from the offices\\nof the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at this place.\\nWill you be good enough to have an examination made of the files\\nand records of the Treasury Department, and of the Land Office,\\nfor the correspondence between the Governor of Florida Territory,\\nand Mr. R. C. Allen, Agent for locating these lands in 1828, and\\nMr. Secretary Crawford, and Mr. Secretary R.ush, and other former\\nSecretarys of the Treasury, since their times; and likewish with\\nthe Commissioners of the Land Office, on the subject of these lands\\nand have me furnished with copies, or at last memor d of the con-\\ntents of such correspondence. This matter is of the highest impor-\\ntance to the State, and it is very desirable to know what locations\\nhave certainly been made, and what approved by the Treasury, and\\nthat patents issue forthwith to the State for such locations. Informa-\\ntion as to what selections have been made, and not yet approved by\\nthe Treasury, are also wished. It is desired that the residue of these\\nlands yet unlocated or approved, may be selected and located, and\\npatented in the name of the State of Florida, for the uses designated\\nin the Acts of Congress, as soon as possible. An Act of the State\\nLegislature at its late Session, directed this to be done under my\\ndirection. Proposals for a locating agent were advertised, (note, act\\nand copy of advertisement enclosed.) and various offers have been\\nmade. Since then. I have ascertained that as it respects these lands\\nfor Seminaries of Learning, the Secretary of the Treasury of the\\nU. S., has the control of the location, and I have therefore deferred\\nmaking any selection of an agent, till I hear from you. It is impor-\\ntant to the State, that such location should be made forthwith.\\nSales of the most valuable lands yet undisposed of and not covered\\nby preemptions, are to take place 5th January, 1846 having been\\npostponed by the President at the instance of the Legislature. I am\\ninformed that it is advisable that some portions of these lands should\\nbe located on the U. S., lands yet unsurveyed, or not fully surveyed,\\nand I have to enquire if this can be done. I am advised that a por-\\ntion of the lands formerly located and approved, it is regarded as ex-\\npedient to have surrendered to the U. S., and other lands located in\\nlieu thereof, and I should be glad to be informed if this can be done.\\nAt first the Treasury decided that the two townships should be located\\nin entire townships in a body, but subsequently this was changed, and\\nthe selection in separate sections as to one township allowed but\\npreviously one township had been selected under the decision refer-\\nred to. A portion of this is well nigh valueless, and would not have\\nbeen selected but for the constraint of the erroneous rule alluded to\\nas having been adopted.\\nIt has been suggested that the allowance of the location of or i", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "sections in different parts of the State, would be more advantageous\\nto the U. S., as well as to the State, than the present rule of requir-\\ningfull sections. Can the Treasury Department allow this to be done?\\nAgain the expense of locating these two entire townships yet un-\\nlocated, and the residue of the first two townships not entirely loca-\\nted, will be considerable. It should be boine, it appears to me, by\\nthe General Government. I would suggest that the Agent to be\\nselected should be employed to do the service for a per centum aU\\nlowance on the value of the lands, to be estimated here by a com-\\npetent person, in order that he may be interested to get good lands.\\nFive per centum would not be an unreasonable allowance. The\\nlands should be personally examined. The lands here are very\\nvariable in quality and price, even in different parts of the same re-\\ngion. Whole townships are utterly worthless. The entire State is\\nspotted with rich hammocks of small extent in the midst of barren\\npine deserts of thousands of acres. The Agent should be a citizen\\nof this State a competent surveyor able to find and identify cor-\\nners, and acquainted with the lands in the State. I would respect-\\nfully ask what mode of appointment will be pursued by you how the\\nperson appointed will be compensated and in what mode.\\nThe lands appropriated to the establishment of a Seminary, have\\nbeen placed in the charge of a Board of Trustees by our Legislature.\\nHon. T. Baltzell, and others, were the Board till the organization\\nof the State Government, when he was elected a Judge of the\\nSuperior Court, and resigned the Trusteeship. I learn that J. C.\\nSpencer had named him as Agent, and others, to select these lands,\\nbut he cannot now act under our State Constitution, and besides\\nwould not, I presume, do the service required of him, as he is no\\nwoodsman or land surveyor. Nothing has been done under Mr.\\nSpencer s appointment. Col. Benj. F. Whitner, of this place. Col.\\nR. W. Williams, of this place, Britton Barkley, of Marianna,\\nWest Florida, David L. White of Quincy, Gadsden county, and\\nJohn C. McGeehee of Madison, are the present Trustees. Col.\\nWhitner, President of the Board of Trustees, will address you to-day\\non the subject of the documents he has been able to obtain refering\\nto these lands, and your early answer to this either to him or me,\\nv/ill oblige me.\\nI am, sir, with great respect,\\nYour ob t servant,\\n(Signed,) W. D. MOSELEY-\\nGovernor of Fla.\\nTo R. J. Walker,\\nSec y Treasury, Washington, D. C.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nSeptember 23d, 1845.\\nSir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com-\\nmunication to the Secretary of the Treasury, of the 4th instant, in\\nrelation to the 500,000 acres of land, to which the State of Florida", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "is entitled, under the provisions of the 8th section, of the Act of\\nCongress of the 4th September, 1841, which was referred to this\\nOflice on the 18th iust., and for your information and guidance, I\\nherewith enclose copies of all the Circulars, which have been issued\\npursuant to said Act, together with an illustration explanatory of the\\ncontiguity required in making said selections, and have to remark\\nthat in a decision of this OiRce, submitted to Secretary of the Treas-\\nury, on the 6th September, 1843, upon a question of right, by the\\nStates of Missouri, Michigan and Arkansas, to select pre-emption\\nlands, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Treasury, on\\nthe 2d of October, 1843, concurred in the opinion, that pre-emp-\\ntion lands cannot be selected by the States, under said act that\\nthe pre-emption right is an inchoate legal title, and therefore tracts\\nclaimed under it are excluded from the category of lands liable to\\nselection under the Act of 4th September, 1841.\\nThis information is communicated to enable you to start right in\\nthe commencement of the contemplated selections, and that you may\\ninstruct your agents accordingly, and which if properly observed in\\nthe beginning, will save both the State and this office much trouble.\\nThe instructions enclosed herewith, are dated 2d of xMay, 1842,\\n8th November, 1843, and 15th May, 1844, and which have this day\\nbeen forwarded to the Register of the Land Office at St. Augustine,\\nNewnansville and Tallahassee.\\nI have the honor to be,\\nVery respectfully.\\nYour ob t serv t,\\n(Signed,) JAS. SHIELDS,\\nCommissioner.\\nCircular to Registers of the U. S., Land Offices.\\nGetveral Land Office,\\nMay 2, 1842.\\nSir Under the provisions of the 8th section of the Act approv-\\ned on the 4th September, 1841, entitled, An Act to appropriate the\\nproceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption\\nrights, the State of Florida, is entitled to select the quantity of five\\nhundred thousand acres of unappropriated public land granted to that\\nState by the aforesaid Act, for purposes of Internal Improvement.\\nIn order to efiect the due execution of the Law, I have, with the\\napprobation of the Secretary of the Treasury, to enjoin on you the\\nrigid observance of the following instructions\\nIn making these selections, it is expected that the State authorities\\nwill observe the precaution of causing all the preliminary examina-\\ntions to be made, by their duly authorised Agents, necessary to arrive\\nat certainty as to the fact that none of the particular tracts of land\\nselected by them are or can be claimed as pre-emption rights in\\nvirtue of the Acts aforesaid, or of any prior pre-emption law, other-\\nwise such interference will nidlify the selections.\\nIn case the selecting agents should be remiss in making such in-", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "dispensable preliminary examinations, much subsequent embarrass-\\nment and delay must result in adjusting the claim of the State.\\nIt is hoped, however, that the State authorities will make it a duty\\nabsolutely indispensable on the selecting Agents to visit in person\\nevery tract of land desired to be selected, and thereby ascertain, be-\\nyond doubt, whether or not a pre-emption claim can be alleged to the\\nsame, and regulate their proceedings accordingly.\\nFrom time to time, as the selecting Agents shall make reports to\\nyou of the lands selected, it will be your duty to note the same in a\\ndistinct and neat manner on the tract books and maps, in red ink\\nand also to make a record book, suitably arranged into columns,\\nwherein you are to register all the list that may be filed in your of-\\nfice, and transmit a copy of each to this office, from time to time, as\\nyou receive them.\\nThese lists are to be numbered in a regular series. So soon as a\\nlist of tracts so selected is received at your office, it will be your duty\\nto examine the same, and compare it with your books, and with the\\ndeclaratory statements, filed under the act of 4th September,\\n1841, and in case of conflict arising with an alleged pre-emption\\nclaim, you will immediately advise the Governor of the State of the\\nfact, and furnish similar advice to this office.\\nThe law provides that the locations shall be made in parcels\\nconformably to sectional divisions and subdivisions, of not less than\\nthree hundred and twenty acres in any one location, on any public\\nland except such as is or may be reserved from sale by any law of\\nCongress or proclamation of the President of the United States\\nwhich said locations may be made at any time after the lands of the\\nUnited States in said States respectively, shall have been surveyed\\naccordingly to existing laws.\\nEach of the selections made by the locating Agent, should indi-\\ncate the day when actually made, so as to enable this office to de-\\ntermine between such selection and a pre-emption claim under Act\\nof 4th September, 1841, which shall refer to the date of settlement.\\nEach parcel may be formed in any of the following modes\\nThe east, west, north, or south half of a section.\\nTwo contiguous quarters of diflerent sections.\\nFour contiguous half quarters of different sections.\\nThe half quarters are to be those designated as east or ivest half\\nquarters, as contemplated by the general law making provision for\\nthe sale of the public lands, passed on 24th April, 1820, admitting\\nof the subdivision of quarter sections only by a line running north\\nand south.\\n(The mode of subdivision into quarters of a section is not applica-\\nble to the Act of 4th September, 1841, inasmuch as it is warranted\\nby the Act of 5th April, 1832, only in reference to the peculiar kind\\nof cases referred to in the latter Act.)\\nA detached fractional section containing three hundred and twen-\\nty acres, or a greater quantity can be located but when a fractional\\nsection contains less than three hundred and twenty acres, it can only\\nB", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "10\\nbe faken in lieu of (hat quantity, unless it be contiguous to some otheT\\nbody of selections, which, witii such iiactional section shall constitute\\nnot less than thrt e hinidred and twenty acres.\\nAny nunvber of contiguous subdivisions of a fractional section,,\\ntogether constituting the quantity of three hutidred and twenty acres\\naccording to the 8i[rveyor General s plat, may be selected.\\nAn island ct)ntaining three hiuidred and twenty acres, or up\\\\vards\\nmay betaken; but if the island contains less than three hundred\\nand twenty acres, it can only be taken in^ lieu of that quantity.\\nAnnexed is a copy of a coninuniication addressed to the Secreta-\\nry of the Treasury on 2d Uecemljcr last, in reply to certain en-\\nquiries propounded bjthe Governor of Arkansas, relative to the con-\\nstruction of the Sth section of the Act of 4th September, 1841, and\\nalso a copy of the aforesaid sectioii, and a copy of the Act approved\\n1 9th March, 1842, entitled, An Act to authorise the Governors of\\nthe States of Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri, to cause to be selected\\nthe lands therein mentioned.\\n1 am, very respeclfully, your ob t scrv t.,\\n(Signed,) E. M. HUNTINGTON, Commissioner,\\nThe Register of the Land Office, at\\nGeneral Land- Office,\\nDecember 2, 1841.\\nSir I have examined the qiwistion raised in the letter of Gover-\\nner Yell, of Arkansas, addressed to you, under date of 3d Novem-\\nber, and referred to this olHcc, in relation to the construction of the\\n9th (I presume he nxcans the 8th,) section of the distribution Act,\\nauthorising the location of 500,000 acres of land, by the Legislatures\\nof the respective States mentioned in the 1st section of the Act.\\nAs the grant to the States is not one in irresenti., but dependent upon\\nthe subsequent action of the Legislatures of the respective States;\\nand inasmuch, also, as the 10th section of the same Act, grants to\\ncertain persons therein named, the riglit to enter, not exceeding one\\nhundred and sixty acres, the land settled U])on and improved by them,\\nI an) of opinion that the States have no right to select any land, to\\nwhich a valid pre-emption right exists under any of the existing laws\\nof Congress, at the time of such selection hy the Stale, nor to any\\nland which, at the date the law icas, or which, prior to such selec-\\ntion by the State, 7nay be reserved by any subsequent law of Con-\\ngress, or Proclamation by the President of the United States. Such\\nselections also must of course be confined to lands which at the time\\nof selection have been surveyed according to existing laws. The\\nparticular ground of doubt in the construction of the section referred\\nto, is not disclosedin the letter of Governor Yell but I presume wha t\\nI have expressed will embrace the question intended to be raised.\\nI am, with great respect, your ob t serv t,\\nE. M. HUNTINGTOxN, Commissioner.\\nHon. W. Forward, Secretary of the Treasury.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "il\\nSection 8, And be it fmiher enacled, That there shall be grarft-\\ned to each State specified in the first section of this Act, five hun-\\ndred thousand acres of land, for purposes of Internal Improvement\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Provided, That to each of the said States which has already re-\\nceived grants for said purposes, there is hereby granted no more\\nthan a quantity of land which shall, together with the amount such\\nState has already received as aforesaid, make five hundred thousand\\nacres the selections in all of the said States to be made within their\\nlimits, repectively, in such manner as the Legislatures thereof shall\\ndirect, and located in parcels, conformably to sectional divisions and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0subdivisions, of not less than three hundred and twenty acres in any\\none location, or any public land except such as is or raay Vjc reserved\\n*rom sale by any law of Congress, or Proclamation of the President\\nof the United States which said locations raay be made at any\\ntime after the lands of the United States in said States, respectively,\\nshall have [been] surveyed according to existing law^s. And there\\nshall be, and hereby is, granted to each new State that shall here-\\nafter be admitted into the Union, upen such admission, so much land\\nas, includiRg such quantity as may have been granted to such State\\nbefore its admission, and while under a Territorial Government, for\\npurposes of Internal Improvement as aforesaid, as shall make five\\nhundred thousand acres of land, to be selected and located as afore-\\nsaid.\\nAn Act to aulhorise the Gov ernors of the States of Illinois, Arkan-\\nsas and Missouri to cause to be selected the lands therein mentioned.\\nBe it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the\\nUnited States of America in Congress Assembled, That so much\\nof the eight section of the Act entitled, An Act to appropriate the\\n^proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands, and to grant pre-emptions,\\napproved September four, one thousand-eight-hundred and forty-one,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as provides that the selections of the grants of land made to the sev-\\neral States therein m.entioned, for the purposes of Internal Improve-\\nment, shall be made, respectively, in such m.anner as the Legisla-\\ntures thereof shall direct, is so far modified as to authorise the Gover-\\nnors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas, and Missouri, to cause the\\nselections to be made for these States without the necessity of con-\\nvening the Legislature thereof, for that purpose.\\nApproved, March 19, 184-2.\\nCircular relative to State Selections under the Act of Congress ap-\\nproved 4i/t September, 1841.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nNovember 8th, 1843.\\nSir By the 8th section of the Act approved 4th September,\\n1841, entitled, An Act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0the Public Lands, and to grant pre-emption rights, selections are\\n^required to be made in parcels conformably to sectional divisio. js", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "12\\nand subdivisions of not less than three hundred and twenty acres in\\nanyone location, (as heretofore advised in Circular \u00e2\u0080\u00a22d May, 1842,)\\nwhich selections may be made either from unoffered land or offered\\nlands.\\nIn acting on lists of selections under this Act, it has been found ne-\\ncessary at different times to reject a number of locations because\\nthey did not form compact parcels of 320 acres each, as required by\\nthe law and instructions. Such rejections are of couv e fatal to the\\noriginal selections, but it was not designed that the agents of the\\nSlates should be interdicted from embracing such rejected tracts in\\nany new selections which might be so made, as to bring the loca-\\ntions within the provisions of the Act aforesaid. You are therefore\\nhereby directed.\\n1st, Whenever application is made by the State to fake such re-\\njected tracts with other available lands ivhich together form compart\\nparcels of 320 acres each, to admit such new selection, which must\\nbe treated as an entire new proceeding, and in no way affecting the\\noriginal location, as the former stands annulled, not being in contbr-\\ninity to law.\\n2nd. New selections embracing such rejected tracts must of course\\nbe reported in a series of lists bearing numbers consecutive to those\\npreviously issued.\\n3rd. Where offered lands are embraced in rejected selections, and\\nnot re-selected, no entry of them should be allowed, except by pre-\\nemption until they shall have been advertised pursuant to the 9th\\nsection of Circular of the 1st January, 1836 unoffered lands of\\nthis class not taken by pre-emption\u00e2\u0080\u0094 must of course be reproclaim-\\ned and offered.\\n4th. You are required to prepare and keep a list with a column\\nfor remarks, of all tracts of unoffered, and also a similar list of of-\\nfered lands, which may have been, or may hereafter be rejected, and\\nif any of the rejected tracts should be rcselected, note from time to\\ntime opposite each tract the date of the reseleciion, and the number\\nof the list embracing it, and in the event of any of said rejected\\ntracts, being entered hy pre-emption, note the date of entry, with\\nsuch other remarks as may be deemed important in the case and\\nWhen the selections are completed, you will immediately furnish\\nthis office with copies of said lists, and thus afford information that\\nwill enable the Department to provide for the disposal of such of\\nsaid lands as may not have been otherwise disposed of in the mean\\ntime. I am, very respectfully,\\nYour ob t serv t,\\n(Signed,) THOS. H. BLAKE.\\nCommissioner\\nCircular to Registers.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nMay 15th, 1844.\\nSir Under the 8th section of the Act of Congress 4th Sept.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "13\\n1641, entitled An Act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of\\nthe Public Lands, and to grant pre-emption rights, numerous selec-\\ntions made by the States have been found to conflict with declarato-\\nrj statements under said act.\\nAs the (late of settlement is to govern the decision in all cases of\\nconflict, you are hereby instructed to furnish this oflice, immediately,\\nwith the date of settlement of all the declaratory statements already\\nreported to this office, which embrace lands selected by the States;\\nand in future to furnish the date of each settlement, and in a separate\\ncolumn on said abstracts, in order that this cftice may herealter be\\nenabled to settle all cases of conflict between such settlements and\\n8tate selections.\\nVery respectfully,\\nYour ob t serv t,\\n(Signed,) THOS. II. BLAKE,\\nCommissioner^\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nOctober 10th, 1845.\\nSir: In compliance with your request made in your letter of the\\n4th ult., I have the honor to transmit, herewith, a transcript (prepar-\\ned Vv ith much care), from the files and records of this oflice, showing\\nthe action heretofore had on the subject ofSeminary lands in Florida.\\nYou will perceive from notes here and there made, in appropriate\\nplaces, that copies of some of the letters referred to, cannot be fur-\\nnished, in consequence of the destruction by fire, some years since,\\nof the records and files of the Treasury Department.\\nIn reference to that portion of your letter in which you state, that\\nat first the Treasury decided that the two Townships should be\\nlocated in entire townships in a body but subsequently this was\\nchanged, and the selection in separate sections, as to one township,\\nallowed, ;c., c. I would call your attention to the letters on\\npages 2, 3 and 4, of the enclosed transcript, from Gov. Duval to\\nSecretary Rush, bearing date 9th June, 1826, and from Commis-\\nsioner Graham to Gov. Duval of 17th July, 1826. You will per-\\nceive, therefore, the reason for the course then pursued, and which\\nM as not departed from, until Congress, by the passage of the Act of\\n29th January, 1827, authorised the selections to be made in sec-\\ntions.\\nThe location of 4: or i sections, as desired by you, cannot be al-\\nlowed and the selections must be of surveyed lands.\\nNo other locations can now be made in lieu of a portion of the\\nland which has been located and approved.\\nIn conclusion, I am directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to\\nrequest you to name some person or persons to him whose appoint-\\nment, to make these selections, would be in your opinion advisable.\\nNo provision having been made by Congress for the compensation of\\nsuch Agents, none can be allowed at the Treasury. Of this fact\\nyou were advised in my communication of the 10th ult.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "14\\nWhen tlic nppoiiidnptit .shall liave l.eon mado, instructions will be\\n^mmefliately issued Id tlie agent or agcMits, as to the mode of selec-\\ndori, c.\\nWith great respect,\\nYour ob t sorv t,\\nJAS. SHIELDS,\\nConmiiss toner.\\nHis Excellency, W, D, Moseley,\\n(ioveriror of Florida, Tallahassee,\\nAct of M March, 1823.\\nThe lull section of the act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1823,\\nentitled An act amending and supplementary to the act for ascer-\\ntaining claims and titles to land in the Territory of Florida, and to\\nnrovide for the survey aiui disposal of the public lands in Florida,\\ndirects\\nI hat an entire township, in each of the districts of East and West\\nFlorida, shall be reserved iVoni sale, for the use of a Seminary of\\nliearning, to be located by the Secretary of the Treasury.\\nAct of 29th January, 1827.\\nThe 1st and 2d sections of the act of Congress, .approved 2 )th\\nJanuary, 1827, entitled An act to provide for the location of the two\\ntownships of hind, reserved for a Semiinary of Learning, in the Terri-\\ntory of Florida, and to complete the location of the grant to the Deai\\nand Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, directs\\nThat the townsliip of land reserved in the District of East Flo-\\nlida, by an act of Congress, approved the third day of March, one\\nthousand eight hundred and twenty three, for a Seminary of Learn-\\ning, shall be located east of the Apalachicola river, and may be locat-\\ned in sections, corresponding with any of the legal divisions into\\nwhich the public lands are authorized to be surveyed, so as not to in-\\nterfere with private land claims, or the rights of pre-emption and\\nthe township located west of the Apalachicola river, as directed in\\nthe aforesaid act, so far as covered by the claims of those entitled to\\nthe right of pre-emption, by the act approved the twenty-second Oi\\nApril, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. six, shall be located in\\nsections, upon any unappropropriated lands in said district of country,\\nuntil the amount taken by said interferences, shall be satisfied and\\ndischarged.\\nThat the Governor and Legislative Council of said Territory,\\nshall have power to take possession of the lands granted for the use\\nof the schools, and for a Seminary of Learning, and lease the same\\nfrom year to year and the money arising from the rent of said lands,\\nshall be ai)propriatcd to the use of schools, and the erection of a\\nSeminary of Learning, in such manner as they may direct and they\\nshall have power to pass laws for the preservation of said lands from\\nintrusion and trespass, until Florida shall be admitted into the Union\\nas a State.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "15\\nAd. of -M March, 1845.\\nBy the first section of the act of Con rrcss, appmvcd 3d Marcli..\\n1845. entitled, An act supplemental to the act for the admission of\\nFlorida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purjwses, two entire\\ntownsliips of land, in addition to the two townships already reserved,\\nfor the use of two Seminaries of Learning one to be located East\\nand the other West of the Suwannee river, ar^i granted to the said\\nState of Florida.\\nTALL.VHASSEE, May 17th, 1826.\\nHon. Richard Rush,\\nSecietary of the Treasury.\\nSir I have the honor to inform you, that I have selected town-\\nship Fifth North, of the ]leventh Range VV est, for the use of a\\nSeminary of Learning for this Territory.\\nThe Register and Receiver of the Land Office at tliis place, have\\nbeen duly notified of the selection. The other townships will be\\nselected as early as practicable.\\nI am, respectfully,\\nYour obedient servant,\\nW3L P. DUVAL.\\nTallauassee, May 21st, 1826.\\nIIoiv. Richard Rush,\\nSecretary of the Treasury.\\nSir: Having within a day or two past, understood that the town-\\nship mentioned in my letter to you of the 17th instant, was not clear-\\nly identified, I take the Itberty of explaining to you, that the town-\\nship selected by me, for the use of a Seminary of Learning for this\\nTerritory, is the Fifth Township in the Klevenlh Range North and\\nWest.\\nI am, your obedient servant,\\nW.\\\\L P. DUVAL.\\nExecutive Office,\\nMay 2Isl, 1826.\\nTo THE Register and Re( eivee\\nof the Land Office, at Tallahassee.\\nGentlemen: Having understood that the township whicli I have\\nselected for the use of a Seminary lor the Territory of Florida, as.\\ndescribed in my letter to you of the 16th instant, did not clearly iden-\\ntify the land intended to be reserved, I now explain to you, that it is\\nthe Fifth Township in the Eleventh Range, North and West.\\nI am, respectfully.\\nYour obedient servant,\\nWM. P. DUVAL.\\n[It is ascertained, on inquiry at the Treasury Department, that\\nhe record of the letter of Secretary Rush, to Governor Duval, of", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "u\\nthe 17th May, 1826, referred to below, was destroyed at the burning\\nof the Treasury building, some years since, a copy cannot, therefore,\\nbe furnished. May not the original be on lile in tiie Executive Office,\\nat Tallahassee\\nTallahassee, June 9th, 1826.\\nHex. Richard Rush,\\nSecretary of the Treasury.\\nSir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 17th\\nultimo, and regret that you deem the law on the subject of the re-\\nservation of the two townships in this Territory, lor the use of a\\nSeminary of Learning, as imperative, and strictly confining you to the\\nselection of entire townships. I have seen one law only, on the\\nsubject of a similar donation to Alabama, which is as follows And\\nthere shall be reserved from sale, in the Alabama Territory, one en-\\nlire township, which shall be located by the Secretary of the Trea-\\nsury, for the support of a Seminary of Learning, within the said Ter-\\nritory, ;c. The enactment for Florida, tor the same object, is\\nThat an entire township, in each District of East and West Flori-\\nda, shall be reserved from sale, for the use of a Seminary of Learn-\\ning, to be located by the Secretary of the Treasury. There must be\\nsome other act on this subject, passed for the benefit of Alabama,\\nthat I have not seen, as the construction would otherwise be the\\nsame on both laws. If the location (as the law requires,) is made of\\na township East of the Suwannee river, it will be worth very little\\nfor the private claims, and the actual settlers entitled to pre-emptions,\\ncover almost all the good land in East Florida.\\nUnder the restrictions imposed, it is believed that the reservations\\nwill not be worth having, unless Congress shall interpose in behalf of\\nthe Territory, before the land sales.\\nIt would be doing great injustice to the Territory, was I to attempt,\\nat this time, any further selections. I deem it, therefore, my duty to\\ndecline any further agency in this business.\\nI am, respectfully,\\nYour obedient servant,\\nWM. P. DUVAL.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nJuly 17th, 1826.\\nHis Excellency Wm. P. Duval,\\nTallahassee, Florida,\\n^ir Your letter of the 9th June has been referred, by the Se-\\ncretary of the Treasury, to this office. On reference to the act pas-\\nsed the 2d day of March, 1819, to enable the people of Alabama to\\nfoim a constitution, you will perceive that the original provisions of\\nthe original act, relative to the selection of lands for the use of a\\nSeminary of Learning in Alabama, were changed, and the discre-\\ntionary powers of the Secretary of the Treasury enlarged. In all\\ncases where po! tion.s less than entire townships have been selected", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "17\\nby the Secretary of the Treasury, for the use of the Seminary of\\nLearning, in any State or Territory, it has been done under an act\\ngranting authority to the Secretary of the Treasury, to select in speci-\\nfic quantities, of less than one entire township and I have no doubt\\nthat an application from the (lovernor and Council of Florida, Con-\\ngress would grant to the Territory of Florida that privilege, as to the\\nselection, which has been specifically granted to several of the\\nStates.\\nWith great respect, c.,\\nG. GRAHAM.\\nExecutive Office,\\nTallahassee, March 12, 1827.\\nHox. Richard Rush,\\nSecretary of the Treasury.\\nSir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter\\nof the 7th ultimo, with the act of Congress, to provide for the location\\nof the two townships of land reserved for the Seminary of Learning,\\nin the Territory of Florida, c.\\nThe contents of your letter on this subject, has claimed my imme-\\ndiate attention, and my report shall be made in conlbrmity with your\\ninstructions.\\nI regret that my report of the Township selected by rae under the\\nauthority of your letter of the 27th of January, 182(3, has been lost\\nfrom the mail, on the way to Washington. I now enclose to you\\nthe copy of the communications which I made on the 17th and 21st\\nof May, 1826.\\nI am, with high respect,\\nYour obedient servant,\\nWM. P. DUVAL.\\nIt is ascertained, on enquiry at the Treasury Department, that\\nthe record of the letters from Secretary Rush to Gov, Duval, of the\\n27th January, 1826, and 7th February, 1827, referred to above, were\\ndestroyed at the burning of the Treasury buildings, some years since\\ncopies, therefore, cannot be furnished. Are not the originals on file\\nin the Executive office at Tallahassee\\n[The selection of T. 5, N. R. 11, W., approved by the Secretary of\\nthe^ Treasury on the 1th of April, 1827.]\\nExtract from letter of Commissioner of the General Land Office to\\nto the Register and Receiver at Tallahassee, dated the 9th April,\\n1827.\\nI am also requested by the Secretary to inform you that he has\\napproved of the location of Township 5, Range 11, North and West,\\nas made by Governor Duval, for the use of a Seminary, and to re-\\nquest that you will make the necessary entries in your books, and re-", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "18\\nserve the lands from sale except so far as tliey may be claimed by\\npre-emption rights.\\n[The letter from Governor Duval of the 14lh of i\\\\Iay, 1827, ta\\nwhich the following was a reply, was returned to the Treasury De-.\\npartment, from the General Land Office, on the 1st of February,\\n1830, and was doubtless destroyed at the burning of the Treasury\\nbuilding. It is perceived, however, trom Mr. Whitner s letter to the\\nSecretary of the Treasury, of the 4th September, 1845, that he (iMr.\\nW.) has a copy of it.]\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nJune 9th, 1827.\\nSir Your leiter of the 14th of May, addressed to the Secretary of\\nthe Treasury, relative to the selections made of lands for a Seminary\\nof Learning in Florida, under the provisions of the act of the 29lh of\\n.January, 1827, is referred to me, with directions to inform you that\\nthe tbllowing selections of land made by you, east of the Apalachicola,\\nare approved, to-wit Sections 5, 7, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23 and 24, and\\nthe three quarters of Section 8, 3 N. 3 W., the other quarter of sec-\\ntion 8, having been sold. [N. E. qr. of Sec. 8, sold.]\\nSections 17, 29 and 30, in T. 2, N., R. 4, W., these being full sec\\ntions, agreeably to the intent and meaning of the law, which, as it\\nrespects the selections for this township, requires that the tracts should\\nbe selected in sections corresponding with any of the legal subdivi-\\nsions, and therefore the residue of the lands to complete the town-\\nship east of the Apalachicola, may be selected in entire legal sec-\\ntions, or in sections of a square form, composed of two contiguous\\nhalf sections, or of four quarter sections.\\nThe following sections in lieu of the lands covered by private claims\\nin the township west of Apalachicola, to-wit Sec. 14, the whole of\\n23 and 24, in T. 4, N. of R. 7, W Sec. 18, in T. 3, N. R. 9, W.,\\nand Sections 6 and 14, in T. 5, N. R. 10, W., are approved; and\\nthe selections of fractional sections 3, 10 and 13, in T. 4, N. R. 7,\\nW., and fractional section 33, 5 N. 7 VV., will be approved, provided\\nyou deem it advisable to take them as whole sections. The law re-\\nquires that the selections to be made, in lieu of the lands covered by\\nprivate claims should be made in sections, which the Secretary of\\nthe Treasury requests me to state to you, limits the selections to en-\\ntire sections, unless you should recommend that a fractional section\\nbe taken in Ueu of such entire sections.\\nWith greac respect.\\nYour obedient servant,\\nGEORGE GRAHAM,\\nHis Excellency W. P. Duval, Commissioner.\\nGovernor of Florida.\\nP. S. The fractional Section 13, 4 N., R. 7 W., being part of a\\nlarge and compact selection, will, I presume, on reconsideration of\\nthe Secretary, be calculated agreeably to the actual quantity of land\\ncontained in it, and not as a full section.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "19\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nJune 12, 1827.\\nGentlemen I enclose a copy of a letter addressed to his Excel-\\nlency Gov. Duval, and have to request that you will cause the reser-\\nvation authorized in that letter to be entered on your book as land\\nreserved for a Seminary of Learning, and advise this office of the\\nfact. I am, c.\\nGEO. GRAHAM.\\nRegister and Receiver,\\nTallahassee, Florida.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\n1st February, 1830.\\nSir I now return you the note of Mr. White, covering a reso-\\nlution of the Legislative Council of Florida, which Avas referred by\\nyou to this office, a reply to which has been accidentally delayed.\\nThe instructions to Gov. Duval, to Select the lands appropriated\\nfor Colleges in Florida, were given from the Treasury.\\nHis letter, designating the lands selected, was referred to this office,\\nand answered. [See Commissioner s letter to Gov. Duval, 9lh June,\\n1827, a copy of which is furnished, page 18.] I presume the instruc-\\ntions were entirely silent as to the alloKvancc of any compensation\\nfor making the selections, the law being silent on the subject. In\\nauthorizing ^he Governors of the States and Territories to make\\nthese selections, the Secretary of the Treasury no doubt has been\\ngoverned by the consideration that the ditference in the value of the\\nlands selected at the discretion of the Governor, and of that whicii\\nwould be selected by himself or any other United Stales officer,\\nmerely from an inspection of the Surveyor s returns, would more\\nthan compensate for any expense which the States and Territories\\nwould incur in procuring the selections to be made by actual inspec-\\ntion of the Iands\u00c2\u00bb\\nI know of no instance in which the expenses incident to selections\\nmade by the Governors of States and Territories have been allowed\\nat the Treasury, or of any law under which such an allowance could\\nbe made. A distinction might in these instances be made in respect\\nto and in favor of Territories but, if so, a special appropriation\\nshould be obtained.\\nThe papers are herewith returned,\\nI am, c.\\nGEO. GRAH.VM.\\nHon. S. D. Ingham,\\nSecretary of the Treasury.\\nTallahassee, June 21, 1843.\\nSir The Legislature of Florida at their last session passed a\\nlaw on the subject of the grant made by Congress, of two townships\\nol land for a Seminary of Learning, with a view to the applicatioH\\nof the fund to the purposes designed by the Government,", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "20\\nOn enquiry at the Land Office here, we find no designation of the\\nland, although it was undoubtedly made, and probably may be found\\namongst the papers of your Department.\\nThe late Judge Allen was selected for that purpose, and no doubt\\ndischarged the duties confided to him with fidelity. The action of the\\nLegislature on this very important subject, was imperfect,*and my\\npurpose is to bring it again before the Senate, of which I am a mem-\\nber, with all the lights to be obtained in the mean time. Will you,\\nthen, sir, do me the favor to forward to me, or to the Land Office\\nhere, copies of all the information on the subject in your office, with\\nmaps, tkc, at as early a period as practicable\\nVery respectfully.\\nYour obedient servant,\\nTHOMAS BALTZELL.\\nCommissioner General Land Office.\\nP. S. I perceive that the location of this land was directed to be\\nmade by the Secretary of the Treasury. 7 vol. acts Congress, 3rd\\nMarch, 1823.\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nJuly 17th, 1843.\\nSir Your letter of the 21st ult., has been received. The selec-\\ntions for a Seminary of Learning in Florida, were made, it is un\u00c2\u00ab\\nderstood, by or under the authority of Gov. Duval, who was author\\nised to do so by instructions issued direct from the Treasury Depart*\\nment. It appears from the records of this Office, that on the 9th\\nApril, 1827. the Register and Receiver at Tallahassee, were advis-\\ned that the Secretary of the Treasury had approved of the selection\\nof Township 5, R. 11, N. and W. for the use of the Seminary,\\nand were requested to withhold the land from sale, except so far as\\nthey may be claimed by pre-emption rights.\\nOn the 9th June, 1827, Gov. Duval was advised that the selection\\nof the following sections in lieu of lands covered by private claims,\\nin the above Township, were approved, viz\\nSections 14, 23 and 24, in Township 4, of R. 7, N. and W.\\nSection 18, 3, 9,\\nSections 6 and 14, 5, 10,\\nAlso, that the selection of the following fractional sections, for the\\nsame purpose, would be approved, provided he would agree to receive\\nthem as 7vhoIe sections, viz\\nFractional Section 3, 10 and 13, in T. 4, of Range 7, N. and W.\\nFractional Section 33, 5,\\nThe Governor was at the same time advised that the following\\nselections made by him, east of the Apalachicola, had also Iteen ap-\\nproved, viz: Sections 5, 7, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23 and 24 and the\\n3 quarters of Section 8, in Township 3 North, of Range 3, West,\\nthe other quarter of Section 8 having been sold.\\nThe Register and Receiver at Tallahassee, were further advised,", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "2\\\\\\non Uie 4th September, 1828, that the selections of sections 17\\nand 30, and fractional section 29, in township 2, north of range 1,\\nWest, had also been approved as Seminary Lands.\\nI do not lind any evidence in this office that Gov. Duval, or his\\nsuccessors, have even signified their willingness to receive the\\nfractional sections named in the letter of the 9th June, 1827, as\\nwhole sections.\\nThe quarter of section 8, T. 3, R. 3, N. and W., slated to have\\nbeen sold, appears to be the N. E. 1-4, which leaves as the lands\\napproved, the South 1-2 and North W. 1-4, in that section.\\nThe f(n-egoiiig is believed to embrace all the action had, by this\\nofnce, respecting the location of the two Townships of land granted\\nto Florida for a Seminary of learning.\\n1 enclose herewith, in compliance with your request, copies of\\nthe Township plats, in which these locations have been made.\\nOn the. plat of T. 5, R. 11, W., the several tracts entered by pre-\\nempiors in 1826 and 1827, are shaded blue.\\nOn the plats of T. 4, N. R. 7, W. 3, N. 9, W. 5, N. 10, W. 3, N.\\n3, W., and T. 2, N. R. 4, W., the selections approved by the Sec-\\nretary of the Treasure, are shaded yellow.\\nOn the plats of T. 4, N. R. 7, W., and T. 5, N. R. 7, W., the\\ntracts shaded green, represent the selection of fractional sections,\\nwhich would be approved, provided they were accepted as full seC\\nlions.\\nThe N. E. 1-4 of section 8, T. 3, N. of R. 3, W., is shaded blue,\\nas having been sold.\\nOf the selections approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, it\\nappears that the W. 1-2 of the S. E. 1-4, of section 6, T. 5, R. 10,\\nN. and W., has been inadvertantly sold and patented, and that of\\nthe fractional sections which the Governor was advised would be\\napproved, provided they would be received as whole sections, the\\nlots 1,2 and 5, in ^3, T. 5, N. of R. 7, W., have likewise been sold\\nand patented.\\nVery respectfully, your ob t. serv t.\\nTHO S. H. BLAKE, Commissioner.\\nThomas Baltzell, Esq., Tallahassee, Florida.\\nExtract from letter of the Commissioner General Land Office, to the\\nRegister at Tallahassee, Florida dated, 19th July, 1843.\\nHerewith is enclosed, for your information, a copy of a letter\\nfrom this office, dated, 17th inst., to Tho s. Baltzell, Esq., respect\\ning selections of land for a Seminary of learning in Florida, made,\\nit IS understood, by or under the authority of Gov. Duval, pursuant\\nto instructions issued direct from the Treasury Department.\\nWashington, H. R., February 21st, 1844.\\nSir It appears that only one Township of the Seminary Lands\\ngranted to Florida, has yet been located. It is deemed highly im^", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "22\\n|)ortant by the Legislature of Florida, and by those best informed\\n-upon the subject, that the location of the remaining township should\\nbe made, without delay, inasmuch as the valuable lands may all be\\nentered, if longer delay occurs, before the selections can be made.\\nI do not know what is the practice in such cases, but 1 would\\nrespectfully recommend the employment of Maj. Jas. G. Cooper, to\\nselect and locate the remaining township.\\nI have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ob t, serv t.,\\nD. LEVY.\\nHon. T. H. Blake, Commissionor G. L. OiBce.\\nGeneral Land Office, Feb. 27ih, 1844.\\nSir I have the honor to submit, herewith, for your inspection\\nand such action thereon as you may deem the subject requires, a\\nletter of the 21st inst., from the Hon. D. Levy, in which he repre-\\nsents that only one of the two townships granted to Florida for a\\nSeminary of Learning has been selected, and that it is deemed\\nimportant that the other lands should be selected without delay,\\nand recommends the employment of Maj. Jas. G. Cooper for thai\\npurpose.\\nBy reference to the 11th sect, of the Act of 3d March, 1823,\\nproviding for the survey and disposal of the public lands in Flori-\\nda, and the 1st sect, of the Act of 29th Jany. 1827, to provide\\nfor the location of the two townships of land, c., it will be seen\\nthat the Secretary of the Treasury was authorised to locate and\\nset apart one township of land East of the Apalachicola river, and\\nanother West of that river, for the Use of a Seminary of Learning\\nin that Territory.\\nThe Secretary appears to have appointed Governor Duval to\\nmake the selections, and so far as known to this office, the follow-\\ning is the result\\nFor the township East of tire tiver, there have been selected and\\napproved by the Department 1 1 3-4 sections.\\nOne eighth of a section selected for the township East of the\\nriver, has been s.old and inadvertently patented, which reduces the\\nquantity selected and approved to 11 5-8 sections, and leaves 24\\n3-8 sections to be selected for that township.\\nThe entire township 5, R. 11, N. W. was designated as the\\nselected township West of the river, but alter satisfying the claims\\nof pre-emptors, there reinained a quantity equal to only 25 5-8\\nsections. In lieu of the tracts covered by these claims, there have\\nbeen selected in other townships, six sections, leaving to be selec-\\nted 4 3-8 sections, irrespective of the fractional sections referred\\nto in my letter to Thomas Baltzell, Esq., of the 17th July last, a\\ncopy of which I enclose, as having a bearing on the subject.\\nWith great respect, your ob t serv t,\\nTHO. H. BLAKE, Commissioner.\\nHon. J. C. Spencer, Sec y of the Treasury.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "23\\nTreasury Department, Feb. 28th, 1844.\\nSir Your communication of the 27th inst., and the accompa-.\\nnying letter, addressed to you by the Hon. David Levy, relative to\\nthe appointment of an agent, to locate the residue of the two town-\\nships of land granted to Florida for a Seminary of Learning, have\\nbeen received.\\nI see no objeclion to the appointment of an agent to make the\\nlocations, but 1 think the Governor or Secretary of the Territory\\nshould be appointed to that service.\\nI will thank you to prepare and submit to me, such instructions\\nas you may deem it advisable should be transmitted to the person\\nwho may be appointed agent.\\nYour communication of the 27th inst., and the accompanying\\npapers, are herewith returned.\\nVery respectfully, J. C. SPENCER. Sec. of the Treasury.\\nTho. H. Blake, Esq., Comm r. Genl. Land Office.\\nGeneral Land Office, March 6, 1844.\\nSir In compliance with the request contained in your letter oiS\\nthe 28th ult., 1 have the honor to enclose herewith a proposed letter\\nof instructions, which I consider it would be proper to give the\\nagent you m;iy appoint to complete the selection of the Seminary\\nLands granted to the Territory of Florida.\\nWith great respect, your obedient servant,\\nTHOS. H. BLAKE, Commissioner.\\nHon. J. C. Spencer, Secretary of the Treasury.\\nTreasury Department, March 30th, 1844.\\nSir; I enclose a copy of a letter of appointment and instructions,\\nthis day transmitted to the agents authorized to complete the selec-\\ntions of the land granted by law, for the use of a Seminary of Learn-\\ning in Florida, and to report the same to this Department for its\\ndefinite action, in order that you may give the proper instructions to\\nthe local Land Oflicerson the subject.\\nVery respectfully,\\nJ. C. SPENCER, Secretary of the Treasury.\\nThos. H. Blake, Esq., Commissioner General Land Office.\\n[Copy of the letter referred to in the foregoing communication from\\nthe Secretary of the Treasury.^\\nTreasury Department. March 30th, 1844.\\nGentlemen You are hereby appointed the Joint Agents of this\\nDepartment, to complete the selections of the Land which the Sec-\\nretary of the Treasury is authorized, by the 11th section of the act\\nof Congress, providing for the Survey and disposal of the Public\\nLands in Florida, approved 3d March, 1823, to locate and reserve\\nfrom sale, for the use of a Seminary of Learning in Florida.\\nThe 1st section of the act of 29th January, 1827, providing for\\nthe location of twro Townships, for a Seminary of Learning, directs", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "24\\nthat one of them shall be located East of the Apalachicola river,\\nand the other West of that river. As a portion of the Township\\nEast of the River, there has been selected, with the approval of the\\nDepartment, a quantity of land equal to 11 f sections, and as a portion\\nof the Township West of the river, there has been selected in like\\nmanner, a quantity equal to 31^ sections thus leaving a quantity\\nequal to 24^^ sections to be selected by you on the East side of the\\nApalachicola river, and a quantity equal to 4^ sections, also to be\\nselected by you on the West side of the river.\\nIn accordance with the provisions of the act last mentioned, the\\nselections are to be made in tracts of not less than an entire section,\\ncorresponding with any of the legal divisions into which the Public\\nLands are authorized to be surveyed.\\nIn locating such sections in bodies of Land, other than those of\\ntechnical sections, two-half sections, or four quarter sections, late-\\nrally contiguous, and forming a square tract, similar to a technical\\nsection of a mile square, may be taken. When it may be deemed\\nexpedient to select a fractional section, such fractional section must\\nbe taken in lieu of an entire section.\\nAs some of the lands selected by your predecessors, were found\\nto conflict with the valid claims of pre-emptors, it became requisite\\nto strike from the selections to the extent of these conflicts, and\\nhence it is, that residuary tracts, less than entire sections, have ne-\\ncessarily been approved and also, as a further consequence of these\\nconflicts, one tract of a half section, and another one of a quarter\\nsection, yet remain to be selected.\\nTwo quarter sections, laterally contiguous, must be taken for the\\nhalf section. Should it be desirable to select one or more fractional\\nquarter sections, as a portioa of this half section and quarter sec-\\ntion, such fractional quarter section must be taken in lieu of an en-\\n?i?-c quarter. I enclose herewith, for your information and govern-\\nment, a list prepared in the General Land Oflice, of the several\\ntracts which have heretofore been selected, with the approval of the\\nDepartment, for the institution in question.\\nYou are requested, when the selections are completed, to forward\\na list (if the same to this Department, for its definitive action.\\nI have to apprise you, in conclusion, that no provision having\\nbeen made by Congress, for compensation of the service above spe-\\ncified, none can, of course, be allowed by this Department.\\nIn making the selection, it is, of course, to be understood, that you\\nare not to interfere with the rights of pre-emptors, or those who\\nhave made improveuients with a view of becoming purchasers of\\nthe land.\\nEach selection made, under these instructions, must receive the\\nassent and concurrence ot at least two of your number.\\nVerv respectfully, vour obedient servant,\\nJ. C. SPENCER, Secretary of the Treasury.\\nTo Thomas BaltzeU, Esq., Tallahassee, Walker Anderson, Esq.,\\nPensacola, Jas. G. Cooper, Esq., Nassau Co., E. Fla.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "25\\nLIST OF SEMINARY LANDS IN FLORIDA.\\nWest of River.\\nT. 5, R. 11, N. and W\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Entire section 1 E. and S. W. of\\nsec. 2 S. E. i sec. 5 N. sec. 4 W. and W. h of N. E. J-,\\nand S. E. i, sec. 6 entire section 7 S. W. j, W. S E. i-, and E.\\nN. E. i, sec. 8 E. i S. W. a, sec. 9 N. W. section 10 S. E.\\ni, and N. W. J sec. 12 E. i of N. W. t sec. 14 E i sec. 15\\nW. S. E. i, and W. N. E. i sec. 21 S. W. i sec. 22 S. h sec.\\n23; S. i and N. W. J sec. 24; entire sections 16, 17, 18, 19 and\\n20, and entire sections 25 to 36, inclusive.\\nT. 4, R. 7, N. and W.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 14, 25 and 34.\\nT. 3, R. 9, N. and VV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Section 18.\\nT. 5, R. 10, N. and W.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 N. i, S. W. i, and E. A S. E. of sec-\\ntion 6, and entire section 14.\\nEast of River.\\nT. 3, N. R. 5, W.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 5, 7, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23 and 24, and\\nS. andN. W. i of sec. 8.\\nT. 2, N. R. 4, W.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 17 and 30, and frac. section 29.\\nNote. ^On the 9th of June, 1827, Gov. Duval was advised that\\nthe selection of the (oWowing fractional sections, (as a part of the\\nTownship West of the river,) would be approved, provided they be\\ntaken as entire sections, viz\\nFractional sections 5, 10 and 13, in T, 4, N. R. 7 W., and frac-\\ntional section 33, in T. 5, N. R. 7 W.\\nThese fractional sections, or such of them as may remain un-\\nsold, can, if desirable, be now selected by the agents, on the condi-\\ntion above mentioned.\\nSubsequent to the above date, the lots 1, 2 and 5, in fractional section 33,\\nT. 5, R. 7, N. and W., have been sold.\\nMarianna, Florida, May 2rth, 1844,\\nSir The undersigned, appointed by the Hon. Secretary of the\\nTreasury, to locate such portions of the Seminary Lands as may\\ntemain to be located under the act of Congress, have selected in\\nthe Land Distiict East of the Apalachicola river, the following\\ntracts, and have reported the same to the Receiver of the Land Of-\\nfice at Tallahassee\\nThe West half of section 13,\\nThe East 14, S in T. 1, S. R. 5, E.\\nThe South 51,)\\nAlso, the North half of section 6, in T. 2, S. R. 5, E.\\nAll in the District of Lands offered for sale at Tallahassee.\\nWe have the honor to be, Sir, your ob t servants,\\nTHOMAS BALTZELL,\\nWALKER ANDERSON,\\nTo the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, Waahington.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "26\\nQuiNCY, Florida, May lOib, 1844.\\nTo the Register of the Land Office at Washington City\\nSir As the Agent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Ken-\\ntucky, I am desirous of ascertaining whether the following de-\\nscribed section of Land has ever been located for the use of the\\nsaid Asylum, to wit The West half of section thirteen^ and the\\nEast half of seclion fourteen, both in township one South, of Range\\nfive East, in the Tallahassee, Florida, District of Lands. I can-\\nnot rely with certainty upon the entries in the books of the office\\nat Tallahassee, and would therefore desire to obtain the informa-\\ntion from the office at Washington.\\nThis section of Land is reported to belong to the Asylum, but I\\nhave received no Patent for it. If it should appear that it has\\nnot been located for the Asylum, you would confer a favor by in-\\nforming me in whose name it has been entered. I am, c.\\nC. H. DU PONT, Agent of D. and D. A. Ky.\\nGeneral Land Office, June 1st, 1844.\\nSir I have to state, in reply to your letter of the 10th ult.,-ihat\\nit does not appear from the books of this Office, that the West half\\nof sect. 13, and the East half of sect. 14, in Township 1 South, of\\nRange 5 East, have been patented to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum\\nof Kentucky, or entered by any individual.\\nThe Register of Tallahassee has been written to on the subject,\\nand should it appear from his reply that our books are in error, you\\nwill be hereafter advised.\\nVery respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nTHOS. H. BLAKE, Commissioner.\\nC. H. Du Pont, Esq.,\\nAgent for the Kentucky D. and D. Asylum, Quincy.\\nGenefvAL Land Office, June 1st, 1844.\\nSir Be pleased to report to this Office, at your earliest conve-\\nnience, whether there is any evidence with you, to show that the\\nW. half of sec. 13, and the E. half of sec. 14, in Township 1 South,\\nof Range 5 East, have ever been selected, for the Deaf and Dumb\\nAsylum of Kentucky, or located or disposed of in any other manner.\\nVery respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nTHOS. H. BLAKE, Commissioner.\\nRegister of Land. Office, Tallahassee.\\nRegister s Office, Tallahassee, June 8th, 1844.\\nSir Herewith I transmit you a copy of a communication receiv-\\ned from Messrs. Thomas Baltzell and Walker Anderson, appointed\\nto complete the selections of the Land granted by law for the use of\\na Seminary of Learning in Florida.\\nVery respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nR. J. HACKLEY, Register.\\nThos. J. Blake, Esq., Commissioner General Land Office.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "27\\n[copy]\\nMay 27tli, 1844.\\nSir: The undersigned, selected and appointed by the Hon.\\nSecretary of the Treasury of the United States, to locate such por-\\ntions of the Seminary Lands as remain to be located under the act\\nof Congress, have selected in the Land District East of the Apala-\\nchicola river the following tracts\\nThe West half of section thirteen, the East half of section four-\\nteen, and the South half of section thirty-one, in Township one\\nSouth, of Range five East. Also, the North half of section six, in\\nTownship two South, of Range five East.\\nAll in the District of Lands ofl ered for sale at Tallahassee.\\nRespectfully, THOMAS BALTZELL,\\nWALKER ANDERSON.\\nTo the Receiver of the Land Office at Tallahassee.\\nRegister s Office, Tallahassee, June 2 1st, 1844.\\nSir: In reply to your favor of the 1st instant, I have the honor\\nto inform you, that there is no evidence in this office of the West\\nhalf of section thirteen, and the East half of section fourteen, in\\nTov^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nship one South, of Range five East, having been selected for\\nthe Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky.\\nOn the first of said Township, the word University is written\\nacross these half sections, and apparently afterwards crossed, which\\nI have regarded as having been selected for a Seminary of Learning\\nin Florida, and subsequently abandoned. The word University\\nha.s sometimes been used, and at other times the letter U, to in-\\ndicate in the plats of this Office, the situation of lands for said Sem-\\ninary. The Tract Book aftbrds no evidence of any selection or\\ndisposition of said lands.\\nYou will find, by reference to my communication to you of 8th\\ninstant, enclosing a copy of a notice from T. Baltzell and W. An-\\nderson, Esqrs., (together with others which appear on the plats of\\nthis office in precisely the same condition,) have been recently se-\\nlected by them for a Seminary of Learning in Florida.\\nThere are fractional sections similarly checked on the plats of\\nthis Office, which appear to have been selected by W. P. Duval,\\nEsq., while Governor of Florida, and not accepted by him, as the\\nHon. Secretary of the Treasury of the United States could only ap-\\nprove of said selection on condition that they would be received in\\nJieu of whole sections.\\nI must here ask the favor of you to advise me which course lo\\npursue, if application shall be made for the last described lands.\\nCan I withhold them from sale, or must they be brought under the\\n9th section of Circular, dated January 1st, 1836.\\nVery respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nR. J. HACKLEY.\\nThos. H. Blajce, Esq., Commissioner General Land Office.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "28\\nGeneral Land Office, August 6, 1845.\\nSir Your letter of 21st June last has been received. In reply\\nto so much of it as relates to the selection of some fractional sec-\\ntions for a Seminary of Learning, by Wm. P. Duval, Esq., while\\nGovernor of Florida, and not approved by him, as the Hon. Secre-\\ntary of the Treasury of the United States could only approve of said\\nselection, on condition that they would be received in lieu of whole\\nsections, I have to state that these fractional sections are believed\\nto be those, (3. 10 and 13, in T. 4 N., 7 W., and 33, in 5 N., 7 W.,)\\nreferred to in the lists^ enclosed to you from this office on the 3d\\nof April last, as lands which may be now selected by the agents,\\nprovided they be taken as full sections. You will for the present,\\nand until the selection of the Seminary Lands shall be completed,\\nwithhold these fractional sections from entry of every description.\\nShould the)/ not be embraced in the selections of the agents, they\\nmust then be treated in the manner pointed out in the 9th article of\\nthe Circular of the 1st January, 1836, before they can be subject to\\nentry at private sale.\\nVery respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nTHOS. H. BLAKE, Commissioner.\\nRegister, Tallahassee, Fla.\\nGeneral Land Office, September 19th, 1844.\\nSir I have the honor to return herewith a communication from\\nThomas Baltzell and Walker Anderson, bearing date 27lh May,\\n1844, reporting certain selections as Seminary Lands in the District\\nEast of the Apalachicola river, Florida. It is addressed to the\\nSecretary of the Treasury, and was referred to this Office by the\\nActing Secretary, on the 12th of June, 1814, for the Commissioner s\\ne.xamination and report.\\nAn enquiry having been made of this office by the agent of the\\nDeaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, whether two of the tracts\\nselected by Messrs. Baltzell and Anderson had not been located\\nfor the use of said Asylum it was found on examination, that the\\nfiles of this offi.ce did not evidence the fact of said location, and the\\nTallahassee oflice was addressed on the subject. From Register s\\nreply (herewith enclosed, bearing date 31st June, 1844,) it appears\\nthat there is no evidence in his office of the selection of the tracts\\nin question, for the said Asylum. Accompanying this communica-\\ntion is also a letter from the Register at Tallahassee, dated 8th\\nJune, 1844, transmitting a copy of a letter received from Messrs.\\nBaltzell and Anderson, notifying that office of their selection, as\\nSeminary Lands, of the tracts embraced in their report to the Sec-\\nretary.\\nThe tracts selected and reported are now vacant, (so far as returns,\\nhave been received at this office,) and it appearing that the selec-\\ntions have been made in accordance with the letter of instructions", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "29\\nfrom the Treasury Department, bearing date 30th March, 1844, they\\nare recommended for your approval.\\nI am, sir, with great respect, your ob t serv t,\\nJAS. SHIELDS, Comm r.\\nHon. R. J. Walker, Sec. Treasury.\\n[The Commissioner s letter (with its enclosures) was returned to\\nthe General Land Office by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the\\n23d September, 1845, with Secretary s approval of the selections\\ntherein submitted, and endorsed on the said letter.]\\nGeneral Land Office,\\nSeptember 25th, 1845.\\nGentlemen I have to inform you that the Secretary of the Trea-\\nsury has approved (on the 23d inst.) the selection of the undermen-\\ntioned tracts, for the use of a Seminary of Learning in the District\\nEast of the Apalachicola river.\\nThey were reported to this office by the Register at Tallahassee\\nin his letter of 8th June, 1844, enclosing a copy of a communica-\\ntion received from Messrs. Thomas Baltzelland Walker Anderson,\\nwho were appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury to complete\\nthe selections for the use of the said Seminary\\nWest half of section 13,\\nEast 14, In T. 1, South, R. 5, East.\\nSouth 31,)\\nNorth 6, in T. 2, South, R. 5, East.\\nYou will please to note, in ink^ upon your tract books and plats,\\nihe Secretary s approval of the said selections, in order to prevent\\nany other disposition of the lands in question.\\nVery respectfully, c.\\nJAS. GUILDS, Comm r.\\nRegister and Receiver at Tallahassee, Florida.\\nJAst of the Lands selected for a Seminanj of Learning, under ihe\\njirovisions of ihe Acts of Congress of 3d March^ 1823.\\nand 29/A of January^ 1827.\\n(west of the APALACinCOLA KIVER.)\\nAll of Section 1, Township 5, N. Range 11, W.\\nE. i S. W. Sec. 2 S. E. i Sec. 3 N. h Sec. 4 W.\\nW. I of E. I Sec. 6 all of Sec. 7 all in Township 5, N. Range\\n11, W.\\nS. W. W. i, S. E. i, E. I N. E, Sec. 8 E. S. W.\\nSec. 9 N. W. i Sec. 10 S. E. i N. W. Sec. 12 E. of\\nN. W. Sec. 14 E. Sec. 15 W. -i S. E. i, W. N. E.\\nSec. 21 S. W. i Sec. 22 S. Sec. 23 S. Jl N. W. Sec.\\n24. All in Township 5, N. R. 11, W.\\nAll of Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 31, 32,\\n33, 34, 35, 36, of T. 5, N. R. II, W.", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "30\\nAll of Sections 14, 23, 24, in T. 4, N. R. 7, W.\\nAll of Section 18, T. 3, N. R. 9, W.\\nN. E. 1 S. W. i E. i S, E. i of Section 6, T. 5, N. R. 10, W.\\nAll of Sections 14, T. 5, N. R. 10 W.\\nFractional Section 3, T. 4, N. R. 7. W.\\n(I (1 -^Q (1 (f u tt ii\\n(C U lO 11 (1 If\\n33, 5 Lots 1,2, 5, since sold.\\nApproved if taken as entire Sections, but not vet accepted by\\nFlorida.\\n(east of the apai.achicoi.a rivkr.)\\nAll of Sections 5, 7, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, in T. 3, N. R. 3, W.\\nS. E. i N. W. i Sec. 8, T. 3, N. R. 3, N.\\nAll of Sections 17, 30, in T. 2, N. R. 4, W.\\nFractional Sec. 29 W. a of Sec. 13 E. Sec. 14 S. Sec.\\n31,T. 1, S. R. 5, E. N. i Sec. 6, T. 2, S.\\nLot-38", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.m\\nA\\ntO^\\n1^^\\nV*^.\\n^o.\\ny a *;f.^\\nV .s", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "4 ^6^\\n^ov^\\n^-j\\no-\\nv\\\\.^^\\n.V", "height": "3174", "width": "1816", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS y|:|\\n014 496 796 3 |i", "height": "3364", "width": "1979", "jp2-path": "reportonseminary00flor_0058.jp2"}}