MEMORIALS. [No. 1.] A MEMORIAL to the Congress of the United States asking for an Appropriation to Pay the Unpaid Balance Awarded to Citizens of Florida under the Provisions of the Several Acts of Congress passed in furtherance of Article Nine of the Treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded February 22d, 1819. zens of Florida February 1819. WHEREAS, In Article ninth of the Treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded February 22d, 1819, the Claims of citiUnited States obligated itself to cause satisfaction to be made under treaty for the injuries, if any, which, by process of law, shall be estab- with Spain of lished to have suffered by the Spanish officers and individual Spanish inhabitants by the late operations of the American army in Florida, and Article eleven of said Treaty further provided for the payment of the same if the sum of the claims did not exceed five millions of dollars; and whereas, The Congress of the United States in furtherance of said stipulation did pass the following acts: had under An act to carry into effect the ninth (9th) Article of the Treaty concluded between the United States and Spain, ap- Proceedings proved February 22d, 1819, and an act for the relief of certain treaty. inhabitants of East Florida, approved June 26th, 1834, under and by virtue of the several acts, the Judge of the Superior Court therein named, in conformity with the spirit and letter of the said acts, and under a just and equitable construction of the same, did adjudicate said claims, decreeing a principal sum, together with interest upon the same for years at a fixed rate per cent., and did report the same, together with the evidence on which they were founded, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States; and whereas, The Secretary of the Treas ury in the conformity with the law did pay to the several claimants, whose claims had been adjudicated, or to their authorized agents, the principal sum decreed, but from some cause unknown to your memorialists declined to pay the interest, which constituted a part of the award in each case; and whereas, Your memorialists have been informed and believe that the sum so paid in part satisfaction of the said award does not exceed one and a half million of dollars; therefore Be it solicited by the Legislature of Florida, memorializing Request the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Beration.apUnited States in Congress assembled, Respectfully request that propriation. 1887 Copies. an adequate appropriation be made to pay the unpaid balance, being the interest awarded as aforesaid, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be required to pay the same. Your memorialists believe that the Congress of the United States ought in justice and equity to provide for the payment of the interest so awarded in consistency with the requirements of the Treaty aforesaid, and the several acts of Congress in furtherance thereof, and respectfully request that our Senators and Representatives in Congress present this memorial in their respective Houses, and that the Secretary of State do furnish copies of this memorial to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Approved June 3, 1887. St. Andrews' bay. [No. 2.] MEMORIAL to Congress asking an Appropriation to Dredge the Bar and Deepen the Pass at St. Andrews Bay, Florida. Your memorialists, represented by the Legislature of the State of Florida, do request as follows: That the Members of Congress representing the State of Florida in the United States Senate and House of Representatives at Washington, do use their utmost endeavors to secure the passage of a bill appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of dredging the bar and deepening the pass into St. Andrews Bay, Florida. And would further memoralize the Congress of the United Port of entry. States to declare St. Andrews Bay a port of entry. Copies. Light House. Would also ask that the Secretary of State be directed to present to each of said Members of Congress a copy of this memorial under the seal of the State. Approved June 2, 1887. [No. 3.] MEMORIAL to Congress Relative to a Light House at St. Andrews Bay WHEREAS, The rapidly increasing population of the country adjacent to St. Andrews Bay, a harbor only second in its great natural advantages to that of Pensacola, requires that it should have such aids and facilities to commerce as are granted to other ports under similar circumstances; And whereas, The commercial prosperity of this port is greatly impeded by the absence of all guides to the entrance of the harbor; therefore Be it resolved, That the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Florida ask the Congress of the United 1887 States to make a sufficient appropriation for and authorize the Request to Conerection of a light house at the entrance of St. Andrews Bay gress. and the placing of buoys on the bar. Approved June 2, 1887. [No. 4.] MEMORIAL to have an Appropriation made to make Navigable_the WHEREAS, If said river was navigable it would open up for settlement some rich lands in the State, and would be of material benefit The Legislature of the State of Florida do resolve as follows: That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be River Styx. requested to take immediate steps towards securing, and to use their earnest efforts to have an appropriation made for the purpose of cleaning out and rendering the said River Styx navigable from Moccasin Slough to Couch's Landing, distance four miles. That the Secretary of the State cause copies of this memo- Copies. rial to be sent to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Approved May 31, 1887. [No. 5.] MEMORIAL to Congress asking that a Mail Route be Established from DeFuniak Springs, Walton county, to Boggy Bayou via Alaqua, Walton county, Florida. [Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida,] That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be and are hereby requested to use their endeavors to have a mail route Mail Route. established from DeFuniak Springs, in Walton county, Florida, to Boggy Bayou via Alaqua, in Walton county, Florida, a dis tance of forty-five miles. The Secretary of State is hereby instructed to furnish copies Copies. of this memorial to each of our Representatives in Congress. Approved June 3, 1887. 1887 Mail Route. [No. 6.] MEMORIAL to the Congress of the United States. WHEREAS, The necessities of a mail route are daily becoming more apparent to the citizens of Jackson and Calhoun counties, Florida, or those of us living on the west side of the Chipola river; and whereas, Many immigrants are almost daily eoming amongst us who find themselves cut off from almost all railroad facilities; and whereas, The establishment of a weekly mail route running on the west side of the Chipola river from Marianna, Jackson county, to Wewahitchka, in Calhoun county, Florida, a distance of sixty miles, would largely benefit us; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Legislature of the State of Florida do reRequest of Con- quest the Congress of the United States to establish such mail gress. Copies. Mail Route. Copies. route. Resolved further, That onr Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to lay this memorial before Congrest and to use their influence to have this mail route established. Approved June 2, 1887. [No. 7.] MEMORIAL to Congress Asking for a Mail Route from Marianna, in SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida, That our Representatives and Senators in Congress be requested to use their efforts to procure the establishment of a tri-weekly mail from Marianna, in Jackson county, by way of Porter's Ferry, in Washington county, to St. Andrews bay, in Washington county, Florida. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of State be requested to furnish to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress a certified copy of this memorial. Approved May 31, 1887. |