1822 - Edocs

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ame, nor to receive for cu posit in their said offices any
pupei or document, which snail nut at .ic t n«e oi tr«eir
entering upon the duiies oi' their offices, be found in._lh.e_,
q fh ces o Ljne_jjresent Alcades of St. A ugustme and Pe n-
sacola; and any keeper of the public archives vio;at7h'g
the provisions of this section of the act, or intentionally Punishment of offi.
giving a iaise copy of any original paper or document, CLTS.
and certifying the same to be tiue, shall forfeit ana pay
for each and every offence, so committed, a sum of money
not exceeding five thousand nor less than one hundred
dollars at the discretion of the judge of the Court, before
whom he shall be convicted, to be recovered in the n~me
of the Territory before any court of record in this territory,
and shall moreover be liable to an action for damages at
the suit of the party, or parties, who may sustain any
damage or injury thereby.
4. Be it further enacted, That the keeper of the public
archives in Fensacola shall execute a bond with security
Givebond, with
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to be approved of by the jiuiee of the Circuit Court of the
Counties of Escambia and Jackson, and to be deposited
in tii° office of the Secretary of the Territory, in the penalty
of five thousand dollars payable to tht Governcw of
Florida or his successors in office, conditioned for the
faithful discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, and
the keeper of the public archives in St Augustine shall
execute a like bond to be deposited as aforesaid, and to be
approved of by the judge of the Circuit Court for tne
Counties of Duval and St. Johns.
5. Be it further enacted, That, the said keepers of the To take an oath.
public archives shall each severally take on oath or affirmation,
before any person in this Territory qualified by
law to administer the same, faithfully to do and perform
the duties of his office enjoined by this act, a certificate of
which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the
clerk of the Circuit Court for the County in which said
oath or affirmation shall have been taken.
6. Be it further enacted, That, the said keepers of the KnoYs & c . tobe
public archives shall cause all such papers and documents
as are the subjects of usual reference, to be bound
in a book or books and for defraying the expense thereof
a sum of money not exceeding two bundled dollars, be
and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moi ?y in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be placed at
the disposal of the said keepers of the public archives;
one hundred and twenty dollars, to be expended bv the
keeper of the public archives at St. Augustine, and eighty
dollars to be expended by the keeper of the public archives
at Pensacola, who shall severally aeeoi«nf for the
expenditure of the same to the proper accounting officers
of this Territory.
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