1822 - Edocs

[Appeal to the superior
court.
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Guratoi .
B*se the sheriff.
(occupant of public
lands to enjoy improvements.
Proviso.
Improvements
transferable and
liable to execution.
Proviso
144
50. Be it further enacted, That, if any person or peisons
shall oe aggrieved with any definitive judgment, or
sentence of the circuit court, with respect to any matter
relating to the administration of any estate, or the guardianship
of any persons estate or body, it shall be lawful
for them or him to appeal from the same to the superior
court ; which appeal upon security given, as in other ca-
ses, shall be granted accordingly. And such appeal shall
be a supersedeas to all further proceedings in the court
below, until the same is determined.
51. Be it further enacted, That, when any person shall
die intestate, and there be no relations in the country, the
clerk or court shall appoint a curator to take charge of
the intestates estate, untilletters are granted to an administrator,
and if the said court do not appoint a curator
the sheriff shall ex-officio, t^fce,. possession , of the goods,
chattels and live stock and be accountable for the same,
to the administrator at the end of twenty davs, and shall
make an inventory of the said property, ,and return the
same to the clerk or circuit court.
EDMUND LAW,
President of the Legislative Council.
i ' Jlflgfa-oied September 16M,' :
18 22.~
\VM. P. DUVAL,
Governor of the Territory of Florida,
TEST,
ROBERT MITCHELL,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.
AN ACT
Concerning improvements made on public lands.
1* Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council
of the Territory of Florida, That, all persons making
improvements on the public lands within this Territory,
so long as they continue to possess or occupy the same,
shall enjoy the free and undisturbed use of such improvements.
Provided, that, n© such occupant shall exercise
any exclusive right and privilege over any part of said
lands not embraced within the limits of his cr her enclo-
sure.
2. Be it further enacted, That, the right and interest
in said improvements, shall be transferable under the
rules and regulations prescribed for the $ale or transfer
of real estate within this Territory, and tliatsaid improvements
shall be liable to execution and sale for the payment
of the debts of the owner or owners thereof. Provided
that no part or parts of this act, shall be so construed,
as to vest in the purchaser or purchasers of said improvements,
any legal right to the soil on which the said improvements
are made, or o effect any dispositions which