1822 - Edocs

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AN ACT
Supplementary to an act entitled " an act to raise a revenue for the
onies in the
1.
Territory of Florida.
Be it enacted by the Ciovevnor and Legislative Coun-
jjids of clerks. cil of the Territory of Florida, That, any sums of money
constituting part of the revenue of this Territory, which
may be paid to the clerks oi the respective counties, or
which may be in the hands of the collectors, previous to
the first day of July next, may be appropriated to the immediate
puymentof the Territorial expenses,
jbursed on war- 2. Be it further enacted, That, the cherks or collectors
it of the Gover- aforesaid, on a warrant sgned by the Governor, or in his
absence, by the Secretary of the Territory, shall authorize
said clerks or collectors to pay to the person therein
named, the sum of money therein expressed, and said
warrant shall be a sufficient voucher of the payment ol
said money, and shall be Received by the Treasurer, and
credited to their account, on their settlement with him
for the revenue.
EDMUND LAW,
President of the Legislative Council.
[J/i/irovcd September \1 th, 1822.]
WM. P. DUVAL. "
Governor of the Territory of Florida.
TEST,
ROBERT MITCHELL,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.
AN ACT
Concerning- seamen in merchant service,
amen desertine". ** ^e ** enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council
of the Territory of Florida, That if any seaman or mariner
who shall have signed acontractto perform a voyage
on board of any merchant ship or vessel either of
the United Sutes, or of any foreign power whatsoever,
shall at any port or place withm this territory, desert or
shall absent himself from such ship or vessel, without the
leave of the master or other officer, commanding in the
absence of ihe master, it shall be lawful for any justice of
the peace of any county or corporation within this Terri-
tory, upon the complaint of the master, or such other officer
commanding in tne absence of the master, to issue his
warrant to apprehend such seaman or mariner and bring
him before such justice, and if it shall appear by due proof
that such seaman or mariner has signed a contract, as a-
fo re said, and that the voyage agreed for is not finished,
altered or the contract otherwise dissolved, and that the
seaman or mariner lias deserted the ship or vessel, or has
absented himself without leave, the said justice shall
commit him to the jail of his county or corporation, there
to remain until such ship or vessel shall be ready to pro-