Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the location of the county commissioners of the county of Hillsborough, in the State of Florida, of one hundred and sixty acres of land for the county site of said county, at Tampa, viz.: beginning on the east bank of Hillsborough River, at the point where the reduced military reservation, as made by Major L. Whiting, September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, strikes the same; thence up said river, binding thereon, to a point at least half a mile in a straight line from the beginning; thence north-easterly to a point from whence a line running parallel to said straight line, and striking the line of said reduced reservation; and thence along the lines of said reservation to the place of beginning — shall include between said river and said lines one hundred and sixty acres of land; and the same is hereby granted to the said commissioners of the said county, and their successors in office, for the use of said county, the proceeds of sales to be applied to the building of a court-house and jail, and other public buildings for said county; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall cause said one hundred and sixty acres of land, granted as aforesaid, to be surveyed, and the survey confirmed, as soon as practicable; and a patent shall issue therefor to said commissioners, for the use of said county, as aforesaid, referring to this act.

Approved, July 25, 1848.