THAT Jose Argote Villalobos Maria Rose, Francois Felix, Marquis de Fougeres, or their heirs or legal representatives, or such thereof as may be deemed to be proper parties therefor, may within one year from the pass-age of this act, institute an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from a certain decree of the Superior Court of the District of East Florida in the late Territory of Florida rendered on the tenth day of September one thous-and eight hundred and thirty eight in favor of the United States rejecting a certain claim or grant for certain lands in said State, and which decree is now in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida, the same as of the time limited by law for taking said appeal had not elapsed, and as if said Supreme Court had not been abolished by the admission of the State of Florida into the Union; and said Supreme Court shall have juris-diction of said appeal and proceed to hear and determine such appeal, the same as if the appeal heretofore taken and dismissed by said

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Supreme Court on account of error in the proceedings respecting said appeal by the officers of said Superior Court, had not been irregular; it appearing that some of said parties have died, some ^are^ residents of France, and some minors, and that delay in taking said appeal in due time has been occasioned thereby.

Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 215) entitled “An ActFor the relief of Jose Argote Villalobos, Marie Rose, Francois Felix, Marquis de Fougeres, or their heirs or legal representatives. do pass with the following

Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert–

“That Jose Argote Cillalobos, Maria More, Francois Felix, Marquis de Fougeres, or their heirs or legal representatives, or such thereof as may be deemed to be proper parties thereof, may within one year from the passage of this act, reinstate, or have reinstated on the docket of the Supreme Court of the United States an appeal to the said Supreme Court from a certain decree of the Superior Court of the District of East Florida in the late Territory of Florida rendered on the tenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in favor of the United States rejecting a certain claim or grant for certain lands in said State, and said Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction of said appeal and proceed to hear and determine such appeal, the same as if the appeal heretofore taken and dismissed by said Supreme Court or Court of error in the proceedings respecting said appeal by the offices of said Superior Court, had not been irregular, and as if the time limited by law had not elapsed:

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it appearing that some of said parties have died, some residents of France and some minors and that delay in taking said appeal in due time has been occasioned thereby.”