is engaged in constructing under the provisions of said act of January 6th 1855 the
part of the line between Amelia Island and the waters of Tampa Bay which extends
south from Waldo, the point at which the extension to Cedar Keys leaves the main
line to Tampa and that some of the odd numbered sections lying along said line
which were so granted and to which said is by said grant entitled have been
inadvertently sold by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund and the
proceeds of such sales appropriated to the use of the Trustees; and that the
peninsular Rail road Company has consented to accept other lands within the six miles
limit in Substitution of the lands so sold by the said Trustees and that the
said Peninsular Railroad Company and the said Trustees have found upon investigation
that the lands in odd numbered sections specified in schedule appended to the
petition marked (A) were so illegally sold by the Trustees and have agreed that the
lands specified in Schedule marked (B) also appended to said petition should
be substituted for the lands so improperly sold and be accepted by the said Company
in lieu thereof and in full Satisfaction therefor - Therefore it is ordered and
adjudged that the said Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of
Florida be authorized and they are hereby authorized to Substitute to the said
Peninsular Railroad Company the said lands described and specified in the
exhibit list marked (B) in the place and stead of the lands described and
specified in the exhibit list marked (A) and to execute such instrument as may
be necessary to effectuate the order and authority herein contained" Which said order
was signed by Thomas Settle Judge of said Court And whereas the Peninsular
Railroad Company has furnished to the Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Fund of the State of Florida satisfactory evidence that it has completed and
equipped the line of road from Waldo to Ocala being a portion of the line
from Amelia Island on the Atlantic to the waters of Tampa Bay indicated in the
act of January sixth eighteen hundred and fifty-five as one of the works of
improvement to be aided from the Internal Improvement Fund and that said
road has been constructed and equipped according to the provisions and
specifications of said act and the amendments thereto.
And whereas the lands herein after mentioned and described and hereby
granted and conveyed lie within six miles of the Peninsular Railroad and
are described and specified in the exhibit list marked (B) referred to in the
foregoing order of the United States Circuit Court and thereby authorized to be
substituted for the lands within the odd numbered Sections within Six miles of
said road which had been sold by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement
Fund: Now therefore know all men by these Presents That the undersigned
the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida
for and in consideration of the premises and in compliance with said
order of said Court have given and granted and do by these presents
give grant and convey unto the Peninsular Railroad Company and its successors
and assigns forever the following described Lands to wit: The East half of
the North East quarter, the North West quarter of the North East quarter and the North
half of the North West quarter of section Four The East half of the South East
quarter of Section Eight The West half of the North west quarter of Section
Twenty The West half of the North West quarter of Section Twenty-Two
The North half of the North East quarter the East half of the North West
quarter the South west quarter of the North West quarter and the North
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