 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1830 - 646 pages
...enable this court to apply its provisions to the present case. The words of the article are, that "a1l the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by his catholic majesty, &c. shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1835 - 624 pages
...anterior to the 24th of January, 1818. The article may be understood as if it had been written, that "all the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, hy his catholic majesty or his lawful authorities in the said territories, ceded by his majesty to... | |
 | Joseph M. White - Colonies - 1839 - 764 pages
...which are not private property," had private property been included in the cession of the territory. This state of things ought to be kept in view when we construe the 8th article of the treaty, and the acts which have been passed by congress for the ascertainment and... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional law - 1854 - 674 pages
...which are not private property,' had private property been included in the cession of the territory. " This state of things ought to be kept in view when...part of it is in these words : ' All the grants of laud made before the 24th of January, 1818, by his Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 696 pages
...on Trout Creek. It was made the 28th of August, 1819. By the 8th article of the Florida treaty,' all grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by his Catholic majesty, were confirmed. But all grants made since the 24th of January, 1818, when the first proposal by his... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1871 - 924 pages
...necessary to convey the Spanish officers and troops and their baggage to the Havana. ARTICLE VIII. All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by Hia on-nw ofto»a 1,0- Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities, in the said ibr.j.-u.rjS.isiB.... | |
 | George Rainsford Fairbanks - 1871 - 358 pages
...privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States." The eighth article provided "that all the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by Spain, should be ratified and confirmed to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the... | |
 | George Rainsford Fairbanks - History - 1871 - 372 pages
...privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States." The eighth article provided "that all the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by Spain, should be ratified and confirmed to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the... | |
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States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of his catholic majesty. 
