United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 86
Chap. LXXXVI.—An Act to relieve the people of Florida from the operation of certain ordinances.
An ordinance of July 18, 1821, providing for the naturalization of the inhabitants of the ceded territory, and an ordinance of Oct. 17, 1821, imposing certain taxes, &c., repealed, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an ordinance numbered three, made and passed on the eighteenth of July, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, by Major General Andrew Jackson, governor of the provinces of the Floridas, entitled “An ordinance providing for the naturalization of the inhabitants of the ceded territory;” and an ordinance passed by the city council of St. Augustine, on the seventeenth of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, imposing and lying certain taxes on the inhabitants, and all other laws, ordinances, or resolves, so far as they enforce or confirm the same, be, and the same are hereby, repealed and declared null and void.
Any person attempting to enforce any of the ordinances repealed, &c. to be punished by fine and imprisonment.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall attempt to enforce any of said laws, ordinances, or resolves, by demanding and receiving any tax, imposition, or assessment, authorized or prescribed thereby, such person shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment, not exceeding six months, either or both of said punishments.
The President to cause moneys paid under the repealed ordinances, &c. to be refunded.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall, in such manner and under such regulations as he may direct and prescribe, cause to be refunded to any person any sum of money which he may have paid under or by virtue of either of said laws, ordinances, or resolves.
This act in force from June 1, 1822.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of June next.
Approved, May 7, 1822.