Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-12
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the I'd Session ofthe 27M Congress
[PUBLIC-No. 25.1

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AN ACT confirming certain land claims
in Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States OF
America, in Congress assembled That
the claims to land within the land district
of New Orleans, being numbers six, seven,
eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, four
teen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen twenty, twenty-one, thirty, thirty
four. thirty five, thrty-eight, forty-seven,
forty-eight, fifty-seven, ffty-nine, sixty,
sixty one and sixty-two, of the two reports
of the register and receiver of said land
district, dated fourteenth of December
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and Sec
ond of November, eighteen hundred and
thirty-seven, and made under the provisions
of the act of the sixth of February, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty five, entitled can
act for the final adjustment Of claims to
lands in the State of Louisiana" be, and
the same are hereby, confirmed: Provided;
always, That this is only to operate as a
quit claim on the part Of the United
States.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise disposed of, to be used by the
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
in paying the expenses of a copy Of all
the documents of record, and offered be-
fore the register and receiver of the New
Orleans land district, in support of the
land claims reported upon by them, and
which are not confirmed by this act.
t,,I h. - Ia, cd hot
claims numbers two, five, eight, nine, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, seven
teen, nineteen, twenty-five, twenty-six,
thirty-four, thirty-fve. thirty-six, thirty
eight, forty and forty-six, of the report of
the register and receiver of the Ouachita
land district, in the State of Louisiana,
dated the twenty fourth day of July,
eighteen hundred and thirty seven, and
made under the provisions of the act of
the sixth day Of February, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-fve, are hereby confirmed
for six hundred and forty acres each.
Sec. A. And be IL further enacted, That
numbers one, four, seven, fifteen, eighteen,
twenty, twenty-three, twenty-nine, thirty,
thirty one, thirty-seven, and forty eight OF
said report, are also confirmed, as recon-
mended by the register and receiver; num-
Der three, is confirmed to two thousand
acres, number twenty four TO one thousand
acres, and number forty-fve to two hun
dred acres: Provided, That this act shall
amount only to a REIMBURSEMENT on this
part of the United States, and shall in no
manner affect the rights of third persons,
and, on the presentation to the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office of q
plat of survey duly approved by the sur
veyor general of the State of Louisiana,
the claimant shall be entitled to patent.
Sec. 5. And be ii further enacted, That
claims numbers ten, eighteen, nineteen,
and twenty, of the list reported by the reg
lister and receiver of the land office at
Greensburg, formerly st. Helena, under
the provisions Of the act of Congress of
the sixth day of February, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-fve, entitled can act for
the final adjustment of claims to lands in
the State of Louisiana" be, and the same
are hereby confirmed; and upon the pre-
sentation TO the Commissioner of the Gen.
eral Land Office of a plat, approved by
the surveyor general of Louisiana, the
owner or owners of said claims shall be
entitled TO patent.
Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted, Thai
claims numbers seven and eight of the
list mentioned in the preceding section
are also confirmed, giving the right to the
claimants to locate the same within one
year after passage of this act, on any
public lands subject to sale at private en-
try, in the district where said claims are
situated; which location, approved and Ger.
tilted by the surveyor general of Louisiana
10 the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, will entitle said claimants TO pat,
ent: Provided, Said claimants shall, pre-
vious to making said location, relinquish
TO the United States their claims to the
lands originally claimed by them.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, Thai
the claims to land within the district south
of Red river, being numbers thirty-three
thirty-fve, forty-five, ffty-two, seventy
seven. seventy nine. cighty.sevcn, ninety