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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 10 STAT. · Aug. 1, 1854 · Chapter CLXXV

Chapter CLXXV. *for the Relief of A

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Chap. CLXXV.— An Act *for the Relief of A. G. Penn.* Aug. 1, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That A. G. Penn, of the A. G. Penn authorized to enter, by way of preemption, a certain quarter of land upon paying $1.25 per acre. Proviso.parish of St. Tamany, Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, by way of preemption, the southwest quarter of section twenty-three, township six south, of range ten east, in the Greensburg Land District, State of Louisiana, upon his paying therefor, to the proper officer of the land-office, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: *Provided, however,* That this act shall not be so construed as to interfere with any adverse claim to the land hereby authorized to be purchased, if any such there be.
Approved, August 1, 1854.
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