Chapter CXVII. *for the Relief of Manuel Hernandez.* July 27, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Manuel Hernandez be, Manuel Hernandez to locate 800 arpens of land on the public lands of Florida.and he is hereby, authorized t
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Chap. CXVII.— An Act *for the Relief of Manuel Hernandez.* July 27, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Manuel Hernandez be, Manuel Hernandez to locate 800 arpens of land on the public lands of Florida.and he is hereby, authorized to locate, not to exceed eight hundred arpens of land, French measure, according to the legal subdivisions, on any of the public lands in the State of Florida, subject to private entry, which shall be in full compensation for all the damages he may have sustained in being dispossessed of eight hundred arpens of land, about three miles distant from the mouth of the Escambia River, lying and situate between the lands of Joseph Noriega and those of the free mulatto named Charles, being the same lands that were granted to Joseph Hernandez, deceased, by the Spanish Government, on the eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and seventeen.
Patent to be issued. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Commissioner of the General-Land-Office, upon the receipt of the certificate of entry from the register of the proper land-office, shall cause to be issued a patent for the lands authorized to be located by this act. Approved, July 27, 1854.