Chapter CXXXI. *for the Relief of Maria Taylor* March 3, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Mrs
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Chap. CXXXI.— An Act *for the Relief of Maria Taylor* March 3, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Mrs. Maria Taylor, wife Mrs. Marin Taylor confirmed in the title to certain land.of William K. Taylor, of the parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, claiming in her own right a certain tract of land situated in the parish of Ascension aforesaid, near its upper limits, on the left bank of the river Mississippi, containing eleven and a half arpents front by forty in depth, bounded above by the land of late Jean Louis Parent, and below by the land of late Pierre Prospere, together with the tract immediately adjacent to and back of said front tract, containing a front of twelve arpents, by forty additional arpents depth, with such diverging of the lateral lines as to embrace an area of five hundred acres, be and she is hereby, confirmed Proviso.in the title thereto: *Provided,* That this act shall only be construed as a relinquishment of the government of all claim to said tract of land:
Proviso.*And provided also,* That this act shall not operate against the claim of any third person to said tract of land. Approved, March 3, 1853.