Chapter XC. *to confirm the Claim of William H
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Chap. XC.— An Act *to confirm the Claim of William H. Henderson, and the Heirs of Robert Henderson, to five hundred acres of land in the Bastrop Grant.* July 17, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That William H. Henderson and the heirs of Robert Henderson, of the parish of Morehouse, State of Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to five William H. Henderson and heirs of Robert Henderson’s claim to land confirmed.
Patent for same to issue. Proviso.hundred acres of land in the prairie of Jefferson, on which the said heirs reside, as represented in the report of the Register and Receiver of the Land-Office at Monroe, in their report of the thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and that a patent issue to them after a legal survey duly returned: *Provided,* That this act shall be construed only as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the claims of other persons to the same, if any.
Approved, July 17, 1854.