Chapter CXIII. for the Relief of Joseph Smith
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Chap. CXIII.— An Act for the Relief of Joseph Smith.August 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatJoseph Smith authorized to locate 160 acres of land in lieu of a cancelled location. Joseph Smith is hereby authorized to locate, free of cost, one hundred and sixty acres of land, according to the legal subdivisions, on any of the public lands of the United States subject to private entry, in lieu of a location made by the said Smith on the west half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-five, and the east half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-six, in the township seven south, of range fifteen west, in the Kalamazoo land district, in the State of Michigan, as assignee of military land warrant number fifty-five thousand and ninety-nine, and which location was cancelled by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPatent to issue. the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, upon the receipt of the certificate of location from the register of the proper land-office, shall issue a patent to the said Joseph Smith, for the lands so located. Approved, August 16, 1856. Chapter CXIV: for the Relief of Samuel Forrest. 11 Stat. 466 1856-08-16 Chapter CXIV Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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