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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 23, 1856 · Chapter II

Chapter II. *for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Bernard Hemkin.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the heirs and legal representatives Heirs and representatives of Bernard Hemkin authorize

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Chap. II.— An Act *for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Bernard Hemkin.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the heirs and legal representatives Heirs and representatives of Bernard Hemkin authorized to locate certain land in Louisiana.of Bernard Hemkin be and they are hereby authorized to locate two hundred arpens of land on any of the unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the Ouachita land district in the State of Louisiana, it being in lieu of so much of the lot number four, recommended by the register and receiver of said land-office for confirmation, in their report made in July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, in compliance with an act of Congress, as has been awarded to John B.
Eddins: *Provided,* That by said location they shall not interfere with the preemptive Proviso.or other valid rights of third persons. Approved, August 23, 1856.
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