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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · May 24, 1858 · Chapter L

Chapter L. *for the Relief of the Heirs and legal Representatives of Pierre Broussard, deceased.* May 24, 1858. *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 of Pierre Broussard, deceased, late of Louis

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Chap. L.— An Act *for the Relief of the Heirs and legal Representatives of Pierre Broussard, deceased.* May 24, 1858. *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 of Pierre Broussard, deceased, late of Louisiana, be, and Claim of Pierre Broussard to land in Louisiana confirmed to heirs.they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a certain tract of land situated on the Bayou Teche, in the parish of St. Martin, in said State of Louisiana, and known on the recognized public surveys as section thirty-six (36), in township eight
(8)south, of range five
(5)east, containing about one hundred and seventy acres: *Provided,* That this confirmation shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall Proviso.not affect any adverse rights, if any such there be. Approved, May 24, 1858.
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