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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · August 6, 1856 · Chapter LXXV

Chapter LXXV. for the Relief of Cephise Piseros, Widow of Louis Labranche, of the Parish of St

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Chap. LXXV.— An Act for the Relief of Cephise Piseros, Widow of Louis Labranche, of the Parish of St. Charles, and State of Louisiana.August 6, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatCephise Piseros confirmed in a land claim in the Parish of St Charles, La. Cephise Piseros, as heir-at-law of Jean Francois Piseros, deceased, be, and she is hereby, confirmed in her title to a tract of land in the Parish of St.
Charles, and Stale of Louisiana, situate on the left bank of the Mississippi River, of about four arpents in front, with a depth of forty arpents, bounded on the north by the claim of Jean Francois Piseros, designated as “number eighty-eight” in the report of the board of commissioners for the eastern district of the Territory of Orleans, and on the south by the lands of Adelard Fortier, designated as claim number “ four hundred and eighty-eight ’’ by the register and receiver of the land-office for the eastern district of Louisiana, in their report of March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixteen.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPatent to issue. the Commissioner of the General Land-Office shall, upon being presented with a plat and certificate of survey of the said tract of land, legally executed by the proper officer, issue a patent for the same: *Provided, however,* That such patent shall operate only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect or prejudice the rights of any third person. Approved, August 6, 1856. Chapter LXXVI: for the Relief of Randall D.
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