Chapter LXXVI. for the Relief of Randall D
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Chap. LXXVI.— An Act for the Relief of Randall D. Livingston.August 6, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatRandall D. Livingston confirmed in his land claim within the De Bastrop grant in Louisiana. Randall D. Livingston be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his title to a certain tract of land, lying and being within the limits of the “Baron de Bastrop grant,” in the State of Louisiana, and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a corner post in the edge of a prairie known as prairie “Mer Rouge;” running thence south one hundred and fifty poles, to two black oaks and three gums; thence east one hundred and thirty-three poles, to a hickory and gum; thence north one hundred and fifty poles, to three gums and a456THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 77, 78, 79, 80. 1856. dogwood; thence west one hundred and thirty-three poles, to the place of beginning; containing two hundred acres, being the same tract of land conveyed by A.
Morehouse to John Martin Merriwethcr, by deed, dated February first, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and five; and being, also, that part of the two tracts of land, amounting in the aggregate to four hundred acres, claimed by the said Randall D. Livingston before1851, ch. 26.Vol. ix. p. 597. the commissioners appointed under the act entitled “ An act for the settlement of certain classes of private land claims within the limits of the Baron de Bastrop grant,” &c., approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, which was not confirmed by the said commissioners.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPatent to issue. the Commissioner of the General Land-Office shall, upon the receipt of a plat and certificate of survey of the said tract of land, legally executed by the proper officer, issue a patent for the same:To operate only as a relinquishment of title of the U. States. *Provided, however,* That such patent shall only operate 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 LXXVII: for the Relief of Mrs. M. E. McKnight, Widow of Francis M. McKnight. 11 Stat. 456 1856-08-06 Chapter LXXVII 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. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 1 private
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