Chapter VII. *for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Mrs
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Chap. VII.— An Act *for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Mrs. Magdalene Broutin, widow of De la Ronde.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled,* That the claim of the Heirs and legal representatives of Mrs. Magdalene Broutin, the widow of Don Land claim of heirs &c. of Magdaleno Broutin confirmed.Pedro de la Ronde, be and the same is hereby confirmed to a tract of land in the Greensburg district, parish of St.
Tammany, Louisiana, fronting on the west bank of Pearl River, at about ten miles from its fall into the Rigolets; containing two thousand superficial arpents, as represented on the plat of survey made by Carlos Trudeau, and annexed to the title deed granted by Don Juan Ventura Morales, intendent or superintendent general of the province of West Florida, to Mrs. Magdalene Broutin, widow of De la Ronde, on the nineteenth January, eighteen hundred and, four: *Provided, however,* That this act shall only operate as a relinquishment forever on the part of the United States to the said lands; and shall THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 8, 9, 10, 11. 1856. 479not interfere with adverse valid rights of other persons, if such exist, to any part of the land embraced in the claim and survey aforesaid. Approved, August 23, 1856.