Chapter XXI. *to authorize the Legal Representatives of Pascal L
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Chap. XXI.— An Act *to authorize the Legal Representatives of Pascal L. Cerre to enter certain Lands in the State of Missouri.* Jan. 26, 1857. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the legal representatives Representatives of Pascal L. Cerre authorized to locate certain land in Missouri.of Pascal L. Cerre be and they are hereby authorized to locate, free of costs, on any of the public lands of the United States in the State of Missouri, agreeably to the United States surveys, subject to sale at private entry, at the minimum price, the quantity of seven thousand and fifty-six arpens of land, less such quantity of lands as they may have already ac-quired under and by virtue of the confirmatory act of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled “An act confirming claims to lands in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes,” approved July fourth, eighteen hundred 1836, ch. 361.and thirty-six; and the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, upon the receipt of the proper certificate or certificates, and upon being satisfied Vol. v. p. 126.that such claimants are such legal representatives, shall cause a patent or patents to be issued as in other cases.
Approved, January 26, 1857.