Chapter XXIII. *for the Relief of James M
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Chap. XXIII.— An Act *for the Relief of James M. Lindsay.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the claim of James M. Lindsay, of the State of Alabama, to fractional section twenty-one, township Land claim of James M. Lindsay, confirmed.six, range five, west of the Alabama River, except the south half of the southeast quarter and the south half of the southwest quarter of said section be and the same is hereby confirmed—the land herein described being the part of a reservation made to Samuel and David Hale, Creek Indians, by the treaty of the ninth of August, eighteen hundred Vol. vii. p. 120. and fourteen, between the United States and the hostile Creeks: *Provided,* That this act shall be construed to vest in the said Lindsay only Adverse rights saved.the reversionary interest of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of *bona fide* claimants other than the United States.
Approved, August 23, 1856.