Chapter CLXXII. for the Relief of Eben S
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Chap. CLXXII.— An Act for the Relief of Eben S. Hanscomb.June 21, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Eben S. Hanscomb be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter the southeast quarter of sectionEben S. Hanscomb may enter land in Minnesota, &c. sixteen, township twenty-eight north, range twenty-four west, in the district of lands subject to sale at Forest City, State of Minnesota, upon the payment by said Hanscomb of the usual minimum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is directed to issue a patent on said entry: *Provided, however,* that no *bonâ fide* claim, or right of any other parties, or of the State of Minnesota to said land, shall be in any wise prejudiced or affected by the terms of this act, until their assent shall have been first obtained.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the superintendent of publicSuperintendent of schools to select land in lieu thereof. schools in the State of Minnesota is authorized to select an equal quantity of other lands in said State, for the use of public schools, in lieu of the lands herein granted. Approved, June 21, 1860.