Chapter XXIII. for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Charles Porterfield, deceased
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Chap. XXIII.— An Act for the Relief of the legal Representatives of Charles Porterfield, deceased.April 11, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue to WilliamLand warrants to issue to William Kinney and Thomas J. Michie, executors of Robert Porterfield. Kinney and Thomas J. Michie, executors of the last will and testament of Robert Porterfield, deceased, a number of warrants, equal to six thousand one hundred and thirty-three acres of land, according to the usual subdivisions of the public surveys, in quantities not less than forty acres; to be by them located on any of the public lands which have been or may be surveyed, and which have not been otherwise appropriated at the time of such location within any of the States or Territories of the United States where the minimum price for the same shall not exceed the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; to be selected and located in conformity with the legal subdivisions of such surveys, and appropriated according to the directions contained in the last will and testament of the said Robert Porterfield, deceased, in the same manner and for the purposes directed in regard to the lands which were lost by the said legal representatives in the action with Clark and others, as decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Approved, April 11, 1860.