Chapter 202. for the relief of Nancy A
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CHAP. 202.— An Act for the relief of Nancy A. Herrick, of Rochester, New York.June 14, 1878. Whereas, Nancy A. Herrick, under and in virtue of the homesteadPreamble. laws, is entitled to a patent for the land hereinafter described; and Whereas, under the circumstances of the case, the decision of the Secretary of the Interior, in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, that she was not so entitled, was and is erroneous: Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*June 14, 1878., That theNancy A.
Herrick.Homestead patent to issue to. proper officer of the Government of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue and deliver to Nancy A. Herrick, widow of J. F. Herrick, deceased, a patent in due form for the northeast quarter of section thirteen, in township one hundred and one, range thirty, containing one hundred and fifty-one and sixty hundredths acres of land, at East Chain Lakes, Minnesota. Approved, June 14, 1878.