Chapter 228. for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Israel Dodge, deceased
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CHAP. 228.— An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Israel Dodge, deceased.June 15, 1880. Whereas, it appears that the claim of Israel Dodge, or his legalPreamble. representatives, was confirmed by the act of Congress entitled “An act to confirm certain land-claims in the State of Missouri”, approved June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, to the extent of seven thousand and fifty-six arpents, equal to six thousand and two acres find fifty-hundred the of an acre, and that on the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, a certificate of location number two was issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office in full satisfaction of said claim of Israel Dodge, erroneously reciting the act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, as the authority for the issue of said certificate: and Whereas it appears that certain tracts of land subject to location and entry under the provisions of the aforesaid act of June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, have been duly entered under and by virtue of said certificate, and in part satisfaction thereof:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Heirs and legal representatives of Israel Dodge, deceased.Relief of., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue patents to such of the legal representatives of Israel Dodge, deceased, as may be entitled to them, for lands entered under and by virtue of certificate of location number two, erroneously issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, to the legal representatives of said Israel Dodge, as under and by virtue of act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred 1858, ch. 81, 11 Stat., 294.and fifty-eight with the same effect as though said lands had been entered under and by virtue of a certificate duly issued in accordance with the provisions of the second section of the act of June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty: *Provided,* Said entries be 1860, ch. 177, 12 Stat., 866, *Proviso.*found free from objection in every other particular, and that for the remainder of the land yet authorized to be located under said certificate upon the surrender thereof, he issue to the legal representatives aforesaid, who may be legally entitled thereto, certificates of location in quantities not to exceed eighty acres and subject to all the provisions of said act of June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, each of which may be located upon any lands not mineral, of the United States, subject to entry under the laws thereof, and the lands located therewith patented in like manner as other public *Proviso.*lands of the United States: *Provided,* That the location in each case shall conform to the legal subdivisions of the public surveys.
Approved, June 15, 1880.