Chapter 82. to confirm the title of Charles Olivier Duclozel to certain lands in the State of Louisiana
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CHAP. 82.— An Act to confirm the title of Charles Olivier Duclozel to certain lands in the State of Louisiana.May 5, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Charles Olivier Duclozel.Title to lands confirmed. That a certain tract of land, of ten arpents front by forty arpents in depth, on the west side of Bayon Teche, being section seventy-nine, in township ten south, of range six east, in the State of Louisiana, as per plat of the United States consolidated land-office, district of Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, con firmed to and in Charles Olivier Duclozel, his heirs or assigns.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior of the United States is hereby authorized,Patent to be issued.*Proviso.* directed, and required to issue a patent for the lauds aforesaid, herein described, to said Charles Olivier Duclozel: *Provided,* That this act and the said patent shall be considered and construed only as a quitclaim on the part of the United States of such title only as the United States have a legal and equitable right to convey, and shall not affect the rights or interests of any other claimants, or affect or preclude any judicial investigation.
Approved, May 5, 1880.