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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · Jan. 26, 1887 · Chapter 42

Chapter 42. for the relief of Francis Deaniead

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CHAP. 42.— An Act for the relief of Francis Deaniead.Jan. 26, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Francis Denmead.Title of United States to lands in District of Columbia released to. That the United States of America hereby quitclaims and releases to Francis Denmead, his heirs and assigns, any title or interest which the United States have, by reason of any escheat or supposed escheat, in and to the following-described real estate situate, being, and lying in the city of Washington and District of Columbia, known and designated on the public plat or plan of said city as lots numbered one, two, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, in square numbered nine hundred and twenty-four Approved, January 26, 1887.
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