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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · March 3, 1891 · Chapter 653

Chapter 653. for the relief of Patrick J

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CHAP. 653.— An Act for the relief of Patrick J. MurphyMarch 3, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Patrick J. Murphy.Relieved from operation of act prohibiting alien ownership of land. That the real estate situate in the District of Columbia purchased by and conveyed to Patrick J. Murphy, of said District, prior to the passage of this act, be, and the same is hereby, relieved and exempted from the operation of an act entitled “An act to restrict the ownership of realVol. 34, p. 476. estate in the Territories to American citizens, and so forth,” approved, March third, eighteen hundred and eighty seven, and all forfeitures incurred by force of said act are, in respect of such real estate, hereby remitted, Approved, March 3, 1891.
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