Chapter 224. For the relief of William Hendershott, of Butteville, Oregon
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CHAP. 224.— An Act For the relief of William Hendershott, of Butteville, Oregon.August 4, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William Hendershott.Patent to issue for donation land claim, Oregon. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, directed, on application of William Hendershott, of Marion County, Oregon, and on proof being made by the said Hendershott to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the land hereinafter described was, in November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, filed upon at the OregonVol. 9, p. 406.
City land office, in the State of Oregon, as a donation land claim under the Act of Congress approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, by Louis Forcier; that he resided upon and cultivated the same for four consecutive years; that he proffered final proof to said land office in eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and that such proof was rejected for the reason that he could not establish the fact that he was a citizen of the United States; and further, that he, William Hendershott, was a purchaser in good faith of said premises by mesne conveyances from said Louis Forcier, and that he is in possession of and has made valuable improvements thereon, to issue to him, the said William Hendershott, his heirs and assigns, a patent for the following-described pieces and parcels of land, to wit:
Lots one, two, three, and four in section twenty-one, township four south, of range one west of the Willamette meridian, containing ninety-seven acres, in the Oregon City land district, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon. Approved, August 4, 1894.