Chapter LVII. explanatory of the act entitled “An act for the relief of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war,” approved thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
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Chap. LVII.— An Act explanatory of the act entitled “An act for the relief of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war,” approved thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. March 31, 1832.[Expired.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Act of May 30, ch. 1830, 215.The provisions of the act limited. That the provisions of the act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war,” approved thirtieth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, shall not be construed to extend to any land warrants heretofore issued, which have been located, surveyed, or patented on the lands reserved and set apart for the satisfaction of the military bounty lands due to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line upon continental establishment, or for the satisfaction of the officers and soldiers of the continental army.
Sec. 2. The act of May 20, 1826, ch. 138, continued in force to June 1, 1832.*And be it further enacted*, That the provisions of the third section of the act, entitled “An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the land office,” approved twentieth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force for seven years, fromTWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 58, 64. 1832.501 and after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and the proprietors of any location, survey, or patent, contemplated by the aforesaid section, may avail themselves of the provisions of the said section, in the cases therein enumerated.
Approved, March 31, 1832.