Chapter 180. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to correct an error in an Indian allotment
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CHAP. 180.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to correct an error in an Indian allotment. May 10, 1920.[[H. R. 9615](/us/bill/66/hr/9615).][[Private, No. 57](/us/pvtl/66/57).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That for the purpose of correcting Henry E. Thomas.Land patent in fee to.an error made in the allotment on the public domain of Domatil E. Lafournaise, an Indian of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, whereby the same is in conflict with the allotment of Jenoir Brien, a member of the same band, and to clear title to the land allotted to Jenoir Brien, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue a patent in fee to lot five of the southeast quarter of section six, township one hundred and fifty-nine north, range one hundred and three west of the fifth principal meridian in North Dakota, in favor of Henry E.
Thomas, holder of a deed to the allotment Condition.of Domatil E. Lafournaise (now Patnaude); said patent to issue upon the execution by Henry E. Thomas of a quitclaim deed in favor of E. L. Hugelen, purchaser of the allotment of Jenoir Brien, covering lot three of the same section allotted to Jenoir Brien and erroneously included in the allotment of Domatil E. Lafournaise. Approved, May 10, 1920.