Chapter C. for the relief of the legal representatives of Peter Celestino Walker and John Peter Walker, deceased, and of Joseph Walker, of the state of Mississippi
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Chap. C.— An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Peter Celestino Walker and John Peter Walker, deceased, and of Joseph Walker, of the state of Mississippi. March 2, 1831. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the legal representatives of Peter Celestino Walker, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter andRepresentatives, &c. authorized to enter certain lands. locate on any of the public lands of the United States, in the state of Mississippi, which have been offered for sale at public sale, and are now subject to entry at private sale, the quantity of five hundred acres of land, by legal subdivisions, in lieu of the quantity of five hundred acres 464 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 101, 102. 1831. of land granted to the said Peter Celestino Walker, by the Spanish Government by warrant, and order of survey, which has been sold by the United States. And that the legal representatives of John Peter Walker, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter and locate on any of the public lands of the United States in the state of Mississippi which have been offered for sale, and are now subject to entry at private sale, five hundred acres of land, in legal subdivisions, in lieu of the quantity of five hundred acres, granted to the said John Peter Walker, by the Spanish Government by warrant and order of survey, which has been sold by the United States.
Sec. 2. Joseph Walker authorized to locate a tract of land. *And be it further enacted, *That Joseph Walker be, and he hereby is, authorized to enter and locate on any of the public lands of the United States, in the state of Mississippi, which have been offered at public sale, and are now subject to entry at private sale, five hundred acres of land, by legal subdivisions, in lieu of five hundred acres granted to the said Joseph Walker by the Spanish Government, by warrant and order of survey, which has been sold by the United States.
Approved, March 2, 1831.