Chapter CCXXV. for the relief of John F
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Chap. CCXXV.— An Act for the relief of John F. Carmichael, of the state of Mississippi. May 31, 1830. *Be it enacted, &c., * That John F. Carmichael, of the state of Mississippi,Land claim confirmed. be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claims to two tracts of land, by virtue of two Spanish grants in favor of Claudio Bourgard, one dated the thirtieth of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, for one thousand arpens, the other dated sixth March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, for one thousand and thirty-four arpens, lying and being partly in each of the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, on Week’s Creek, which rises in Wilkinson county, Mississippi, and runs into the parish of Feliciana, Louisiana, through the line of demarkation dividing said states, near the Lake of the Cross, adjoining the lands of Christian Bingaman on the south; the same having been reported for confirmation by the Commissioners of the Land Office at St.
Helena, Louisiana, in their report of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the Commissioner of thePatents to issue. General Land Office, upon being presented with plats and certificates of survey of the said tracts of land, legally executed by a proper officer, shall issue patents for the same; which patents shall operate only as a relinquishment, on the part of the United States, of all right and title to said lands. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted, *That, if it shall appear to theRight to enter other land. satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that the claims, or any part thereof, herein mentioned, shall have been sold, patented, or confirmed, to any other person, previous to the passage of this act, then, and in that case, the said John F.
Carmichael shall be allowed to enter the same number of acres of the claims thus sold, patented or confirmed, to any other person, on any of the unappropriated lands in the state of Mississippi, or in the land district of St. Helena, in the state of Louisiana, that may be subject to private entry, conforming, in such entry, to the divisions and subdivisions established by law. Approved, May 31, 1830.