Chapter CLXVIII. *for the relief of Thomas M
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Chap. CLXVIII.— An Act *for the relief of Thomas M. Burland.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Thomas M. Burland be, and is hereby, confirmedLand purchase confirmed. in his purchase of fractional lot number one, of section twenty-eight, in township number seventeen north, range thirteen east, entered and paid for by him at the land office at Monroe, in the district for the sale of lands north of Red River, in Louisiana, containing one hundred and forty-six acres and fifty-eight hundredths of an acre, and that a patent be issued to him for the same.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the register of the land office at Monroe,Other land to be reserved for use of schools. in the district aforesaid, shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, designate in some other place, and reserve for the use of schools in the aforesaid township, a fractional section, or quarter section, or lot, as nearly equal as may be in quantity and value to that hereby confirmed to said Burland, and notify the school administrators of the parish in which said township may be, of such designation and reservation as soon as it shall be made.
Approved, March 3, 1839.