Chapter CLXXIX. *for the relief of certain settlers, living on what is called the Salt Lick reservation, in the western district of Tennessee.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the state of Tennessee be, and she is hereby, authorized to issue grants, and perfect titles, to the vacant and unappropriatedTenne
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Chap. CLXXIX.— An Act *for the relief of certain settlers, living on what is called the Salt Lick reservation, in the western district of Tennessee.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the state of Tennessee be, and she is hereby, authorized to issue grants, and perfect titles, to the vacant and unappropriatedTennessee authorized to issue grams, &c. of vacant land in the western district. land in the western district of Tennessee, which lies within a tract of land of four miles square upon both sides of Sandy river, commonly called the Salt Lick reservation, and which is described in the fourth article of the treaty of Old Town, concluded on the nineteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, between the United States and the Chickasaw nation of Indians: *Provided, nevertheless*,Proviso.
That in issuing said grants, and perfecting said titles, the same shall be done in conformity to those rules, regulations, and restrictions which were heretofore prescribed by the Tennessee Legislature, for locating, entering, and satisfying land warrants, and extinguishing the North Carolina claims in said western district: *And provided, also*, That allProviso. those persons, their heirs, or legal representatives, who were seated down and in the actual possession and cultivation of any piece or parcel of land within said reservation, at or before eighteen hundred and thirty, shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits in entering and obtaining grants for their respective parcels of land, which have been extended from time to time by the laws of Tennessee to occupant settlers in the other parts of said district, without the limits of the reservation aforesaid: *And provided, furthermore*, That in procuring warrants, locatingProviso. and entering said occupant claims, making their divisional lines, ascertaining their respective quantities, and settling their boundaries, they shall he governed by the laws of Tennessee, in relation to other occupant claims in said district, in all respects whatever.
Approved, March 3, 1839.