Chapter CXCIII. for the relief of Samuel Sprigg, of Virginia
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Chap. CXCIII.— An Act for the relief of Samuel Sprigg, of Virginia. May 29, 1830. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there shall be granted to Samuel Sprigg, ofPatent to issue for a half section of land. the state of Virginia, as a full compensation for three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and a few cents, paid by Bezaleel Wells, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, into the treasury of the United States, as the first instalment on the purchase of a fraction of land, entered by said Wells, in the state of Ohio, in the Steubenville district, being section twenty-six, in township two, range two, which amount was thereafter paid to him by said Sprigg, one half section of any land belonging to the United States, which has been heretofore offered for sale, and which is, by law, now subjected to entry; and that, upon an entry thereof being made with the proper officer, a patent for the same shall issue to the said Samuel Sprigg.
Approved, May 29, 1830.