Chapter CXCIV. for the relief of John Glass
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Chap. CXCIV.— An Act for the relief of John Glass. May 29, 1830. *Be it enacted, &c., * That, whenever John Glass, of Lawrence county,Land patent to issue on certain conditions. Alabama, shall produce to the Register and Receiver of Public Moneys in the Land Office at Huntsville, in said state, satisfactory evidence that he is equitably entitled to the north-east quarter of section four in township five, of range seven west, in the district of land sold at Huntsville, and shall pay to the said Receiver of Public Moneys the balance of the purchase money due on said quarter section, without interest, and deducting therefrom thirty-seven and a half per centum, the said John Glass shall be entitled to receive a patent for the said quarter section: *Provided,* said Glass shall make said proof, and pay said balance, withProviso. the deduction aforesaid, on or before the first day of January next; and that the patent hereby directed to be issued shall only operate as a relinquishment from the United States, as far as regards the moiety which might have been claimed by Alexander McQuie.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the said John Glass may,May avail himself of the provisions of the Act of March 31, 1830, ch. 48. under the conditions and restrictions contained in the foregoing section, in his election, avail himself of the provisions of “An act for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of the lands of the United States,” passed at the present session of Congress. Approved, May 29, 1830.