Chapter CXCIV. *for the relief of the legal representatives of John Dawson, deceased.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the legal representatives of John Dawson, deceased, or their assignees, are hereby authorized to locate, on anyAuthorized to locale a tract of land, in lieu of a tract taken from them. pu
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Chap. CXCIV.— An Act *for the relief of the legal representatives of John Dawson, deceased.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the legal representatives of John Dawson, deceased, or their assignees, are hereby authorized to locate, on anyAuthorized to locale a tract of land, in lieu of a tract taken from them. public land in the north-western district for the sale of lands in the state of Louisiana, the quantity of six hundred and forty acres, in lieu of the same quantity which has been taken from them, and appropriated to public purposes; which location shall be made in the office of the register of the said district at Natchitoches, who shall issue a proper certificate of said entry and location to the said legal representatives, on the presentment of which to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent for the same shall issue for said land, in the manner directed by law: *Provided*, That the said entry or location shall be made withinProviso. twelve months after the passage of this act, and shall conform to the legal surveys.
Sec. 2. *And he it further enacted*, That, at the time of making theA deed of release to U. S. to be produced. aforesaid entry or location, the said legal representatives of John Dawson, deceased, or their legal assignee or assignees, shall produce to the aforesaid register of the land office at Natchitoches and deposite in his office a deed of release and quitclaim to the United States, made in due form of law, of all their right, title, and claim to the same quantity of land, near Fort Jesup, in Louisiana, in lieu of which the land now granted is given.
Approved, March 3, 1839.