Chapter CXCVI. *for the relief of J
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Chap. CXCVI.— An Act *for the relief of J. Eloi Rachal.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the register of the land office at Natchitoches, in the state of Louisiana, grant to J. Eloi Rachal a certificateLand certificate lobe granted to him. for the quarter of section number sixteen, of township number eleven, of range number nine, situate on the right or south-west bank of Red river, about twenty-three miles above Natchitoches, the same being land to which he claims the right of preemption, upon his producing the receiver’s receipt for the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for each acre in said quarter section contained.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryOther land to he selected for use of schools. cause to be selected one quarter section of land, in the same district, for the use of schools, in lieu of the quarter section named in the first section of this bill: *Provided*, That the school commissioners forProviso. the parish in which said land is situated, and a majority of the free white male inhabitants of the township, over twenty-one years of age, shall consent to such change.
Approved, March 3, 1839.