Chapter CXCVIII. for the relief of the heirs of Colonel John Ellis, deceased
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Chap. CXCVIII.— An Act for the relief of the heirs of Colonel John Ellis, deceased. May 29, 1830. *Be it enacted, &c., * Authorized to enter a section of land. that the heirs of Colonel John Ellis, formerly of the state of Mississippi, now deceased, be permitted to enter, without the payment of any consideration therefor, one section of the public land, according to the public surveys hitherto made, in the state of Mississippi; and that a patent therefor be issued to them by the proper authority;Proviso. *Provided, however,* That, previous to the issuing of said patent, they shall file with the Commissioner of the General Land Office a deed, relinquishing to the United States all claim to a tract of land of like quantity, for which a certificate, number thirty-one, Register’s TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 199, 200, 201, 202, 203. 1830. 445 number one thousand and one, was issued to their ancestor John Ellis, on the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, by Nicholas Gray, Register, and Parker Walton, Receiver, west of Pearl River, acting as commissioners under the act of Congress of the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled “An act confirming claims to lands in the Mississippi Territory, foundedAct of June 30, 1812, ch. 110. on warrants of survey granted by the British or Spanish Governments.
” Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That no patent shall be issued on any survey founded on said certificate; and that any patent so issued shall be absolutely void. Approved, May 29, 1830.