Chapter CXIX. for the relief of Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre Ledoux
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Chap. CXIX.— An Act for the relief of Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre Ledoux.June 28, 1834. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre Ledoux, be, and she is hereby, confirmed in her title to a tract of land Title confirmed to a certain tract of land. of twenty arpens in front on the Mississippi, and forty arpens in depth, which tract is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi, in the parish of West Feliciana, in the state of Louisiana, at what is called “Isle aux Chats,” or Cats’ Island; this being the same tract of land which was granted by the Spanish Government to Jean Pierre Ledoux in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That Marguerite Baron, widow Also, to another tract. as aforesaid, be, and she hereby is, confirmed in her title to another tract of land of twenty arpens in front on the Mississippi, and five arpens in depth, which tract of land lies immediately adjoining the tract in the first section of this act named, and it being the same tract of land which was granted by the Spanish Government to Pierre or Lasty Ledoux, son of the said Marguerite Baron, on the eighteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight: *Provided,* That this act Proviso. shall operate only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third person.
Approved, June 28, 1834.