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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · August 1, 1842 · Chapter CXIX

Chapter CXIX. *for the relief of John A

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Chap. CXIX.— An Act *for the relief of John A. Rockwell.* August 1, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the President of the United States be, andPatent to be issued to him for certain land. he hereby is, authorized to issue a patent to John A. Rockwell, or his legal representatives, for the south-east quarter of section number fourteen, in township number thirty-three, north of range one, east of the third principal meridian, in the district of lands formerly subject to sale at the land office at Galena, in the state of Illinois: *Provided*,Proviso.
That the said John A. Rockwell, or his legal representatives, shall satisfactorily appear to the Secretary of the Treasury to have been the legal assignee of Richard Long, of the certificate of purchase of said lands, or shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that he holds a conveyance for the same, executed to him by the said Richard Long before his right of pre-emption to the said lands had been set aside by the proper department, on account of a defect in the proof of cultivation.
Approved, August 1, 1842. Chapter CXXIV: explanatory of an act entitled “ An act for the relief of Clark Woodrooff,” passed May tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-two. 6 Stat. 849 1842-08-04 Chapter CXXIV Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 27 2 private
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