Chapter CXIX. for the relief of Peggy Bailey
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Chap. CXIX.— An Act for the relief of Peggy Bailey. April 20, 1818. *Be it enacted, &c., * That it shall be lawful for Peggy Bailey, sister of Dixon Bailey, (a Creek Indian of the half blood, who was slain in theMay enter a tract of land without payment. service of the United States, at the capture of Fort Mims,) and she is hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, with the register of the land office in whose district the land lies, three hundred and twenty acres of land, so as to include the settlement and improvements of the said Dixon Bailey in the Alabama territory: *Provided,* That neitherProviso. the said Peggy Bailey, nor her heirs, shall have power of alienating said land, or any part thereof, in any manner whatever; and in case of the voluntary abandonment of the possession and occupancy of the said tract of land by the said Peggy Bailey, or of her heirs, hereafter, the said land shall revert to the United States.
Approved, April 20, 1818.