Chapter CXLIX. for the relief of the inhabitants of Terre Aux Boeufs

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Chap. CXLIX.— An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of Terre Aux Boeufs. June 25, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * Land claims confirmed. That the claims of the inhabitants residing on the Bayou Terre Aux Bœufs, in the parish of St. Bernard, and state of Louisiana, to the several tracts of land lying on said Bayou, as described in the plat of survey made by Augustus S. Phelps, deputy surveyor of the United States for the state of Louisiana, in May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to wit:

TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 149. 1832. 499 Land claims confirmed. Arpens. Toises Feet. 1. E. Marin and J. Wogan - - - - 10 4 1½ } Lying on both sides of the Terre aux Boeufs. 2. Widow Joseph Fons - - - - - 1 2 5⅓ 3. Gabriel Perrera - - - - - 00 29 5 4. Francisco de Torres - - - - 00 21 1 5. Bernard Gutierres - - - - - 1 9 1 6. Antonio Guera - - - - - 00 16 4 7. Antonio Gutierres - - - - - 00 24 1 8. Bisente Sardina - - - - - 00 14 4 9. Succession of Serpas - - - - 00 29 5 10.

John Baptiste Bourg - - - - 00 21 2 11. Widow Francisca Lopez - - - - 00 19 0 12. Andrea Gonzales - - - - - 00 10 4⅔ 13. Succession of Esteves - - - - - 2 2 3½ 14. Madam Garie - - - - - 2 8 5 15. Cyprien Lefebvre - - - - - 00 13 5½ 16. Eugene Charles Dumouchel - - - 00 27 2⅔ 17. Manuel Solis - - - - - 00 17 3½ 18. Etienne Veillon - - - - - 00 17 3½ 19. Pierre Thomas - - - - - 00 15 0 20. Balthazar Enoul Livaudais - - - 00 15 0 21. Manuel Solis - - - - - 00 15 0 And on the opposite side of Terre aux Bœufs - - - - - 00 22 3 22.

Maria Lopez - - - - - 00 07 3 23. Succession of Dimanche - - - - 00 29 5½ } Lying on both sides of the Terre aux Boeufs. 24. Francisca Rodriguez - - - - 00 15 5 25. Marcelina Lamar, widow Casanova - - 00 16 9 26. Gabriel Cassanova - - - - - 00 4 0 27. Francis Carle - - - - - 00 16 4¼ 28. Bastien Gonzales - - - - - 00 10 4½ 29. Widow Joseph Hernandez - - - 00 15 5 30. Manuel Asevedo - - - - - 00 26 3½ 31. Nicholas Dejean - - - - - 00 14 5½ 32. Joseph Oramos - - - - - 1 7 1⅓ On the opposite side - - - - 1 8 2½ 33.

Juan Cassanova - - - - - 00 14 0¾ On the opposite side - - - - 00 15 2 34. Gregoire Malarin - - - - - 00 7 0⅓ On the opposite side - - - - 00 7 3⅚ 35. Lorenzo Medina - - - - - 00 7 0 5/12 On the opposite side - - - - 00 7 3⅚ 36. Widow Ramirez - - - - - 1 17 5½ On opposite side - - - - - 1 14 1⅚ 37. Laurent Millaudon - - - - - 19 5 4 On opposite side - - - - - 19 04 5 38. Succession of Joseph Sanchez - - - 00 23 3⅔ On opposite side - - - - - 00 10 0 39. Diego Sanchez - - - - - 1 5 0½ On the opposite side - - - - 00 10 0 40.

Geronimo Oramus - - - - - 00 10 0 41. Juan Gutierres - - - - - 1 23 4 42. Marie Ojeda - - - - - - 00 24 0½ 43. Francisco Gutierres - - - - - 00 5 4⅔ On opposite side - - - - - 1 24 4 44. Antonio Lopez - - - - - 00 26 4¼ 45. Manuel Solis - - - - - - 00 13 0¼ 46. Santiago Rodriguez - - - - 00 19 5 On opposite side - - - - - 00 8 5¾ 500 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 149. 1832. Land claims confirmed. Arpens. Toises. Fee. 47. Martial St. Germain - - - - 00 17 5 48. Widow Stopinal - - - - - 2 13 4 On opposite side - - - - - 1 29 3½ 49.

Juan Medina - - - - - - 00 14 5 On opposite side - - - - - 00 13 5½ 50. Martial St. Germain - - - - - 2 22 3 On opposite side - - - - - 2 24 4 51. Francisco Sanchez - - - - - 1 12 2⅔ 52. Debouchelle and Chalaire, brothers, - - 5 01 5 On opposite side - - - - - 6 11 2½ 53. Francisco Gutierres - - - - - 00 10 3¼ 54. Antonio Serpas - - - - - 00 21 3¼ 55. Louis Cure - - - - - - 01 01 2 56. Pierre Jorda - - - - - - 18 15 5 On opposite side - - - - - 18 15 5 57. Bienvenu, brothers - - - - - 00 2 2¼ On opposite side - - - - - 00 1 00 58.

Juan Solis - - - - - - 00 15 1 On opposite side - - - - - 00 16 1¾ 59. Joseph Serpas - - - - - - 00 18 0¾ On opposite side - - - - - 00 18 2¼ 60. Succession of Joseph de Armas - - 00 7 5¼ } Lying on both sides of the Terre aux Boeufs. 61. Succession of Antonio Nieves - - - 00 7 5¼ 62. Joseph Nieves - - - - - - 00 15 5 63. Juan Perez - - - - - - 00 29 4½ 64. Bienvenu, brothers - - - - - 00 28 1¼ 65. Roman Catholic Church land - - - 01 18 1⅓ 66. Bienvenu, brothers - - - - - 18 21 4 67.

Gabriel N. Allard - - - - - 17 26 00 68. Jacques Toutant - - - - - 22 06 4 On the other side - - - - - 22 07 1 69. P. Reaud and Olivier, brothers - - - 3 21 5¼ On the opposite side - - - - - 3 21 2¼ 70. Felix Marrero - - - - - - 4 11 4¼ On opposite side - - - - - 4 11 4¼ 71. Succession of Bisente Marero - - - 3 14 5½ Opposite side - - - - - 3 14 5¼ 72. Charles Fagot - - - - - - 00 21 2¾ On opposite side - - - - - 00 21 2¾ 73. Martin Robin - - - - - - 00 21 2¼ Opposite side - - - - - 00 21 2¼ 74.

P. Reaud and Olivier, brothers - - - 22 22 2½ Opposite side - - - - - 22 21 3 75. Madam Olivier - - - - - 17 06 5¼ Opposite side - - - - - 17 07 4¼ 76. Augustin Reggio - - - - - 17 05 00 Opposite side - - - - - 17 05 00 77. Bartole de Armos - - - - - 2 17 04 Opposite side - - - - - 2 17 04 78. Succession of Antonio Meneses - - - 1 23 05 Opposite side - - - - - 1 23 05 79. Succession of Edwd. Alpuente - - - 00 07 00 Opposite side - - - - - 00 06 5⅓ 80. Catalina Alfonso - - - - - 00 07 00 Opposite side - - - - - 00 06 5⅓ 81.

Succession of Edwd. Alpuente - - - 2 00 0¾ Opposite side - - - - - 1 29 2½ 82. Bartole Molaro - - - - - 3 04 1¾ TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156, 157. 1832. 501 Land claims confirmed. Arpens. Toises. Feet. Opposite side - - - - - 3 04 4 83. Marguerite Molero, widow Nunez - - 1 17 0½ Opposite side - - - - - 1 17 1 84. Christoval Molero - - - - - 1 16 5½ Opposite side - - - - - 1 17 00 85. Antony Molero - - - - - 2 14 5 Opposite side - - - - - 2 15 1 86. Manuel Lombas - - - - - 00 29 0½ Opposite side - - - - - 00 29 0½ 87.

Juan Alfonson - - - - - - 2 28 03½ } Both sides of the Terre aux Boeufs. 88. Roque Acosta - - - - - - 2 21 00 89. Antoine Landier - - - - - 5 05 03 90. Francisco Alfonso - - - - - 2 14 05½ 91. Manuel Solis - - - - - - 21 14 00 92. Widow Nunez - - - - - 14 15 00 93. Pedro Hernandez - - - - - 5 20 00 94. Widow Nunez - - - - - 5 22 00 95. Felix Marrero - - - - - - 13 15 00 be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, and recognised as valid, upon the same terms and conditions that other Spanish claimants, residing in the state of Louisiana, east of the Mississippi, and Island of Orleans, have been heretofore confirmed: *Provided,* That this act shall only beProviso. construed as a relinquishment of any claim of the United States in and to any part or portion of the lands described in said plat: *And provided also,*Proviso.

That this act shall not be deemed or held to interfere with the claims or rights of any person or persons whatever. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the tract of land describedItoman Catholic church lands confirmed. in said plat, as belonging to the church, measuring one arpent, eighteen toises, and one foot, and one-third of a foot, and numbered in the preceding list sixty-five, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed and recognised as valid, to and for the uses and purposes for which the same has been heretofore held and used : *Provided, also,* That this act shall beProviso. only considered a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and not to interfere with the rights of others.

Approved, June 25, 1832.