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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · May 31, 1832 · Chapter CXVI

Chapter CXVI. for the relief of James W

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Chap. CXVI.— An Act for the relief of James W. Hill, Elijah Hill, and Philip Barnes. May 31, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the said James W. Hill, Elijah Hill, and Authorized to surrender land certificate, &c.Philip Barnes, be, and they are hereby, authorized to surrender the certificate for the south-west quarter of section number thirty-six, in township number three, of range number five, west of the basis meridian of Huntsville, Alabama, and relinquish all claim thereto in the land office TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 117, 118, 119, 120. 1832. 493 of said place; and, instead thereof, to enter the south-east quarter of section number thirty-five, in the same township and range, which was heretofore relinquished by them through mistake; and they shall be credited, in the payment of said last named quarter section, the amount which has been by them paid on the said first named quarter section: *Provided,* The said quarter of section number thirty-five shall remainProviso. unsold till they apply for the same; and, if sold, they shall receive a certificate for the amount paid on said first named quarter, which shall be received in payment for any land of the United States hereafter sold.
Approved, May 31, 1832.
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