Chapter CXVIII. for the relief of Thomas and James Massingill
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Chap. CXVIII.— An Act for the relief of Thomas and James Massingill. May 31, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Little Rock, in the Arkansas Territory, be, and they are hereby,Claim to be reconsidered, &c. authorized to reconsider, hear, and determine the claim of Thomas and James Massingill, assignees of Thomas Morrow, for a donation of three hundred and twenty acres of land, under and by virtue of the actAct of May 8, 1830, ch. 90. of Congress, approved the twenty-fourth [eighth] May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty; upon such proof as has, or may hereafter be adduced to them in support of the claim, dispensing with the affidavit of the said Thomas Morrow, the original claimant; and if, in their opinion, the said Thomas and James Massingill shall establish the right of the said Thomas Morrow, to a donation under the before mentioned act, of three hundred and twenty acres of land, by other testimony than the affidavit of the said Morrow, the Register and Receiver shall award to the said Massingill, their heirs or assigns, the right to enter the said three hundred and twenty acres of land, according to the provisions of the act aforesaid.
Approved, May 31, 1832.