Chapter CXXIV. for the relief of Samuel Coburn, of the state of Mississippi
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Chap. CXXIV.— An Act for the relief of Samuel Coburn, of the state of Mississippi. March 3, 1831. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Surveyor-General of the public lands south of the state of Tennessee, be, and he is hereby, authorized andSurvey of land claim. required to cause to be surveyed by the proper officer a certain tract of land, claimed by Samuel Coburn, lying on the waters of Chubby’s Fork of the Bayou Pierre, Claiborne county, Mississippi, originally claimed by William Thomas, by virtue of a Spanish warrant or order of survey, granted to said Thomas on the twenty-first of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five; and that a correct return and plat of the same be made to his office, stating how much of said claim has been sold or confirmed by the United States, to Abraham Barnes or any other person.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the said Samuel CoburnLocation of land. is authorized to locate, on any of the public lands within the state of Mississippi, so many acres of the claim above referred to as may be ascertained by said survey and plat to be sold or confirmed to Abraham Barnes or any other person; and that the remainder of the original Spanish grant to Thomas be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to Samuel Coburn: *Provided,* That such confirmation shall only operate as aProviso. relinquishment of all right and title on the part of the United States to said land.
Approved, March 3, 1831.