Chapter CXXIV. for the relief of Jeremiah Worsham
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Chap. CXXIV.— An Act for the relief of Jeremiah Worsham.June 28, 1834. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at St. Stephens, Alabama, be, and they are hereby, required to Certificate for payment on account of land to be issued. issue a certificate to Jeremiah Worsham, for the amount by him heretofore paid in said office for the north-west quarter section five, in township eight, of range three, west, in the district of lands offered for sale at said town of St.
Stephens, upon which said Worsham obtained a certificate of further credit, but, by mistake, the west half of which was returned to the General Land Office relinquished, and the east half of said quarter section returned as fully paid for, and, accordingly, patented to said Worsham; which certificate shall be received in payment for any land hereafter sold in the said state of Alabama: *Provided,* That Proviso. the said Jeremiah Worsham shall first surrender said patent, and file a relinquishment for the east half of said quarter section, in the said Land Office at St.
Stephens; and if there be not evidence in said office of the issuance of said certificate of further credit, and of the amount which has been paid, the said Worsham shall also file satisfactory evidence in said Land Office, that the same did issue, allowing him the further credit authorized by law on said quarter section, and showing the amount which was paid thereon. Approved, June 28, 1834.