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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · August 11, 1842 · Chapter CXXXI

Chapter CXXXI. *for the relief of Daniel B

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Chap. CXXXI.— An Act *for the relief of Daniel B. Bush.* August 11, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Daniel B. Bush, grantee under John Smith,Authorized to relinquish and enter land. be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the south-west quarter of section thirty-five, of township thirteen south, in range two west, in the tract appropriated by acts of Congress granting land to the late army of the United States; which tract of land appears to be but a small fraction, not conforming to the law under which it was granted; and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Daniel B.
Bush shall be, and he is hereby authorized to enter any other quarter section in the land district in which said fraction is situated in the state of Illinois, which shall be liable to entry at private sale, Proviso.and not in the occupancy of any actual settler: *Provided*, The said Daniel B. Bush, shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that he is the bona fide purchaser of the land specified in the patent, and that he holds the same for said fractional quarter section granted to John Smith, father and heir at law of Edward Smith, deceased.
Approved, August 11, 1842. Chapter CXXXII: for the relief of Alexander Hammett. 6 Stat. 850 1842-08-11 Chapter CXXXII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 27 2 private
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