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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · April 2, 1844 · Chapter IX

Chapter IX. *for the relief of George Davenport, of Hock Island, in the state of Illinois.* April 2, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That George Davenport be, and he is hereby, authorizedAuthorized to enter certain land. to enter the fractional quarter section of land upon which he resides, on Rock Island, in the s

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Chap. IX.— An Act *for the relief of George Davenport, of Hock Island, in the state of Illinois.* April 2, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That George Davenport be, and he is hereby, authorizedAuthorized to enter certain land. to enter the fractional quarter section of land upon which he resides, on Rock Island, in the stale of Illinois, it being the south-east fractional quarter of section twenty-five, in township numbered eighteen north, range numbered two west of the fourth principal meridian, upon his paying to the receiver of public moneys of the United States land office at Dixon the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the same, upon which a final certificate and patent shall issue, as in other cases.
Approved, April 2, 1844.
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