Chapter IX. for the relief of the legal representatives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased
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Chap. IX.— An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased. Jan. 8, 1819. *Be it enacted, &c., * That it shall be the duty of the register of the land office, and receiver of public moneys, west of Pearl river, in theExamination of evidence as to their claims to land, with a view to the issuing of patents. State of Mississippi, to examine the evidence heretofore given, and to receive additional testimony, in the claims to land, of the legal representatives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased, founded on warrants, or orders of survey, granted by the Spanish government to Solomon Whitley and John Montgomery; and if it shall appear, to the satisfaction of said register and receiver, that the said Solomon Whitley and John Montgomery, or their legal representatives, under whom the said tracts of land are claimed, were resident in the Mississippi Territory on the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, then, and in that case, the claims aforesaid shall be respectively confirmed, and patents shall issue for the same, as in other cases: *Provided,* That nothing in this act shall affect the claim or claims of any person or persons to the same land, or any part thereof, derived from the United States, if any such there be, or the claim or claims ofProviso. any other person or persons whatsoever.
Approved, January 8, 1819.