Chapter LII. for granting and securing to Jlnthony Shane, the right of the United States to a tract of land in the State of Ohio
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Chap. LII.— An Act for granting and securing to Jlnthony Shane, the right of the United States to a tract of land in the State of Ohio. Feb. 24, 1815. *Be it enacted, &c., * That, in consideration of valuable and faithfulGrant of land to him. services, rendered to the United States, during the present war, by Anthony Shane, a half breed Indian, there be granted to him all the right of the United States to a tract of land, to contain three hundred and twenty acres, lying on the river St.
Mary’s, at a place called Shane’s Crossing, within the limits of the state of Ohio, but in a part thereof to which the Indian title has not yet been extinguished; the said tract to be located in a convenient form, and so as to comprehend the said Anthony Shane’s improvements. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That as soon as the Indian titlePatent to issue, when. to the territory comprehending the said tract, shall be extinguished, the said three hundred and twenty acres shall be surveyed under the authority of the United States, and a patent therefor shall be granted to the said Anthony Shane, or, if not then living, to his children and legal representatives, to hold the same to them and their heirs.
Approved, February 24, 1815.