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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 22, 1832 · Chapter LIII

Chapter LIII. for the relief of John McDonough

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Chap. LIII.— An Act for the relief of John McDonough. March 22, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the claim of John McDonough be, and is Land claim confirmed.hereby, confirmed to four tracts of land embraced in the report of the Register and Receiver of the land office at St. Helena court-house, in the district west of Pearl river, in Louisiana, of the fourth December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, namely; one tract of four hundred arpens, claimed under a Spanish patent to David Williams, dated eighth April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; one tract of two hundred and forty arpens, claimed under a Spanish patent to Guillemo Williams, dated eighth April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; one tract of three hundred and eighty-eight arpens, claimed under a Spanish patent to William Estevan, dated eighteenth December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven; and one tract of twelve hundred arpens, claimed under a Spanish patent to Domingo Assaretto, dated eighteenth February, one thousand seven hundred and Proviso.eighty-eight, and all situate in the parish of East Baton Rouge: *Provided,* That this act shall only extend to a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall not prejudice the rights of third persons.
Approved, March 22, 1832.
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