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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 2, 1839 · Chapter LVII

Chapter LVII. *for the relief of Samuel Dickerson.*March 2, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Samuel Dickerson, of Sangamon county,Upon relinquishing certain land, authorized to enter another tract

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Chap. LVII.— An Act *for the relief of Samuel Dickerson.*March 2, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Samuel Dickerson, of Sangamon county,Upon relinquishing certain land, authorized to enter another tract. Illinois, be, and he hereby is, authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct, the east half of the north-west quarter of section eighteen, township sixteen north, range one west; and upon his making such relinquishment, he shall be authorized to enter with the register and receiver of the land office at Springfield, Illinois, the same quantity of any of the unappropriated land, in said land district, which shall be subject to sale at private entry.
Approved, March 2, 1839.
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