Chapter LXI. for the relief of William M
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Chap. LXI.— An Act for the relief of William M. Dever. May 16, 1826. *Be it enacted, &c., * That it shall be lawful for William M. Dever, ofMay enter land in Vincennes District. the county of Perry, and state of Indiana, to enter with the register of the land office at Vincennes, in the state aforesaid, the west half of the northwest quarter of section seven, in township six, south of range one west, in the Vincennes district; and, upon such entry being made, it shall be the duty of the register aforesaid, to issue to the said William M.
Dever, a certificate for the aforesaid half-quarter section. And it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the general land office to issue a patent for the half quarter section of land so entered, whenever the certificate aforesaid shall be presented to him for that purpose: *Provided,*Proviso. That before such entry shall be made, the said William M. Dever shall surrender to the register of the land office aforesaid, the patent which he now holds from the United States, for the west half of the north-west quarter of section seven, in township five south, of range one west, accompanied by such a release of his interest to the land therein specified, as the commissioner of the general land office shall direct: *And provided, also,* That the said William M.
Dever shall produce evidence,Proviso. to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the land office at Vincennes aforesaid, that his entry with the said register, of the half quarter section of land described in the foregoing proviso of this act, and for which a patent was issued to the said William M. Dever, was occasioned by an error of the surveyor, in marking the number of the township, in the range aforesaid. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the west half of the northwestA certain tract reserved from entry for one year, &c. quarter of section seven, in township six south, of range one west, in the district aforesaid, shall be reserved from entry, for the term of one year, from and after the passage of this act; unless the same shall be previously applied for, by the said William M.
Dever, under the provisions of this act. Approved, May 16, 1826.