Chapter LXX. for the relief of Arthur Jones
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Chap. LXX.— An Act for the relief of Arthur Jones. May 18, 1826. *Be it enacted, &c., * That Arthur Jones be, and he is hereby, authorizedMay relinquish a certain tract of land, and receive a patent of another therefor. and empowered to relinquish and surrender to the Government of the United States, the east half of the south-west quarter of section thirty, in township four, of range two west, containing eighty acres, and eight-hundredths of an acre, a patent for which issued in his name, dated the first day of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, on a declaration for relinquishment erroneously made: in consideration of which relinquishment and surrender, as above-mentioned, to the register and receiver of the land office in Huntsville, they are hereby authorized and required to cause a patent to be issued, in the name of the said Arthur Jones, for the west half of the said south-west quarter of section thirty, in township four, of range two west, in lieu of the east half of said quarter section, hereby authorized to be relinquished on the Proviso.application of the said Jones: *Provided,* It shall be made at any time previous to said land being offered for sale by the United States.
Approved, May 18, 1826.