Chapter LXXI. for the relief of the legal representatives of John Girault
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Chap. LXXI.— An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Girault. May 7, 1822. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the legal representatives of John Girault be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, in lieu ofAuthorized to enter, without payment, two sections of land in Mississippi or Alabama, in lieu, &c.Act of June 30, 1812, ch. 110. two tracts of land which were confirmed to the said John Girault, by an act approved the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled “An act confirming claims to lands in the Mississippi Territory, founded on warrants of survey granted by the British or Spanish government,” two sections of land, agreeably to the surveys made by the United States, in any of the land offices in the states of Mississippi and Alabama; and the register or registers with whom such entry or entries may be made, shall issue the necessary certificate or certificates, on the exhibition of which, at the General Land Office, a patent or patents shall issue in favor of the said legal representatives: *Provided,* Such entries be made within two years from the passage of this act, on lands which have been offered at public sale, and on at least four contiguous quarter sections at a place: *And provided also,* That the saidProviso. legal representatives shall first, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, relinquish all their right in said lands so confirmed to their ancestor.
Approved, May 7, 1822.