Chapter LXXII. *for the relief of the heirs of Nathan, Peter, and William Mams, deceased.*April 20, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of War cause to be issued duplicatesDuplicates of certain bounty land warrants to be issued, &c. of the following military bounty land warrants, to wit: Bounty land warr
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Chap. LXXII.— An Act *for the relief of the heirs of Nathan, Peter, and William Mams, deceased.*April 20, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That the Secretary of War cause to be issued duplicatesDuplicates of certain bounty land warrants to be issued, &c. of the following military bounty land warrants, to wit: Bounty land warrant number three hundred and seventy-one, for three hundred acres, issued on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand eight, hundred and seven, to John Adams, one moiety, and to Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Levin Adams, deceased, the remaining moiety, they being the legal heirs of Nathan Adams, deceased, who was a captain in the Delaware line; also warrant number three hundred and seventy-two, for four hundred and fifty acres, issued at the same date, to the same parties, and in the same proportions as those named in warrant number three hundred and seventy-one, they being the legal heirs of Peter Adams, deceased, who was a lieutenant-colonel in the Maryland line; also, warrant number three hundred and seventy-three, for two hundred acres, issued on the same date, to the same parties, and in the same proportions as those in warrants numbered three hundred and seventy-one, and three hundred and seventy-two, they being the legal heirs of William Adams, deceased, who was a lieutenant in the Maryland line; which said warrants have been lost to the said heirs, or to their legal representative or representatives; and the said duplicates shall be located and proceeded upon in the same manner as if they were the original warrants, and the said original warrants are hereby declared void.
Approved, April 20, 1838.