Chapter LXXIV. for the relief of John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney
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Chap. LXXIV.— An Act for the relief of John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney. May 8, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, Confirmed in their claims to land in Alabama.and Beley Cheney, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their respective claims to land lying on the east side of the Tombigbee river, in the state of Alabama, founded on Spanish warrants of survey, issued prior to the twenty-seventh day of October, in the year one thousand Proviso.seven hundred and ninety-five: *Provided,* The said claimants shall prove, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the land office within whose district the said lands are situated, that they were residents of the Mississippi territory on the day aforesaid; and that, prior to that period, the conditions of said warrants of survey were performed by them.
Sec. 2. Register and receiver to receive and record the evidence, &c. *And be it further enacted, *That the register and receiver aforesaid, are hereby required to receive and record the evidence which may be offered in support of the claims enumerated in the first section of this act; and if it shall appear that the said claimants were residents of the late Mississippi territory, or had complied with the conditions of their warrants of survey, on the day and year in the foregoing section specified, it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to issue to the said claimants certificates of confirmation, for the quantity of Proviso.land mentioned in the said warrants of survey: *Provided,* No certificate shall be for a larger quantity than six hundred and forty acres:
Proviso.*And provided, also,* That the said lands have not been sold by the United States; in which case, the register and receiver shall make a special report of the fact, with all the evidence thereto appertaining, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, who shall present the same to Congress at their next session, for their decision thereon. Approved, May 8, 1820.