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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · July 20, 1840 · Chapter LXXVIII

Chapter LXXVIII. *confirming the claim of Augustine Lacoste to a certain trad of land therein named.* July 20, 1840. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the claim of Augustine Lacoste, number eleven, certificate number eight, report number five, as shown by the Land claim continued.records of the land office of St

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Chap. LXXVIII.— An Act *confirming the claim of Augustine Lacoste to a certain trad of land therein named.* July 20, 1840. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the claim of Augustine Lacoste, number eleven, certificate number eight, report number five, as shown by the Land claim continued.records of the land office of St. Stephens, Alabama, to a certain tract of land situate on Bon Secour’s river, in the county of Baldwin, state of Alabama, containing, as shown by a survey thereof, made second January, eighteen hundred and thirty, and approved third December, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, by James II.
Weakley, surveyor of the United States lands in Alabama, six hundred and thirty-eight and forty hundredths acres, be, and the same is hereby confirmed. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Commissioner Patent to be issued.of the General Land Office cause to be issued to the above-named Augustine Lacoste a patent for the aforesaid tract of land, known as section thirty-nine, township number eight, range number four, east. Approved, July 20, 1840. Chapter LXXIX: for the relief of Gilbert A.
Smith and Nathan Stark. 6 Stat. 807 1840-07-20 Chapter LXXIX Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 1 1 private
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Chapter LXXVIII
*confirming the claim of Augustine Lacoste to a certain trad of land therein named.* July 20, 1840. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the claim of Augustine Lacoste, number eleven, certificate number eight, report number five, as shown by the Land claim continued.records of the land office of St
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