Chapter VIII. for the relief of Dixon Spears
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Chap. VIII.— An Act for the relief of Dixon Spears. Jan. 19, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * That Dixon Spears, of the county of Laurence, Authorized to surrender a section certificate, &c.in the state of Alabama, be, and he is hereby authorized, to surrender to the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Huntsville, in said state of Alabama, the certificate heretofore issued to him, for the west half of the north-east quarter of section twenty-three, township six, and range eight, west of the meridian of Huntsville, which was purchased by him through mistake; and said Dixon Spears on filing his relinquishment to all right and title thereto, is authorized to enter in the said Land Office at Huntsville, the east half of the north-east quarter, in the township and range aforesaid, and in payment therefor, shall be credited with the amount of money which was paid for the tract first named:
Proviso.*Provided,* The said half quarter section shall remain unsold until application to purchase be made by said Spears, and in the event that it shall have been sold before such application, then said Dixon Spears shall be entitled to a certificate from the Register and Receiver, stating the amount which has been by him so paid by mistake, which shall be received in payment for any land of the United States, which may hereafter be offered for sale. Approved, January 19, 1832.