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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Feb. 3, 1837 · Chapter X

Chapter X. *for the relief of Andrew Knox.* Feb. 3, 1837. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That Andrew Knox, of Washington county, in the state of Mississippi, be, and he is hereby, authorized and permittedMay purchase a section of land in Choctaw district. to purchase, upon the payment of the minimum price to the receiv

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Chap. X.— An Act *for the relief of Andrew Knox.* Feb. 3, 1837. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That Andrew Knox, of Washington county, in the state of Mississippi, be, and he is hereby, authorized and permittedMay purchase a section of land in Choctaw district. to purchase, upon the payment of the minimum price to the receiver of the proper land district, section sixteen, in township fourteen, range nine west, in the Choctaw district, in said state, the purchase of which section heretofore was prevented by the illegal numbering of the sections in said township.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of theA section to be reserved for public schools. Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be selected and reserved for the use of schools within the said township, numbered fourteen, in lieu of the aforesaid section, a section [of ]land in equal extent in said Choctaw land district. Approved, February 3, 1837. Chapter XI: for the relief of John E. Wool. 6 Stat. 685 1837-02-09 Chapter XI 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.
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*for the relief of Andrew Knox.* Feb. 3, 1837. *Be it enacted, &c.*, That Andrew Knox, of Washington county, in the state of Mississippi, be, and he is hereby, authorized and permittedMay purchase a section of land in Choctaw district. to purchase, upon the payment of the minimum price to the receiv
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