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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · June 15, 1844 · Chapter XC

Chapter XC. *for the relief of Woodson Wren, of Mississippi.* June 15, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Woodson Wren, of the state of Mississippi be, and he is hereby, confirmed in the following described tracts andCertain tracts of land confirmed to them. parcels of land, to wit: Fractional section twenty-five

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Chap. XC.— An Act *for the relief of Woodson Wren, of Mississippi.* June 15, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That Woodson Wren, of the state of Mississippi be, and he is hereby, confirmed in the following described tracts andCertain tracts of land confirmed to them. parcels of land, to wit: Fractional section twenty-five, in township seven, range nine west, including the site of the old French fort, and containing about one hundred and twenty-three acres; also, a portion of fractional section number twenty-four, in township seven, range nine west, being lot number six, containing eighty acres, situated on the east side of the Bay of Biloxi, in the county of Jackson, Mississippi, claimed by virtue of a deed from Littlepage Robertson, and reported for confirmation by the register and receiver of the land office at Jackson court-house, Mississippi, dated July twelve, eighteen hundred and twenty-three.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the Commissioner of thePatent to be issued. General Land Office, upon the passage of this act shall issue a patent for the same; which patent shall operate only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States of all right and title to said land. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That said Woodson Wren shallW. Wren allowed to enter land. be allowed to enter a quantity of land, which, together with the foregoing described tracts, by this act confirmed to him, will make a number of acres equal to eight hundred arpens, being the amount confirmed to him by act of Congress, entitled “An act for the relief of WoodsonAct of March 3, 1831, ch. 125.
Wren,” approved eighteen hundred and thirty [-one], out of any unappropriated lands in the state of Mississippi subject to private entry: conforming, in such entry, to the divisions and subdivisions established by law. Approved, June 15, 1844.
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