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

Chapter XCVI. *for the relief of the children of Stephen Johnston, deceased.* July 20, 1840. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon the President being satisfied that theLand certificate to issue. claim of the children of Stephen Johnston, named in the treaty made with the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, near the mouth o

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Chap. XCVI.— An Act *for the relief of the children of Stephen Johnston, deceased.* July 20, 1840. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon the President being satisfied that theLand certificate to issue. claim of the children of Stephen Johnston, named in the treaty made with the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, near the mouth of the Mississinnewa, upon the Wabash, in the state of Indiana, on the sixteenth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, to a certain hall-section of land, in and by said treaty granted to them, the children of said Stephen Johnston, has been, or may have been, relinquished to the United States; or that the same never has been selected for, and accepted by them, he, the said President, is requested to cause the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue to the children of the said Stephen Johnston, by their names Stephen Johnston, and Elizabeth Johnston, or to their heirs a certificate, receivable in payment at any land office in the United States, for any half-section of land, not subject to pre-emption.
Sec. 2. This act to continue in force, how long.*And be it further enacted,* That this act shall continue in force and have effect until the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and no longer. Approved, July 20, 1840. Chapter XCVII: for the relief of Boggs and Thompson, Robert and Thomas Hutchinson, and others. 6 Stat. 812 1840-07-20 Chapter XCVII 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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