Chapter XLII. for the relief of Coleman Fisher
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Chap. XLII.— An Act for the relief of Coleman Fisher.May 14, 1834. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That Coleman Fisher, of the city of Philadelphia, or his agent duly authorized, shall be, and he hereby is, permitted and May withdraw a land certificate, and locate other land. allowed to withdraw a New Madrid certificate, numbered three hundred and thirty-eight, issued by Frederick Bates, recorder of land titles for the Missouri Territory, dated sixteenth October, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and now on file in the office of the surveyor of public lands in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, for six hundred and forty acres; which said certificate had been located on six hundred and forty acres of land near the village of Carondelet, and the location made by Ashley and Brown, as the legal representatives of Benjamin Patterson, senior; and to locate, by virtue of the same, six hundred and forty acres of land on any other public lands of the United States, subject to entry; and, on presentation of a certificate therefor, from the Register of the proper land office to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent shall issue for the same, in due form, *Provided however,*Proviso.
That, previous to withdrawing said certificate, the said Coleman Fisher, by himself, or his agent duly authorized, shall release to the United States all claim or right to the lands heretofore located by virtue of said certificate, and which release shall be returned, with the certificate aforesaid, to the General Land Office, before a patent shall issue for the land lastly so located. Approved, May 14, 1834.