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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 24, 1834 · Chapter XX

Chapter XX. for the relief of George Staley

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Chap. XX.— An Act for the relief of George Staley.March 24, 1834. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That George Staley be, and he is hereby authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner May relinquish a certain tract of land, and enter another. of the General Land Office shall prescribe, the east half of the south-east quarter of section number twelve, in township number four, south, range number ten east, containing eighty acres, in the district of lands offered for sale at Shawneetown, in the state of Illinois; and upon such relinquishment being made as aforesaid, the said Staley shall be, and he is hereby authorized to enter in lieu thereof, any other half quarter section of land in said district, which shall be liable to entry at private sale, and which does not contain more than eighty acres.
Approved, March 24, 1834.
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