Chapter XXII. for the relief of Joel Thomas
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Chap. XXII.— An Act for the relief of Joel Thomas.Feb. 5, 1833. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That Joel Thomas, an inhabitant of the town of Land claim confirmed. Pekin, in the Territory of Michigan, be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claim to a certain lot of land of six hundred and forty acres, bounded and described as follows, viz: in front, on the north, by the river Rouge; on the west, by a tract of land purchased from the United States by Henry McGee; on the south, by lands belonging to the United States; and, on the east, by lands claimed by James Cisne; the same being in the township of Pekin, in the Detroit land district, having been occupied, originally, by John Reynolds, and subsequently, by the said Thomas, as assignee of Reynolds, from one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, to the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: *Provided,* This confirmation shall only amount to a relinquishment on Proviso. the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third person;
And, *Provided also,* That if the tract of land hereby confirmed Proviso. to the above named Joel Thomas, or any part thereof, should be found to conflict with the location of an arsenal of the United States; selected under an act of Congress, passed on the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, then, and in that case, the said Joel Thomas be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate such part of said tract of land as may be found so to conflict with said arsenal, on any of the lands of the United States in the Territory of Michigan, according to legal subdivisions.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Surveyor-General, under Survey to be made. the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall cause the said tract of land to be surveyed, at the expense of the claimant; a plat of which shall be returned as in other cases; and a patent therefor shall be granted in the manner prescribed by law. Approved, February 5, 1833.