Chapter XXIX. for the benefit of Elijah L
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Chap. XXIX.— An Act for the benefit of Elijah L. Clarke, of Louisiana, and of the heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Clarke, deceased. Feb. 27, 1830. *Be it enacted, &c., * That Elijah L. Clarke, of the state of Louisiana, E. L. Clarke’s claim for a certain tract of land confirmed.be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claim, to a tract of land containing seven hundred and thirty-three acres, to the extent of one mile square thereof, situated on the Lake St. Joseph, in the county of Concordia, and state of Louisiana, adjoining the claim of one Durosset, on the south, being claim number sixty-eight, as entered for confirmation with the Register of the Land Office, north of Red River, in said state, by the said Elijah L.
Clarke. Sec. 2. Heirs of Lewis Clarke confirmed in their title to a certain tract of land. *And be it further enacted, *That the heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Clarke, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to a tract of land containing six hundred and forty acres, situated on the Lake St. Joseph, in the county of Concordia, and state of Louisiana, adjoining the claim of Durosset, on the north, being claim number sixty-nine, as entered for confirmation with the Register of the Land Office, north of Red River, in said state, by said Lewis Clarke.
Sec. 3. Patents to issue for same. *And be it further enacted, *That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall, upon being presented with plats and certificates of survey of the said tracts of land, legally executed by a proper officer, issue patents for the same, which patents shall operate only as a Proviso.relinquishment on the part of the United States: *Provided nevertheless,* that if, prior to the passage of this act, the land above specified shall have been sold by the United States to any other person or persons, the same shall not be confirmed to the said Elijah L.
Clarke, and the heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Clarke, but they shall, respectively, be at liberty to enter any other land, now subject to entry, within the TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 30, 34, 37. 1830. 407 same district, equal in quantity to that above-mentioned; and a patent shall issue therefor, under the restrictions above recited: *And provided also,*Proviso. That, should a part only of the said land have been sold, the said Elijah L. Clarke, and the heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Clarke, shall have liberty to take such parts of the said land as shall not have been sold, in part satisfaction of their claims respectively, and to enter elsewhere, within the said district, so much other land, as shall be equal to the part sold; or the said Elijah, and the said heirs and legal representatives, may, respectively, relinquish to the United States all claim to the said land so remaining unsold, and enter elsewhere, within the said district, the quantity of land (now subject to entry) equal to their whole claims respectively.
Approved, February 27, 1830.