Chapter XXV. for the relief of William Smith, administrator of John Taylor, deceased
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Chap. XXV.— An Act for the relief of William Smith, administrator of John Taylor, deceased. Feb. 12, 1831. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Register of the Land Office at CahabaRelinquishment of certain land to be cancelled. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cancel the relinquishment made by the said William Smith, as administrator of John Taylor, deceased, on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, of the west half of the south-west quarter of TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 29, 33, 35. 1831. 453 land, of section fifteen, in township ten, of range fourteen, in Butler county, in the state of Alabama, and which still remains unsold by the United States; and that he be authorized and directed to deliver over the certificate therefor to the said William; and the said William Smith is authorized and empowered to dispose of the same by assignment or otherwise, in as full and ample manner, to all intents and purposes, which he might or could have done before the relinquishment thereof; and that all the benefits and privileges given by this act to the said William Smith shall be given and extended to his assignee or assignees; and that the said William Smith, or his assignee or assignees, be allowed to hold the same, free from forfeiture for twelve months from the passage of this law: *Provided, nevertheless,* That the said William Smith,Proviso. shall, before he be entitled to the benefit of this act, pay over to the receiver of public moneys at Cahaba, the sum. of ninety-nine dollars and ninety-eight and a quarter cents, that being the full amount of money which had been paid thereon previous to the relinquishment, and which has been transferred and credited on other lands purchased by his intestate in his life-time.
Approved, February 12, 1831.