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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · May 10, 1842 · Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVII. *for the relief if Clark Woodrooff.* May 10, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon the surrender to the Secretary of the Treasury of theUpon the surrender of certain receipts for purchase money, dec., the amount so paid to be returned

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Chap. XXVII.— An Act *for the relief if Clark Woodrooff.* May 10, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon the surrender to the Secretary of the Treasury of theUpon the surrender of certain receipts for purchase money, dec., the amount so paid to be returned. United States, by Clark Woodrooff, or his legal representatives, of the original certificates and receipts granted to him by the land office in the St. Helena district, west of Pearl river, in the state of Louisiana, for the purchase money of certain lands entered at said office by the said Clark Woodrooff, on the tenth and twenty-third days of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, in order that the same may be cancelled, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the said Clark Woodrooff, or his legal representatives, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount originally paid by the said Clark Woodrooff upon the original certificates and receipts which he is hereby required to surrender, and upon which patents have been refused.
Approved, May 10, 1842. Chapter XXVIII: for the relief of the legal representatives of Aaron Pail, deceased, late consul at L’Orient. 6 Stat. 828 1842-05-10 Chapter XXVIII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 27 2 private
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Chapter XXVII
*for the relief if Clark Woodrooff.* May 10, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That upon the surrender to the Secretary of the Treasury of theUpon the surrender of certain receipts for purchase money, dec., the amount so paid to be returned
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