Chapter CXIX. for the Relief of Wiley B
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Chap. CXIX.— An Act for the Relief of Wiley B. Parnell, of Blount county, Alabama, and James A. Whiteside, of Illinois. Aug. 8, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Wiley B. Parnell authorized to surrender the certificate for lands entered under a mistake, and to enter other lands in lieu thereof. That Wiley B. Parnell of Blount county, Alabama, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the certificate that issued to him from the Huntsville land office, in said State, for the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section number thirty-two, township number twelve, range number two west, in said land district, entered by the said Parnell on the fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-four, under a mistake; and, upon the surrender of said certificate, or the patent for said tract of land, if it has issued, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, the said Wiley B.
Parnell is hereby authorized to enter, in lieu thereof, the south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of said section, township, Application to be made within six months.and range, it being the tract the said Wiley B. Parnell intended to enter: *Provided*, That application is made by the said Wiley B. Parnell, under the provisions of this act, within six months after the passage His entry not to interfere with rights of others.of the same: *And provided further*, That the entry shall not be made to the prejudice of the rights of any other person or persons.
Sec. 2. James A. Whiteside authorized to surrender a certain patent for lands.*And be it further enacted*, That James A. Whiteside, of the county of Hardin, in the State of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the patent issued to him from the Shawneetown land district, in said State, for the south-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section eight, in township eleven south, of range eight east, in said land district, entered and patented by the said Whiteside, on the twenty-eighth of July, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight; and upon the surrender of said patent for the said tract ofTWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 120, 121, 122, 123. 1846.663 land, under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, the said James A. Wiiiteside is hereby authorized to locate and enter, in lieu thereof, an equal quantity of land to that so surrendered, any where in the said land districtAuthorized to enter lands in lieu thereof. unsold, and to which no preemption right attaches: *Provided*, That said entry shall be made within six months after the passage of this act.
Approved, August 8, 1846.