Chapter CXXIII. for the Relief of the Heirs of Hyacinth Lasseile
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Chap. CXXIII.— An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Hyacinth Lasseile. March 3, 1847. Preamble.Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled “An Act for the Relief of Hyacinth Lasseile,” approved the twenty-first 1840, ch. 100.day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty, the said Hyacinth Lasseile was authorized to locate five hundred and sixty acres of land at any land office in the State of Indiana, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-three, by paying the minimum price fixed for such lands, for eighteen acres and forty-six hundredths of an acre, part and parcel of said tract of five hundred and sixty acres: and whereas, also, the said Hyacinth Lasseile has deceased without perfecting the location of said land:
Therefore— *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Hyacinth Lasselle authorized to locate a certain tract of land at any time prior to 4th March, 1849. That it shall be lawful for the heirs of the said Lasseile to locate the said tract of land in said act contemplated, at any time prior to the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, at any land office in said State of Indiana, after any lands therein may have been offered at public sale, by paying the said minimum price for the said eighteen acres and Proviso.forty-six hundredths, as by said act is provided: *Provided*, That no tract of land shall be selected, in virtue of this act, upon which there may be improvements made, without the consent of such person or persons who have made such improvements first obtained in writing, and filed with the proper land officers where the location may be made.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the act entitled “An Act Act for relief of Jubal B. Hancock amended.1842, ch. 154.for the Relief of Jubal B. Hancock” be so amended that the time allowed fur the location of the land therein specified be extended to thirtieth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved, March 3, 1847.