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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 9 STAT. · March 3, 1849 · Chapter CXXXIII

Chapter CXXXIII. for the Relief of William L

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Chap. CXXXIII.— An Act for the Relief of William L. Wigent. March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, William L. Wigent authorized to enter and purchase a certain tract of land in Illinois. That William L. Wigent be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter and purchase, at the minimum price of the public lands, the south-east quarter of section numbered twelve, in township numbered thirty-five north, range numbered eleven east, of the third principal meridian, in the north-eastern land district of Illinois; it being the same tract of land on which the said Wigent resides, and has improved and cultivated: *Provided*, The said Wigent, at the time of said entry and purchase, shall satisfy the register and receiver of said land district that there are no adverse or other claimants to said tract of land, or to any part of the same.
Approved, March 3, 1849.
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