Chapter CXXXVIII. for the Relief of John G
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Chap. CXXXVIII.— An Act for the Relief of John G. McCloud, of Linn County, Iowa. Aug. 8, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, John G. McCloud permitted to enter a quarter section of land. That John G. McCloud be, and he is hereby, permitted to enter, within one year from the date of the passage of this bill, at the proper land office, at the minimum price of the public lands, the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section number sixteen, in township eighty-three north, of range seven west, containing forty acres.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the authority having chargeAuthority having charge of school land to report to register mid receiver. of the said school land is hereby authorized to select, and report to the register and receiver of the district in which said land is situate, other unappropriated lands of the United States subject to private entry in the said Territory, of a similar quantity to that which shall have been entered by said John G. McCloud, for the use of schools for the inhabitants of said township, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided*, That two thirds of the legal voters (including such females as may be heads of families) of said township sign a petition consenting that the said John G.
McCloud may enter the before-mentioned forty-acre tract of land, and cause the same to be presented to the register of the proper district. Approved, August 8, 1846.