Chapter XLII. for the Relief of Benjamin Harris, of La Salle County, State of Illinois
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Chap. XLII.— An Act for the Relief of Benjamin Harris, of La Salle County, State of Illinois. July 15, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Benjamin Harris permitted to enter at the minimum price certain land in the Dizon land district, Illinois. That Benjamin Harris, of La Salle county, State of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, permitted to enter, at the minimum price per acre, the south-east fraction of the north-west quarter of section twelve, in township numbered thirty-three north, range numbered three east, of the third principal meridian, in the Dixon land district in said State, heretofore entered 1834, ch. 54.by said Benjamin Harris as a preemption under the act of the nineteenth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and which entry has been cancelled for irregularity; and on the payment of the purchase Patent to issue.money therefor, a final certificate and patent shall issue as in other cases: *Provided, however*, If any transfer or assignment of the right Proviso, in case of an assignment.of the said Harris has been made by him to any other person, the privilege hereby granted shall extend to and be exercised by his assignee.
Approved, July 15, 1846.