Chapter XV. for the Relief of James B
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Chap. XV.— An Act for the Relief of James B. Davenport. Jan. 10, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Titles to two tracts of land confirmed to Jas. B. Davenport. That the titles to two tracts of land, situated in the parish of Moorhouse, and State of Louisiana, one containing three hundred and eighty arpents, being part of a large tract of land commonly known as the Baron de Bastrop grant, which was assigned and set off to the said James B.
Davenport, in the partition of the real estate of his father, the late Josiah Davenport, deceased, by deed bearing date the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten; the other containing seven hundred and sixty-six acres of land, being part of a large tract commonly known as “TheTHIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 16, 17, 18. 1849.753 Bell Grove” tract, and which was conveyed by Richard Crampton to the said James B. Davenport, by deed bearing date the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, so far as the United States have title thereto, to the said James B.
Davenport, his heirs and assigns: *Provided*, ThatProviso. this act shall not be so construed as in any manner to confirm any part of the said De Bastrop grant, save the said two tracts, or to affect the rights of third persons in said two tracts hereby confirmed. Approved, January 10, 1849.