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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 9 STAT. · Feb. 25, 1847 · Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIII. for the Relief of George Gordan

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Chap. XXIII.— An Act for the Relief of George Gordan. Feb. 25, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Entries of certain lands by George Gordon, and by Zachariah C. Poor, legalized and confirmed. That the entry and purchase by George Gordon, at the land office at St. Louis, Missouri, of the south-west quarter of section thirty-two, in township numbered forty-six, of range numbered six east, as per receiver’s certificate numbered eight thousand three hundred and sixty-seven, and the entry and purchase by Zachariah C.
Poor, at the same land office, of the south-east quarter of section thirty-one, in township numbered forty-six, of range numbered six east, as per receiver’s certificate number eight thousand three hundred and sixty-six, and by the said Poor assigned to said Gordon, and which said entries have been cancelled for irregularity, at the General Land Office, be, and the same Patents to issue.are hereby, confirmed and legalized, and a patent or patents shall issue therefor to the said George Gordon, or his assignee, as in other cases.
Approved, February 25, 1847.
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