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 1682 lune30,1932. [H. R. 87;7.) (Private, No. 78.) J. X . Gordon. Claim of, allowed. Payml'nt. from Cte Indian funds. lane 30, 1932. [H. R. 2418.] [Private, No. 79.] 72d CONGRESS, SESS. I . ellS. 339-341. JUNE 30,1932. [CHAPTER 339.] AN ACT For the relief of J. N . Gordon Be it enacted by the Senate an<!, House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem.bled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim of J. N . Gordon, arising out of the relinquishment of certain lands included in mineral entry, DenYer, numbered 040111, for which the payments had theretofore been made, and to allow said claim in the amOU!lt cf $382.50 in full and final settlement thereof. SEC. 2 . To enable the Comptroller General to carry out the pro- yisions of this Act there is hereby appropriated, out of that subdi- vision of the Confederated Bands of Utes 4 per centum fund to which the same was heretofore credited, the sum of $382.50 to pay this claim. Approved, June 30, 1932. [CHAPTER 340.] AN ACT Concerning the claim of Ja~ob Landry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Jacob Lan,'ry. United States of Anwrica in Congress assembled, That all the right, Equitable interest in 'tl d't tfhU'tdSt . d. 33 h' ciaim relinquished to. tl e, an In eres 0 t e nI e ates In an to sectIOn ,towns 1 p 10 south, range 2 east, Saint Helena Meridian, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, containing two hundred and thirty-two and seventy-five one-hundredths acres, as shown on a plat of survey made by August P. Pheps, deputy surveyor, approved on April 14, 1851, by R. W. Boyd, surveyor general for the district of Louisiana, and segre~ated thereon as the clajm of Jacob Landry, be, and the same are ~ereby, released, relinquished, and confirmed by the United States to the equitable owners of th6 equitable title thereto and to their respec- tive heirs and assigns forever, as fully and completely, in every respect whatever, as could be done by patents issued according to Prom80. law: Provided, That this Act shall amount only to a relinquishment Title of l:nited f .IhhU' - S h. dh . States only. 0 anytItet att e mted tates as,orISsuppose to ave~In and to any of said lands, and shall not be construed to abridge, impair, inJure, prejudice, or divert in any manner any valid right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate whatever; the true intent of this Act being to concede and abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to those persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the equitable owners of said lands, by reasons of long continuous possession under color of title with claim of ownership, or otherwise, under the laws of Louisiana, including the laws of prescription and limitation, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States. lune 30, 1932. [H. H. 9004.] [Private, :-; o. SO.J Approved, June 30, 1932. [CHAPTER 341.] AN ACT For the relief of Agnes C. Reder. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ~=tCJ8rge<l United Stat(S of Anwrica in Congress fUsembled, That the Secre- ro~e:tead entry, al- tary of tho Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed . to issue a patent to Agnes C. Reder for lands embraced in her