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 926 TWENTY-EIGIITH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 143, 144, 145, 146. 1844. tered by said Anderson, for the use of schools for the inhabitants of said township, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commis- Pmvigg, sioner of the General Land Officec Provided, The majority of the legal voters of said township sign a petition authorizing the said James Anderson to enter the said fractional section sixteen, in said township, and present the same to the register of the district. Approved, June 17, 1844. S·r.u·ur1·: I. ·——·-—-— June 17, I844. Curr. CXLIII.—-An Jctfor the relief of Simeon Demiin. Be it enacted, <§~e., That the Secretary of War place the name of T¤ be Placed Simeon Dennin on the invalid pension roll, and that he pay him at the °“ p°"s‘°“ '°u‘ rate of four dollars per month during his natural life, commencing tiom and after the passage of this act. Approved, June 17, 1844. Snrurs I. —-——— Juno 17, 1844. CHAP. CXL1V.—-An Jlcl for the rel}? Z/' Soliomon Sturges, asszgnee of Humphrey `*—""‘_‘ ic cree Be it enacted, ¢$·c., That Solomon Sturges be, and he is hereby, an- Authorized to thorized to enter one half quarter section of land of any of the public §g:,°;:ag;ié_’° lands in the state of Ohio, subject to sale by private entry, in lieu of the i west half of the north-west quarter of section eight, in township five, of range seven, which was entered and paid for with military land scrip at the Zanesville land office, in the said state of Ohio, by Humphrey Richcreek, and transferred by him on the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty~two, the day on which said entry was Proviso. made to the said Solomon Sturges: Provided, That the said Solomon Sturges shall relinquish to the United States all his right and claim to the land so entered, in such form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, and also to the military land scrip with which said entry was made. Approved, June 17, 1844. Sxwrva-a I. ;—‘ June 17, 1844. CHAP. CXLV.—An Act for the re/{ef of Pierre SC Derbannc. Be it enacted, cya., That Pierre S. Derbanne, of the parish of Nat- A¤rhvri¤¤_dw chitoches, in the state of Louisiana, or his legal representatives, shall $:3* °°"“’" be, and he or they are hereby authorized to make entry and purchase ` at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, on the terms above stated, of lots numbers two and three, being the north—west fractional quarter of section fifteen, of township nine north, range six west of the northwestern land district in the state of Louisiana, or so much thereof as does not conflict with the claim of Jean Pierre Valade, agreeably to a diagram approved by the surveyor-general of Louisiana, to include his proviso_ improvements as nearly as practicable: Provided, That said lots shall not have been sold by the United States prior to the passage of this act. Arenovcn, June 17, 1844. Srnurn I. ——— June 17, 1844. Cm?. CXLV1. -·.».‘ln dc! for the benefit of Thomas Hunter and Alexander Caidwe. Be it enacted, &c., That Thomas Hunter and Alexander Caldwell be, Released from and they are hereby, released from the judgment rendered against them to cogw P two thousand dollars and the costs, except as to the costs; the said judgment being the same rendered against them upon the recognisance of bail by them entered into before Thomas B. Monroe, judge of the United States for the district of Kentucky, on the thirtieth day of April, eigh.
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