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 246 SIXTEENTH CONGRESS. S¤ss.I. Ch. 74, 76, 77. 1820. Snrur: I. May 8, 1820. Cum. LXXIV.-An Act for the relief of John M`cGrew, Richard Graaat, ‘*"’_""‘ Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney. Be it enacted, &·e.,That John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, (3,,,;;,,,,,,; in and Beley Cheney, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their respeetheir claims to five claims to land lying on the east side of the Tombigbee river, in lggam Al" the state of Alabama, founded on Spanish warrants of survey, issued ' prior to the twenty-seventh day of October, in the year one thousand Pmvim seven hundred and ninety-five: Provided, The. said claimants shall ` prove, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the land office within whose district the said lands are situated, that they were residents of the Mississippi territory on the day aforesaid; and that, prior to that period, the conditions of said warrants of survey were performed b them. Regjsgcy and ySr·:c.2. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver rvqéwcr M r¤· aforesaid, are hereby required to receive and record the evidence which f:;":$£,‘;;i;°'d may be offered in support of the claims enumerated in the first section &,°_ ’ of this act; and if it shall appear that the said claimants were residents of the late Mississippi territory, or had complied with the conditions of their warrants of survey, on the day and year in the foregoing section specified, it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to issue to the said claimants certificates of confirmation, for the quantity of Provisv. land mentioned in the said warrants of survey: Provided, No certificate shall be for a larger quantity than six hundred and forty acres: Prvvisv. And provided, also, That the said lands have not been sold by the United States; in which case, the register and receiver shall make a special report of the fact, with all the evidence thereto appertaining, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, who shall present the same to Congress at their next session, for their decision thereon. Approved, May S, 1820. Srnuriz I. U May 8, 1820. Cmw. LXXVI.-An Act for the relief af Beck and Harvey. Be it enacted, &c., That there be refunded and paid to Beck and (3,,,,,;,, d,,,;,,, Harvey, of Philadelphia, the sum of three thousand three hundred and M be refunded. seventy-six dollars and nine cents; the said sum of moncy having been paid, by the persons above-mentioned, to the collector of Philadelphia, on the importation into the United States of sundry copper bottoms, and bolts, or bars, the same not being, by law, subject to the payment of duties. Approved, May 8, 1820. S·rn·u·r¤ I. . Cnsr. LXXV1I.—An Act for the reliqf of the legal representatives af Henry Act ofDec. 29, Wallis. (a) 18% ch'4` Be it enacted, <§~c., That the legal representatives of Henry Willis Authorized", be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter, without payment, in lieu enter li tract of of two tracts of land, claimed by them, on the waters of Bayou Sarah, lwgblgegctgagis and which have been sold by the United States, in any land office in claimed by the states of Mississippi or Alabama, and in such quantities, agreeably them- to the surveys made by the United States, as the claimants may desire, a quantity not exceeding thirteen hundred arpens; for which the register or registers of the land offices aforesaid, shall issue the necessary certificate or certificates, on return of which, to the General Land (al The act of May 8, 1920. chap. 77, for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Willis, did not authorize them to enter land surveyed and laid off for the town of Claiborne, in the state of Alabama. Choutard v. Pope, 12 Wheat. 586, 6 Cond. Rep. 655.