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 NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 51,52, 53. 1826. 341 as above-mentioned, to the Register and Receiver of the Land Office in Huntsville: and in consideration thereof, they are hereby authorized and required to cause a patent to be issued, in the name of the said Anderson, for the west half of the said south—east quarter of section twenty-eight,`in township four, of range six west, in lieu of the east half of the said south-east quarter of section twenty-eight, hereby authorized to be relinquished: Provided, Application shall be made to Proviso. the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at any time previous to the land being offered for sale by the United States. Approved, May 16, 1826. ""W' Seryrun I. CHAP. LI.—An Act for the relief of Davis Floyd. May 16, 1g2E_ Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to allow and pay unto Payment ,0 Davis Floyd, one of the commissioners for ascertaining the rights of him forconvey- persons claiming lands in East Florida, the sum of five hundred dollars, mg ’°P°'Z* °f as a full compensation for having brought to the seat of government the $w3£m_ report of the said commissioners; and the said sum shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 16, 1826. W 'Srnurs I. Cnxr-. LH.—.d1• det for the relief pg James Gibson, of Vincennes, Indiana, and May 16, 1826. James uy, of Kentucky. """""*' Be it enacted,  That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, James Gibson directed to place James Gibson on the list of invalid pensioners, who ;‘;l;;6Pl”é`:g°n served in Captain Begg’s company of light dragoons, in the battle with HSL p the Indians at Tippecanoe, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the fourth of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. Sec. 2. And be it fzrther enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and Also, James he is hereby, directed to place James Kay, of Kentucky, upon the list KW- of invalid pensioners, who was wounded in the battle of Brandywine, during the revolutionary war, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence upon the fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-tive. APPRO¥'ED, May 16, 1826. Srururs I. Gun. LIII.—An dctfor the relief of PWlliam Hambly and Edmund Doyle. May 16, 1g2S_ Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That there be granted to William Hambly and Edmund Doyle, each, a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres, in Au-acl0f1am] one body, in lieu of tracts of the same quantity, which they respectively g1‘¤p¤¢d¤0 ¤h¤¤¤ claimed, and were entitled to by the opinion of the commissioners for “' l‘°“°£ &‘°‘ ascertaining claims and titles to land in West Florida, situated on the Appalachicola river, and which, by a late treaty with the Indians of the territory of Florida, were reserved for chiefs, to be located on uninhabited lands, under the direction of the receiver and register of the land office of West Florida, within twelve months from the passage of this act; and that they be, respectively, entitled to patents for the same, upon the presentation of certilicates of survey thereof, to the Commissioner of the General Land Oihce; and that, if the location be not made before the survey of the public lands, the said tract shall be bounded by sectional lines: Provided, That this act shall only be considered as a re- Proviso. linquishment of title on the part of the United States. Ar1>1zov1·:0, May 16, 1826. 2v2