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 TVVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 90, 94, 95, 96. 1832. 489 embraced in said claim: Provided, That this act shall only be con- Prcviso. strued, as a relinquishment of the Government of all claim to said tract of land to said claimant: And provided, also, That this act shall not proviso, operate against the claim of any third person to said tract of land. Approved, May 19, 1832. ·—····· Srnvrr I. CHAP. XC.-—An Aol for the relief of Celestin Chiapella. Mgy 19, 1832, Be it enacted, dw., That Celestin Chiapella be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his title to a tract of land situated on the left bank of the Land me Mississippi river, about eight miles below the city of New Orleans, con- contirmed. taining the quantity of three thousand and eighty-seven acres, bounded above by lands of R. Ducros, and below by lands of Magloire Guichard; and which he holds by virtue of aFrench grant to Joseph Laloire, dated July eighth, seventeen hundred and twenty-three; and another French grant to J. Laloire, of January second, seventeen hundred and sixty- seven; and another French grant in favor of Mr. Chaperon, dated January twenty-third, seventeen hundred and fifty-nine; and that a patent issue for the same, according to a survey made by A. S. Phelps, a deputy surveyor of the_United States: Provided, however, That the quantity Proviso. of three hundred and ninety-three superficial arpens heretofore confirmed in the name of Mar de Moleon, by the Board of Commissioners for the Eastern District ofy the Territory of Orleans, as evidenced by their certificate, number one hundred and forty-six, shall be considered as forming part of the tract of land hereby confirmed: And provided, Proviso. further, That this act shall be construed to operate merely as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third persons. Anrnovrzn, May 19, 1832. _"; Srururs I. CHAP. XCIV.-r2n Act for lhe relief of De Garmo Jones. May z2_ 1832. Be it enacted, Q-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to De Garmo Jones, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, eight payment on hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-five cents, the amount of account ofcernine receipts or certificates, given by Duncan Reed, Quartermaster of mm °°“‘H°°*°’· a detachment under the command of General McArthur that invaded Canada in the fall of one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, for properry of different descriptions taken or purchased of the Canadians by the order of General McArthur, and necessary for the use or consumption of said detachment. Approved, May 22, 1832. """" Srururm I. CHAP. XCV. -—-An Act for the relij of George JZ Knight. May 25, 1832. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of two thousand dollars be paid to George J. Knight, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap- Payment fora pr-opriated, for a schooner owned by him, and which was pressed into $5;*;*;*:** 3;*5- the service of the United States, and captured and destroyed by the ,,m,my_Y enemy during the last war. Approved, May 25, 1832. “—`“' Scrncrvrs 1. Crm?. XCVI. —An Act for the relief of l/ze heirs of William Vawlers. May 25, 183% Be it enacted, Qc., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they arc hereby, required to settle and adjust the account Fiveyears’full of the heirs of William Vawters, and allow to them five years’ full pay PW ¤SJ**“*3· for their father’s services as Second Lieutenant in the revolutionary me mlm ' war, with such interest thereon as the party would have been entitled 62