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 526 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch.297,298,299. 1832. Actof March hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act granting bounties in land and 5» 1816- <>h· $5- extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers," in addition to one hundred and sixty acres heretofore received pursuant to said act; to be located in le al subdivisions, on any of the public lands of the United States in the Territory of Michigan, which have been offered at public sale, and are now subject to entry at private sale. Approved, July 14, 1832. Snrurs I. _.. ‘ July 14, 1832. CHAP. CGXCVII. ·-dn Act for the relief of the widow and heirs of Pedro, alias "”""* Pierre Gucdry. Bc it enacted, qc., That the widow and heirs of Pedro, alias Pierre Land claim Guedry, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to 3:§:j';%f°,m a tract of land containing four and one half arpents in front, and forty or p_ Gugdm arpents in depth, on the Mississippi river, at the distance of about four miles above the mouth of the Manchac, in the state of Louisiana; being a part of a tract granted to the said Pedro, alias Pierre Guedry, by the Baron de Carondelet, by letters patent, bearing date the seventh day of December, seventeen hundred and ninety-two. and to Francis Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Francis Daigre be con- Dmgrc. firmed in his claim to the residue of the said tract of land; and that the said widow and heirs of the said Guedry, and the said Francis Daigre, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter their respective claims to the tract of land aforesaid, in the land office at Saint Helena proviso_ court·house, in the state of Louisiana: Provided, That the said Francis Daigre be required to exhibit to the Register and Receiver of the said land office, either a good legal or equitable title to the part of the said pm,,,,,, tract of land claimed by him: And provided, also, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to affect the claim of any other person or persons to said land, or any part thereof, derived either from the United States or from any other source whatever. Avrnoviun, July 14, 1832. Section I. Jul!' Mr 1832- CHAP. CCXCVII1.—An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of .ZWmr0d Farrow and tf Richard Harris. Bc it enacted, dm., That the Third Auditor of the Treasury, the Ccmrnissiqn to Second Comptroller, and Charles Gratiot, be, and they are hereby, au- ':Q:f'““° °l"‘“’* thorized and directed to examine the claims of the legal representatives of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris, against the United States, arising from a contract to construct a fortification at Dauphin Island, on the principles of justice and equity; and they are empowered and di— rectcd to take further testimony on the part of the United States, if they shall think the same necessary to accomplish the ends of justice; and to prescribe rules for taking testimony on behalf ot, and giving notice Testimony and to, the parties respectively; and to call on the claimants for books and "‘”‘“d ‘° b° '°‘ papers relating to expenditures under said contract· and they are ported to Com d. .. . * gr,,,,, irected to report the testimony so taken, with their award, to the next session of Congress. Aiwnovrzo, July 14, 1832. Srururs I. July 14, 1832. Cnn. CCXCIX.-An Act for the rcliqfqf the heirs of Nathaniel Hillen. _ Be it enacted, &·c., That the right of the heirs of Nathaniel Hillen, in Lnfpd claim and to a certain tract of land lying in the parish of East Baton Rouge, °°" ""° ‘ in the state of Louisiana, containing six hundred and forty acres, upon which Nathaniel Hillen resided in his life-time, and which has been since cultivated by Robert Hillen, for the use and benefit of said heirs, be recognised as valid, and confirmed to said heirs, in the same manner, and upon the same terms and conditions, as if their claim had been filed with the commissioners under the act of Congress passed the twenty-