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 TWENTY—TH1RD CONGRESS. S¤ss.I. Ch. 119, 120, 121. 1834. 575 superficial arpens of land in said parish, adjoining lands of John Seay, on the north, Philip Hicky, on the south, on the east by vacant land, and on the west by land of Antonio Grass and Armand Duplantu, conveyed to Jesse Ratcliif in pursuance of a grant made by the Spanish Governor, Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, of the fourteenth February, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and by sundry mesne conveyances, vested in the said Samuel Vail: Provided, That this act shall be con- Proviso. strued only as a release from the Government of the United States, and not to affect the titles of any third persons. Ammovmn, June 28, 1834. _”" Suruwn I. CHAP. CX1X.—An Ac! for the relief of Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Juno2S, 1834. Pierre Ledoux. ""‘°`°"" Be it enacted, <§-c., That Marguerite Baron, widow of Jean Pierre Ledoux, be, and she is hereby, confirmed in her title to a tract ofland Title confirmof twenty arpens in front on the Mississippi, and forty arpens in depth, f;1;’:f‘j°1`13"1 which tract is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi, in the parish 0 an ` of `West Feliciana, in the state of Louisiana, at what is called “Isle aux Chats," or Cats’ Island; this being the same tract of land which was granted by the Spanish Government to Jean Pierre Ledoux in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Marguerite Baron, widow Aim, to an. as aforesaid, be, and she hereby is, confirmed in her title to another 0¤h¢¤¤¤<>¢· tract of land of twenty arpens in front on the Mississippi, and nve arpens in depth, which tract ofland lies immediately adjoining the tract in the first section of this act named, and it being the same tract of land which was granted by the Spanish Government to Pierre or Lasty Ledoux, sou of the said Marguerite Baron, on the eighteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight : Provided, That this act Pr0vi 0_ shall operate only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third person. Approved, June 28, 1834. CHAP. CXX.-An Act for the re/ie/' of Jlsel Wilkinson. June 28, 1834. Be it enacted, (Src., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the trea- Payment for sury not otherwise appropriated, to Asel Wilkinson, the sum of seventy- °;“Q1°°’ *1* '1 five dollars, the amount of three months’ extra pay, to which the said 1) ` Asel is entitled, under a resolution of Congress of January six, eighteen Resolution of hundred and fourteen, for his services as a pilot on board of the squadron ·1““· 6- 1814* commanded by Captain Oliver H. Perry, in the battle on Lake Erie of the tenth of September, eighteen hundred and thirteen. Armtovrsn, [June] 28, 1834. Snmurs I. CHAP. CXXI.—An Aei for the rclif of Johi» Allen. yum, 28. 1834. Be it enacted, &c., That John Allen be, and he hereby is, authorized to enter at private sale with the register of the land ofliee at Vincennes, Au,;,,,,;,,,,,; to at any time within six months from the passage of this act, paying one enter land at dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the tract of land. on which he now i’11"°t° Sa °' lives, being location numbered two hundred and ninety-two, on the Vincennes donation tract, in township three north, and range seven west, in the land district aforesaid: Provided, however, That the pre- Proviso. emption hereby authorized shall in nowise interfere with any existing right of others. Appnovsn, June 28, 1834.
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