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 762 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 106, 107, 108, 109. 1839. That this relinquishment shall not extent to more than four hundred acres of land, nor shall the same in any manner interfere with the prior legal or equitable rights of others. Approved, March 3, 1839. Snrurs III. —·‘-‘_‘ Much 3, 1839. CHAP. CVI. -·An Act for the relief of James Moore. Be it enacted, &c., That James Moore, of the county of Bibb, in the Maysurrender state of Alabama, be, and he hereby is, authorized to surrender the eerhqd °°*§m°¤*¤» titicate which issued to him from the land office at Tuscaloosa, in the za,?,;:::,;?` said state, on the tenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for the south-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section three, in township number twenty-three, of range twelve east, in the said district, which was purchased and paid for by him through mistake; and, upon the surrender of said certificate, or, if a patent shall have issued for the said tract of land, upon the surrender of his patent, and filing his relinquishment in said land office, the said James Moore shall he entitled to a certificate from the register and receiver of said land office for the _ amount which was so paid by mistake; which shall be received in pay- ment for any other tract of land in said land district which may be subject to private entry. Armzovsn, March 3, 1839. Srnum: III. March 3, 1839. Can. CVII.-An dat for the relief of Menzies Gilespic, Mc a soldier of the ”"‘_"""' [hailed Slates army. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That Menzies Gilespie, by his attorney, Robert Authorized to Clark, is authorized to relinquish to the United States, in such form as ¥9li¤<1¤i¤h all the Commissioner of the General Land Office may prescribe, all the EF};;?,, gk_ right, interest, and title of the said Menzies Gilespie to warrant number ram, &.c. two thousand four hundred and eighty-three, issued thirteenth February, eighteen hundred and fifteen, for bounty land, in consideration of services rendered in the late war; and when so surrendered, the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall issue a duplicate warrant in lieu of the said warrant heretofore issued; which warrant shall be receivable in payment of lands at any land office of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1339. Snruu III. ——-— M¤1'¤h 3i 1839- Cunr. CVIIL —-—An Act for the relief of Nicholas Phelan, heir at law of John '_`“"_`_"` Phelan, deceased. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Secretary of War cause to be issued to Lund warrant Nicholas Phelan, heir at law of John Phelan, deceased, late of the city of said John Phelan, as a lieutenant or captain in the war of the Revolution. A1-rrcovmn, March 3, 1839. Srnure III. ——-— March 3, 1839. C1-r.u>. CIX.-An Jlct for the relief of the legal rqwesentatives of Major Turl- ·······"""‘ tcm Woodsors. Be it enacted, rfc., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Ac,,,,,,,,,,,, be sury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to settle and settled and adjust the account of the legal representatives of Major '1‘arlton Wood- P¤¤d· son, and to pay the balance of the account of said Woodson which was found due on the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. A1-rnovzn, March 3, 1839.
 * ° b° ‘”“°d· of Baltimore, a warrant for two hundred acres of land, for the service