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 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 228, 230,231. 1839. 7.91 land, (on which he now resides,) situate in the county of Mobile, and state of Alabama, on the west side of Dog river, having twenty arpens in front on said river, with forty arpens in depth; and the Commissioner of the General Land Othee is hereby required to issue a patent to the said Etienne (Stephen) La Lande for the said tract of land: Provided, however, That this confirmation shall amount only to a re- promo, linquishment on the part of the United States of all their right and title to the said land, and shall not interfere with, or extinguish, any elder or better right, if any there be, to the same. Approved, March 3, 1839. Sururn III. HAP. CCXXVIII.—An Act or the rcli o Robe. ' G f assigmifgl f rt M Roberts or has legal M arch 3, ,839. Be it enacted, dee., That Robert M. Roberts, his legal represents- Authorized to tives or assignees, are hereby authorized to purchase of the Register l’“'§h°°° 1g5m" and Receiver of the land office at Monroe, in the state of Louisiana, ,,:,nm_°t8 Per in the district for the sale of lands north of Red river, lot number sixteen, in township number twenty-two north, range number twelve east, in said district, containing one hundred and fifty-six and twenty-seven hundredths acres, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and upon the production of the receipt of the aforesaid receiver for the money, together with the assent in writing of the school commissioners of the parish of Carroll, in said state, and of a majority of the white male inhabitants of the township over twenty-one years of age to the making of said purchase and filing the same in the office of the Register, that officer shall issue a certificate for- the same; upon the production of which at the General Land office, the said Robert M. Roberts, or his legal assignees, shall be entitled to receive a patent for said land in the same manner as if purchased under the pre-emption laws. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid Register Other land to and Receiver, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General gse :;2I;g;%‘;lsf°’ Land Office, shall select and set apart an equal quantity of land of equal ` value, in the same township, if the same can be found, if not, in some other place in said land district, for the use of schools in the aforesaid township. Approved, March 3, 1839. Snwm HL CH A1-. CCXXX.-—An Actjor the relief of Charles Rockwall. Be it enacted, Qc., That the proper accounting officers of the trea- Allgwgd ll", sury, under the superiutendence of the Secretary of the Navy, be, and pay ph ijzsughaf they are hereby, required to allow to the Reverend Charles Rockwell, :,:§_"° l ° who performed the duties of chaplain on board the United States frigate Potomac, from the eighteenth day of October to the thirtieth of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and from the seventh of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to the ninth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty~seven, the same pay to which a regular chaplain in the navy would be entitled therefor, deducting from the first-named period one ration per diem, and from the last period the full amount which has been paid him for his services during that time as captain’s clerk. Armzovnn, March 3, 1839. Crur. CCXXX1.-An Act for the relief of John James and Charles Soudor and $:;;;:1;;; Robinson Carr and Company. ______;___;_ Be it enacted, {pc., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay, out of P:J;¤?:;2i;:s· any money not otherwise appropriated, to John Jones and Charles Sou- lc? ,,0,,, ,,t lh, der, one hundred and eight dollars fifteen cents, and to Robinson Carr Peapateh.