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 TVVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 30, 31,33, 38. 1840. 801 Snrnra I. Crisp. XXX. -—.r2n Act for the relief of Joseph Cochran. May 27, 1840 Be it enacted, Aye., That Joseph Cochran be, and he is hereby, en- _______- titled to a preference in becoming the purchaser, according to the pro- Entitled ,0 a visions of the third section of the act entitled "An act for the tina! prcferencein adjustment of private land claims in Missouri/’ approved ninth July, p“'°l‘°“l“g¤ °°‘ one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, of a certain tract of land, $0 {E2 lying in the Palmyra district, Missouri, (for which proof of his right ch. 180. i I has heretofore been made by him to the land officers of said district, and his claim rejected by them on account of the conveyance to him by Albert '1`ison, the Spanish claimant, bearing date subsequent to the ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,) in the same manner, and under the same restrictions, as to quantity and location, as he would have been entitled to, had said conveyance been made preceding the date of said act 2 Provided, That the entry hereby authorized proviso_ shall be made within one year from the date of this act: And provided, pH,,,,,,, further, That this act shall be considered only as a relinquishment of i the rights of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third persons. Approved, May 27, 1840. Summa I. CHA?. XXXI.—.z2n Acifor the relief of .8. G. S. PWght. May 21, 1g4g_ Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the payment of two hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-three cents, together with the interest thereon, part of Part ofa judge judgment which was obtained December fourth, one thousand eight ¥¤}¤¤¢¤i¤i¤¤l hundred and thirty-seven, for the sum of five hundred and ninety-nine {::;,5 Ozzy_ dollars and twenty-seven cents principal, and eighty-seven dollars and mont bt bntwenty-five cents interest, against A. G. S. Wight, as surety of Samuel lance, &<=· Smoker, late post—master at Galena, Illinois, be released, and shall not he collected, upon payment of the balance of said judgment, interest, and costs of suit. Armzovnn, May 27, 1840. Scwrurn I. CHARXXXIII.-An Act for the relief of James L. Cochran. June 1, 184,, Be it enacted, dw., That James L. Cochran, of the state of Arkansas, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter any vacant, unappropriated, Authorized to and unoccupied quarter section of land in the Batesville land district, ?¤¥gf9¤1'j¤1¤ f in the state of Arkansas, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, ,:2,’°:;’,;§j;£ in lieu of the land he now resides on, it being part of the sixteenth sec- he now resides. tion of township eighteen, range thirteen west, in the county of Izard, of said state. Apvaovmn, June 1, 1840. Scururnz L CHAP. XXXVIII.-An .tlct for the relief of General Duncan L. Clinch. .l' une 19, 1840. Be it enacted, e§·o., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, required to adjust all claims of General Duncan L. Clinch for the com Claim {0,- com and sugar cane consumed or destroyed by the troops of the United and sugaé cane States commanded by General Call, in the year eighteen hundred and §;“;’5:‘j‘;’d* gm thirty-six, during the period said troops were in possession of his plarnta- ’ tion; and that the amount, when ascertained, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Avrnovmo, June 19, 1840. 101