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 S20 TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 14, 15, 16, 17. 1841. Mary Tucker, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Mary Tucker, the occupant ll'¤¢h0¤9¤P¤¤¢r upon said fractional quarter sections, be, and is hereby, authorized to
 * ,::5,d {sm, enter the same within six months from the passage of this act, at one

dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, in the proper land office. Arvnovmn, February 27, 1841. Snrurs Il'. "`—"" March 2, 1841. Cine. XIV. —-·An del for the relief of Lieutenant John E. Biapluom. Be it enacted, eye., That there be paid to Lieutenant John E. Bisp- To be paid the ham, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the §,‘?;‘:s":;g°ff” sum of twenty-nine dollars and sixteen cents, the amount awarded to th, ,,,,,,0,, of, him by Congress, as one of the captors of a piratical felucca, taken in pimiealfelueea. the West Indies, in eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and transferred to the treasury by reason of his non·claim within the time limited by law. Armoven, March 2, 1841. Smrvr: I1'. MRFoh 2. 1841- CHAP. XV .-·An dc! for the relief of Jean Baptiste Comeau. Be it enacted, rye., That Jean Baptiste Comeau, of the parish of Aufhvviwl w Lafayette, in the state of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to gg{_*;,!·gfé*¤ enter, without payment therefor, two hundred and ten acres of land, 'upon any of the public lands which have been surveyed, and are subject to sale by private entry in the said state, in lieu of a like quantity of land confirmed to him upon the report of the commissioners of land claims for the western district of Louisiana, of the lirst of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and which was subsequently sold by the United States to a certain Jean E. Lefebvre, under the provi- Ac; of April sions of the act of the twelfth of April, one thousand eight hundred and 12. 1814.ch-52- fourteen, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of land titles in the proviso_ state of Louisiana and territory of Missouri:" Provided, The location of the land, the entry of which is here authorized, shall, as near as can be, conform to the legal divisions and subdivisions of the surveys of the public lands, and if the quantity located shall exceed two hundred and ten acres, the residue shall be paid for at the minimum price of public lands; and upon a return of the usual certilicate to the General Land Ollice of the United States, a patent shall issue, as in other cases of land sold by the United States. Approved, March 2, 1841. Srnurs Il. March 2, 1841. CHAP. XVI. ——An Act for the relief of John Carter. Be it enacted, Qc., That John Carter, of Georgetown, in the District Authorized to of Columbia, be, and he is hereby, authorized to bring into the District £?:€;h‘;°B';ff,ct of Columbia, from the state of Alabama, his slave man William, and of C,,;,,mi,;,,_ the said slave to hold in the said district, in the same manner as if the said man William had been always resident in the said district; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Am-novae, March 2, 1841. Srnura II. Much 2, ISM_ Gun. XVII.-—An dot granting a pension to Hannah Leighton. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Secretary of War place the name of To be placed Hannah Leighton on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and pay her a °" P°““'°° ‘°“· pension at the rate of eighty dollars a year, from the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, during her life. Approved, March 2, 1841.