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 TWENTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 111, 112. 113. 1842. 847 vided, That the right of pre-emption shall not accrue to any person or Proviso. persons who now are or may hereafter settle on said lands under any existing pre-emption law. Approved, August 1, 1842. S·rAT¤'¤r II. Cnar. CXI.——-.£n Aet for the bmqit of the county of Holt, in the state of Missouri. Aug. 1, 1842. Be it enacted, dw., That the proper authorities of the county of Holt, in the state of Missouri, be, and they hereby are, authorized to make Mayenm-cm·. entry, at the proper land office, within one year next after the date of min lands, in this act, at the minimum price, of the west half of the south-west quar- nin f‘?"“fa,‘E“?¥‘d ter of section numbered twenty-six, and the east half of the south-east gosnilvuondiil quarter of section numbered twenty-seven, in township numbered sixty, net ofiesth May and range numbered thirty-eight, situated in the said county of Holt, 1824*°h·169* making one hundred and sixty acres, upon which the seat of justice of said county is located, in full satisfaction of the claim of said county under the provisions of the act, entitled, "An act granting to the counties or parishes of each state and territory of the United States in which the public lands are situated the right of pre-emption to quarter sections of land for seats of justice within the same," approved twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four: Provided, That p,,,v,,°_ said lands shall not have been sold by the United States prior to the date of this act. Approved, August 1, 1842. Sryruu II. Cntr. CXII.-An Act to can/irm the sale of a certain school section in the slate of Aug. 1, 1842. Illinois, and for other purposes. ";"‘*"‘ Be it enacted, &c., That the sale heretofore made of section number sixteen, in township number thirty-nine, north of range fourteen, east Lund gale Wn. of the third principal meridian, in the state of Illinois, by and under the Hrnwdauthority of said state, with the assent of the inhabitants of the congressional township, in which said section is situate, be, and the same is hereby confirmed 1 Provided, That this act shall be construed as only Pmviso, giving the assent of the United States to said sale, and to the patents issued by the state of Illinois to the purchasers of the same, so far as the United States are concerned in the matter. APl’ROVED, August 1, 1842. Srnun II. CHAP. CXIII.—-dn Act authorizing a patent to be issued to Bartholomew Pellerin, Aug. 1, 1842. his heirs or assigns. """·-"""‘ Be it enacted, &e., That the Commissioner of the General Land Office A be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue a patent to Bar- LUN! Pawn! tholomcw Pellerin, or to his heirs and assigns, in right of widow Masmer °°b° '”“°d‘ or Asmard, for his claim to a tract of land situate at the bay of St. Louis, in the state of Mississippi, containing seventeen thousand and eighty-four superficial arpens, according to a survey of the same approved by Vincente Sebastien Pintado, on the thirtieth of January, eighteen hundred and ten, the same having been confirmed by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen z Provided, That proviso, the same shall only operate as a relinquishment of the right of the United States, and shall not affect the right of third persons. Approved, August 1, 1842.