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 TWENTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. S1·:ss.II. Ch. 238, 239, 240. 1842. S7] said Therese Malette shall surrender to the United States, in such manner as the Commissioner of the Land Office shall direct, all right, title, and interest, in and to the land held under the aforesaid confirmation: And provided, also, Said locations shall be made on lands subject Proviso. to sale at private entry, and to conform as nearly as possible to the public surveys of the United States. Ai>PROvE1>, August 29, 1842. Snrvrs II. CHAP. CCXXXVIlI.—An Act_/'nr the relief of Jean Baptist Comeau. Aug_ 29, 1842, Be it enacted, rfc., That Jean Baptist Comeau, of the parish of Lafayette, in the state of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to Authorized to enter, without payment therefor, two hundred and ten acres of land, ‘€"*"’l¤'“l· in upon any of the public lands which have been surveyed, and are subject lj3g,,?:,; to sale by private entry in the district of lands subject to sale at Ope- by U.S. lousas, 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 first of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and which was subsequently sold by the United States to a certain Jean E. Lefabvre, under the provisions of the act of the twelfth of April, one Act of April thousand eight hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act for the final l2·181‘*»°h·52· adjustment ofland titles in the state of Louisiana and Territory of Mis- ‘ souri :" Provided, The location of the land, the entry of which is here Proviso. 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 Pacemtoissue. the usual certificate to the General Land Office of the United States, a patent shall issue as in other cases of lands sold by the United States. Ammovnn, August 29, 1842. II. CHAP. CCXXXIX.-An Act for the relief of Enoch Hidden. Avg_ 29, ]842_ Be it enacted,_&c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to pay to Enoch Hidden the sum of two hundred Paymemfmj dollars out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, j‘;;s§vz§_;?3“ in renumeration for the use, heretofore and in the future, of his improvement in the elevating screw-box and cap for carronades. Approved, August 29, 1842. · STATUTE II. CHAP. CCXL. —-dn Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Eck- Aug. 29, 1842. jbrd, deceased. "THC__ Be it enacted, nyc., That there be paid to the legal representatives of Henry Eckford, deceased, out of any money in the treasury not other- To be paid for wise appropriated, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and eighty- sggégjxixgsxls three dollars and ninety-seven cents, in full payment and satisfaction H_ Eck,~O,.d·S for any claims they, or the said Henry Eckford had, or may have,·on premises. account of the United States vessels New Orleans and Chippewa being suffered to remain on the premises of the said Henry ldckford for any length of time anterior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-two; and a further sum, at the rate of one hundred and ninety- one dollars sixty-two and one half cents, as long` as the said United States vessel New Orleans shall remain at Navy Point. APPROVED, August 29, 1842,