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 I TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 45, 46, 58, 65. 1847. 691 Cmp. XLV.·—J1n Act for the Relief of 7Hlliam B. Keene. Much 2, 184., Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of _____` the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the entry Entry cram. heretofore made at the land ofllcc at Ouachita, in the State of Louisi- mn ¤‘¤¤¢ <>f land ima, of the east half of the south-east quarter of section twenty-six, §‘f‘df{l;f,n‘g°}Q§,‘;‘ in township twenty north, of range twelve east, by certificate number armed. l four thousand eight hundred and seventeen, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and a patent shall be issued therefor in the same Patent to issue. manner as for other lands entered at the same office. Avrnovuo, March 2, 1847. Can. XLVI.-—An Act for the Rzliqf qid the Heirs of Louis de la Houssaye, Much 2, 1847. eceas. ·——--———-- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Heh., &,,_ 0,- United States if America in Congress assembled, That the heirs and Louis i dc la legal representatives of Louis de la Houssaye, deceased, be author- ,0;*; ized and permitted to locate the tract of land confirmed to them by the tract of land an act entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and legal Repro- 3’¤5'¤¤°d *° sentatives of Louis de la Houssaye," approved second March, eigh- ,,,,°;I;,,`i;i°§{ any teen hundred and twenty-seven, upon any vacant public land in the 1827, eh. 64-. Opelousas land district, in Louisiana c Provided, That said lands shall Prcviso. not be located in less quantities than a quarter of a section. Armzovnn, March 2, 1847. Crux-. LVIII.-An Het relinquishing to the City of Madison, in the State of March 3, 1847. Indiana, all the Right and Title of the United States to a certain Strip of un,— —-—- iurneyed Land lying within the Limits of said City, and bordering on the Ohio H76T. Be it enacted by the Senate and House y` Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all that unsurveyed strip or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Jefferson, and State of Indiana, bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at the Boundaries 0,- southeast corner of fractional section number one ; thence westwardly, a mm of ind along the south line of fractional sections one, two, and three, all in gglgifgd ,0*%:; township " three " north, of range "ten " east, until said line strikes city ol‘Madi¤o¤. the south-west corner of said fractional section numbered "three;" thence from the corner last mentioned, due south, to low-water mark on the Ohio river; thence eastwardly, up and following the meanderings of the river at low-water mark, to a point directly opposite the south-east corner of said fractional section numbered one; thence north, from the point last aforesaid, to the place of beginning of the lands, lying and being in the Jefiersonville land district, be, and the same is hereby vested in the city of Madison, for the sole use and benefit of said city. Approved, March 3, 1847. CHAP. LXV.—An Act to authorize the constituted Authorities of the City of March 3, 184,7, Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, to enter certain Islands between the Landings of ·—--——- said City and the main Channel of the Mississippi River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States if America in Congress assembled, That the consti- Aunmr-mc; or tuted authorities of the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, be, the my °*` DW