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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 162, 163, 164, 165. 1848. 735 Can. CLXII.-.8n Act for the Relief of Joseph Perry, a Choctaw Indian, or Aug. 11, 1848. his Assignces ———··—·——-————-—· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu of see- Joseph Pm), tion thirty-five, of township twenty-five, range six east, to which authorized to io- Joseph Perry, a Choctaw Indian, was entitled, and of which he was g,‘}i;ni’,"?n ?;’€°J’:;.‘ deprived by operation of the Chickasaw treaty of eighteen hundred asgctjéngfwhjch and thirty-four, and the action of the government of the United States, he W¤¤_<{<=P¤iV¢d the said Joseph Perry or his assignees shall be entitled to locate one  (’h‘°k°“W section of land, in quantities not less than one quarter section by the legal subdivisions, upon any of the public lands not otherwise appropriated, subject to private entry. Ammovno, August 11, 1848. CHAP. CLXIII.—./En Act for the Relief of the Heirs and Widow of Francois Aug. ll, 1848. Gramzllwn. —-%%- Be it enacted by the Senate and House 'of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of The claim of the widow and heirs of Francois Gramillion, to a tract of seventeen hy? “d_"¥l,°"' arpens front, by forty deep, in the parish of Avoyelles, Louisiana, be, Lijjigzngsf ,,2-SQ and the same is hereby confirmed, according to a survey executed in of land confirm- February, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, by Kenneth McCrummen, °d‘ deputy surveyor ; and it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the General Land Othee to order an ofhcial survey to be returned for the said claim, conforming as near as may be to a survey made in February, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, by Kenneth McCrummen, accompanying the petition for confirmation; and upon the return to the General Land Office of an official survey, properly executed and certified, a patent shall issue: Provided, That the confirmation and patent Proviso. shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States, and shall in no way prejudice any adverse rights which may exist to any part of the premises before such oihcial survey shall be made. Approved, August 11, 1848. CHAP. CLXIV.-—-An. Act for the Relief of John Farnham. Aug. Il, 1848. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary A p,,,,,;,,,, of of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of John 195 Per m¤¤*h ¤·i· Farnham, of Woolxvich, in the county of Lincoln, and State of Maine, F?;;;,,,,? J°h" on the roll of invalid pensions, and that he pay to him the sum of five dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to continue during his natural life. Approved, August 11, 1848. Cmp, CLXV. -.61:. Act for the Relief of Francis M. Holton. Aug. ll, 134.3, Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary A pension 0,- of the Navy be, and he is hereby, required to place the name of Francis ,38 per month al- M. Holton on the roll of invalid pensions, at the rate of eight dollars &W?£0,;‘;uF'“” per month; and that he be paid at that rate during his natural life, to` commence from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Arvnovnn, August 11, 1848.