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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 16, 17, 18. 1849. 753 Bell Grove " tract, and which was conveyed by Richard Crampton to the said James B. Davenport, by deed bearing date the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, so far as the United States have title thereto, to the said James B. Davenport, his heirs and assigns: Provided, That Proviso. this act shall not be so construed as in any manner to confirm any part of the said De Bastrop grant, save the said two tracts, or to affect the rights of third persons in said two tracts hereby confirmed. Approved, January 10, 1849. Gun. XVI. ·-.9n dc! for Unc Relief of Anthony Beane. Jan, 10, 1849. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqzrescntatives of the Umm] States of America in Congress assembled, That the surveyor- $¤¤¢y<>$jg¢¤- general of the State of Louisiana is hereby authorized and directed to €§°¥0%g,£,°}f,$1Xl;i locate for Anthony Bessee, in full satisfaction of his six hundred and tkmuy Besseef}0 {my acre confirmed settlement claim, in the parish of East Baton ms °*° P“*’1‘° Rouge, Louisiana, the like area, according to the lines of the public ' surveys, upon any unapprepriated land belonging to the United States in the Greensburgh land district, Louisiana, and, upon the return of a certificate of such location to the General Land Office, a patent shall Patent to issue. issue to the said Bessce. Approved, January 10, 1849. Curr. XVII.—An Act ta confirm Elizabeth Burriss, her Heirs, or Assigns, in Jan. 10, 1849. their Htlc in a Tract of Land. ’*"**i"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Elizabeth bc:?'; ¤*`,EH; Burriss, her heirs, or assigns, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in ::8,,,,,:1;:5; of their claim to a tract of land, containing six hundred and forty acres, land confirmed. situate in the Greensburgh land district, in the State of Louisiana, being the same on which said Elizabeth Burriss resided on and previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and coniirmed by commissicnefs certificate number two hundred and seven, dated the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred and nineteen, saving and reserving any and all previous confirmations, sales, or grants, made by the United States, conflicting with the said claim of said Elizabeth Burriss; and if any sales of all or a portion of said claim have been made by the United States, the said Elizabeth shall be entitled to select a quantity of land equal to the amount so sold by She United States, by legal subdivisions, elsewhere, within said land istrict. Approved, January 10, 1849. Curr. XVIII. -— An dc: fm- the Rdiéf of John B. Smith and Simeon Darden. Jan. 10, 1849. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqmzscntatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Messrs. Smith ¤f the Treasury is hereby directed to pay, or cause to be paid, by the ;;‘Q,D‘*§}gQ‘°A; Proper disbursing officer, the sum of one hundred dollars, to the said their services John B. Smith and Simeon Darden, for labor and expenses incurred by {md :*P°”a';s \l1¢m in the pursuit and arrest of John Weaver, who was tried and :.:;§°,;m;0h: convicted, in the District Court of the United States for the middle d1s· Weaver,who was W6! of Alabama, of the crime of stealing from the mail of the Umtéd g?:g‘f,§g°i:;’:i{?b` States. drrmlviznklauuary 10, 1849. 01.. . mv. - 14