Proviso. $500 appropri documents rela tive to firmed. act of the sixth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the State of Louisiana," be, and the same are hereby, confirmed: Provided, always, That this is only to operate as a quit claim on the part of the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceed-' ated for copies of ing five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, certain out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise disposed of, to be used by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in paying the expenses of a copy of all the documents of record, and offered before the register and receiver of the New Orleans land district, in support of the land claims reported upon by them, and which are not confirmed by this act. Certain claims SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That claims numbers reported by the two, five, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, register and receiver of the Ou- seventeen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-six, thirty-four, thirtyachita district con- five, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty and forty-six, of the report of firmed. Certain other claims mentioned confirmed. the register and receiver of the Ouachita land district, in the State of Louisiana, dated the twenty-fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, and made under the provisions of the act of the sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirtyfive, are hereby confirmed for six hundred and forty acres each. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That numbers one, four, in said report also seven, fifteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-three, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-seven, and forty-eight of said report, are also confirmed, as recommended by the register and receiver number three, is confirmed to two thousand acres, number twenty-four to one, thousand acres, and number forty-five to two hundred acres: Provided, That this act shall amount only to a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons, and, on the presentation to the Commissioner of the General Land Office of a plat of survey duly approved by the surveyor general of the State of Louisiana, the claimant shall be entitled to a patent. Proviso. mentioned in the ceiver at Greens Certain elaims SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That claims numbers list reported by the ten, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, of the list reported by the register and re-register and receiver of the land office at Greensburg, formerly burg, formerly St. St. Helena, under the provisions of the act of Congress of the Helena, confirmed sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, entitled "An act for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the State of Louisiana," be, and the same are hereby confirmed; and upon the presentation to the Commissioner of the General Land Office of a plat, approved by the surveyor general of Louisiana, the owner or owners of said claims shall be entitled to a patent. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That claims numbers claims mentioned seven and eight of the list mentioned in the preceding section are also confirmed, giving the right to the claimants to locate the same within one year after the passage of this act, on any public lands subject to sale at private entry, in the district where said claims are situated; which location, approved and certified by the surveyor general of Louisiana to the Commissioner of the Certain other in said list, confirmed. General Land Office, will entitle said claimants to a patent: Provided, Said claimants shall, previous to making said loca- Proviso. tion, relinquish to the United States their claims to the lands originally claimed by them. Certain claims land in the dis trict south of the tioned in the re Opelousas, con SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the claims to land to within the district south of Red river, being numbers thirty- Red river, menthree, thirty-five, forty-five, fifty-two, seventy-seven, seventy- ports of the register nine, eighty-seven, ninety-three, one hundred, one hundred and and receiver at two, one hundred and three, one hundred and eight, one hun- firmed. dred and twenty-two, one hundred and thirty-two, one hundred and forty-two, one hundred and forty-seven, one hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and fifty-one, one hundred and fiftytwo, one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and sixty, one hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and sixty-three, one hundred and sixty-four, one hundred and sixty-five, and one hundred and sixty-six, of the reports of the register and receiver of the land office at Opelousas, dated the thirtieth May and sixth June, eighteen hundred and forty, made under the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and thirtyfive, aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed: Provided, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall cause a further investigation to be made, and further evidence to be taken, in relation to claim number one hundred and sixty-one of said report; and should it appear that the original claimants actually inhabited and cultivated the lands claimed on and prior to the twenty-second day of February; eighteen hundred and nineteen, then and in that case, the same shall be confirmed, by and with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury. Proviso. Other laims reports confirmed SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the following claims in the said reports of the register and receiver of the land mentioned in said office at Opelousas be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, as follows, to wit: Number twenty-nine, to the legal representa tives of Joseph Maritaurus; number forty-six, to the extent con tained in a league square; number forty-nine, for six hundred and forty acres, to the legal representatives of Bernard Lacroix; number fifty-four, to the legal representatives of J. Baptiste Vallery; number seventy-eight, for six hundred and forty acres, o Onezime Guedry, assignee of Nicholas Provost, and six hundred and forty acres to the legal heirs and representatives of Daniel Guedry and Jean Mouton, senior; number ninety-one, for so much as will, with the quantity heretofore confirmed, make the quantity of one league front by the depth of forty arpens; number ninety-nine, for six hundred and forty acres, to embrace the residence and improvements of Hugh Mulhollan on and previous to the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and three; number one hundred and fourteen, to the legal representatives of Andre Dumas; number one hundred and fifty-four, to the legal representatives of Antonio Mora; number one hundred and fifty-eight, to the legal representatives of Louis Frizzini; number one hundred and sixty-seven, to Jacob Wallace or his legal representatives. Certain provi preceding sections lands held under Spanish &c. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of sions ingeting the two preceding sections of this act, which confirm donation not to extend to claims situate in that part of said land district known as the certain French or "neutral territory," shall not be regarded as extending to any grants, lands which are held by any person by virtue of any bonafide French or Spanish grant, warrant, or order of survey, made prior to the twentieth of December, eighteen hundred and three, heretofore filed, according to law, with any register, or commissioners, or register and receiver of said district: Provided, That the confirmations made by virtue of the two preceding sections shall only operate as a relinquishment of the right of the United States, and shall not affect the right of third persons, nor preclude a judicial decision between private claimants for the same land; and on the presentation, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office of a plat of survey, duly approved by the surveyor general of Louisiana, the claimant shall be entitled to a patent. Proviso. Approved, July 6th, 1842. for the circular bullet mould in tibone. CHAP. 51.-AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Daniel Pettibone, deceased. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress To be paid $5,000 assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay to the heirs or legal representative vented by D. Pet- of Daniel Pettibone, deceased, out of any money in the Treasu ry not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, as a full consideration for the use of the "circular bullet-mould" invented by the said Pettibone, in the military service, and for the advantages resulting therefrom to the Government of the United States: Provided, That the said sum of five thousand dollars be considered in full of all claims against the United States, and a full acquittance therefor be given by the said legal representatives, Provided, however, That the representatives of said Daniel Pettibone shall first transfer and convey to the United States all their right, interest, and title, in and to the said circular bullet mould, and that the said sum of five thousand dollars shall be in full of all claims against the United States for the use of the same. Proviso, Proviso, Approved, July 6th, 1842. Preamble. CHAP. 52.—AN ACT for the relief of Obed P. Lacey. Whereas it is provided, by the third article of the treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, with the Pottawatomies, that "a section of land shall be granted to Madeline Bertrand, wife of Joseph Bertrand," to be located under the direction of the President of the United States; and in accordance with said provisions, the locating agent, appointed by the United States, did, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, locate her reservation upon section twelve, township thirty, range seven east; and the said Madeline and her husband Joseph Bertrand, did, on the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, by deed, convey said tract to Obed P. Lacey; and whereas the said Lacey had been previously informed by the War Department that said location had been made and would be approved; and whereas three of the four quarters of said section were, on the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, sold at the public land sales, in consequence of which, the location was removed, and subsequently laid on fractional section twenty-six, township seven south, range seventeen west, in the State of Michigan; and whereas it appears, from the conveyance above recited, that the said Madeline and her husband, Joseph, for an adequate consideration, transferred all their right, title, and interest, to said reservation therefore, The deed described in the pre quishment on the [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress amble to be deemassembled, That the deed described in the above preamble shall ed a full relinbe deemed a full relinquishment, on the part of Madeline Ber- part of M. Bertrand, of all her claim to land under the treaty with the Pottawatomies of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty eight. trand. a full relinquish under the deed for certain land. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the said Upon O. P. LaObed P. Lacey shall execute, to the satisfaction of the Secre- cy executing tary of War, a full relinquishment of all claim he may have, ment of his claim under the deed aforesaid, as assignee of Madeline Bertrand and aforesaid, a patent Joseph Bertrand, to section twelve, township thirty, range seven shall issue to him east, the President of the United States shall cause a patent to be issued to him, the said Obed P. Lacey, for fractional section twenty-six, township seven south, range seventeen west, which was located, and the location thereof approved, to the said Madeline, as a full satisfaction for the aforesaid relinquishment, on the part of said Obed P. Lacey, and of the claim of said Madeline Bertrand, under the treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Approved, July 9th, 1842. CHAP. 53.—AN ACT granting a pension to Sarah Decker, widow of Samuel [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Sarah Decker, widow of Samuel Decker, deceased, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and per annum alpay her a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, from A pension of lowed. the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to continue during her life. Approved, July 9th, 1842. CHAP. 54.-AN ACT for the relief of Esther Parrott. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, A pension of authorized to place the name of Esther Parrott, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and to pay her the sum of eighty dollars a year, for the term of five years, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Approved, July 9th, 1842. $80 a year, for 5 years, allowed. be found due up CHAP. 55.-AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act for the relief of [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America in Congress To be paid the assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Chauncy which shall Calhoun, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise apon auditing and propriated, the sum which shall be found due him, upon auditing and settling his account, according to the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the relief of Chauncy Calhoun," passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. settling his ac counts. Approved, July 9th, 1842. To be paid $1, Plait. CHAP. 56.-AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Colonel [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is 515 284, in fall of hereby, directed to pay to the legal representatives of Colonel balance due W. William Piatt, late qartermaster general of the United States army, the sum of fifteen hundred and fifteen dollars and twentyeight and a half cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full of the balance due him for his services as quartermaster general, from the first day of May to the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and the amount paid by him for the hire of a clerk for the same period. Approved, July 9th, 1842. |