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36 FIFTH CONGRESS. S1:ss.II. Ch.8’7. 1798. Srnvrz II. July 16, 1798. CHAP. LXXXVIl.—-dn .01:23 authorizing the grant and conveyance of rz certain lot ‘*··········· of ground to Elie I/Wlliams. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Sec. Treasury hereby is authorized to contract with Elie Williams, for the sale of a
certain lot of ground, twenty perches in length, and sixteen perches in
10, Ofgmund breadth, situate in the town of Cincinnati, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, it being the same lot on which certain buildings were erected by the said Elie; Williams and Robelrt Elliot, deceased, when contractors or supp ying the western army wit provisions. Pm6m to be Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That on payment into the Treagrantcd. sury of the United States of such sum or sums of money as shall have been agreed upon between the said Elie Williams and the Secretary of the greaséiry, as the price of the above mentioned lot, the President of t c nite States be, and he is hereby authorized to grant a atent for the same, to the said Elie Williams, his heirs or assigns. p Aernovnn, July 16, 1798.