Be it enacted, &c., That the schooner Sally, owned by John Macnamara, which vessel, at Nassan, New Providence, took on board some French emigrants from the Island of Cuba, with their domestic slaves, and landed them at Charleston, which said vessel was seized, together with her cargo, and libelled for a violation of an act entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight," be, and the same is hereby released, together with her cargo from the seizure aforesaid.
Sec.2. And be it further enacted, That all penalties or forfeitures which may have been incurred by the captain or owner of said vessel in consequence of any provisions of the act referred to in the first section, which have inured, or might otherwise inure to the United States, be, and the same are hereby permitted: Provided, that the said vessel and (cargo] shall not be released, or the said penalties and forfeitures remitted, but on condition that the said slaves be previously, actually and bona fide removed (if not already removed from and without the limits of the United States and territories thereof.
Approved, March 2, 1811.
CHAP. XXXIX. -An Act for the relief of Richard Teroin, William Coleman, Edwin Lewis, Samuel Mims, and Joseph Wilson, of The Mississippi Territory.
Be it enacted, &c., That Richard Tervin be, and he is hereby, authorized to produce to the register of the land office, and the receiver of public moneys, for the district cast of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory, evidence of his having inhabited and cultivated a tract of land in said territory, prior to the thirtieth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; and in case such evidence shall be produced, the said register and receiver are required to grant to the said Richard Tervin a donation certificate for such tract of land, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That William Coleman be, and he is hereby authorized to produce to the said register and receiver, evidence of his right to a donation of a tract of land on the Tombigbee river in said territory; and in case he shall produce satisfactory evidence to the said register and receiver, that he was entitled to a donation of such tract, according to the provisions of the second section of the het dispitled of Ahe lanteegulatie G the F states, S land anderoriding Tennessee," and the acts supplementary thereto, it shall then be lawful for the said William Coleman to locate a quantity of land equal to that to which he was entitled under the above-mentioned provisions, on any lands of the United States, which shall have been offered at public sale, in the said district, and that shall then remain unsold; and it shall be the duty of the said register and receiver to issue a donation certificate to the said William Coleman, for the land so located by him.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Edwin Lewis be entitled to the right of pre-emption in five acres of land, situate within the boundaries of a tract of land, whereon he resides, which five acres were heretofore used for an encampment, for the troops of the United States, so soon as the same shall cease to be used for that purpose; the said five acres to be paid for at the same price, on the same terms and conditions, as are provided for lands granted by right of pre-emption in the Mississippi territory,
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That Samuel Mims be, and he is