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ELEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.III. Ch. 35,39. 1811. 99 Srnurs III. Cmp. XXXV.-in Act for the relief oflohn Macnamara. March 2, 18]]. Be it enacted, Qrc., That the schooner Sally, owned by John Md0D3- mara, which vessel, at Nassau, New Providence, took on board some S,,;,,,,,,,,,;,];,, French emigrants from the Island of Cuba, with their domestic slaves, released. and landed them at Charleston, which said vessel was eized, together with her cargo, and libelled for a violation of an act entitled "An act Agtgf Mum}. to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place of the United 2. 1807. ¤h· 22- 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 Femmes which may have been incurred by the captain or owner of said vessel .·em;m,d_ 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 remitted: Provided, that the said vessel and [cargo] shall not be released, or the said penalties and fcrfeitures 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 Arpnovnn, March 2, 1811. S·rA·ru:rz III. Cmrr. XXXIX.—An dot for the relief of Richard Tervin, William Coleman, March 3, 1g1I_ Edwin Lewis, Samuel Mims, and Joseph VW1st2n, of the Mississippi Territory. ———————-———- Be it enacted, &·c., That Richard Tervin he, and he is hereby, authorized to produce to the register of the land office, and the receiver Dom.;,,,, cm;. of public moneys, for the district east of Pearl river, in the Mississippi Hcaw fora tract territory, evidence of his having inhabited and cultivated a tract of g¥g‘:h§r'3“°“d land in said territory, prior to the thirtieth day of March, one thousand T,,,..,m_ on his seven hundred and ninety-eight ; and in case such evidence shall be pro- producing cerduced, the said register and receiver are required to grant to the said mm °‘”d°"°°• 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 To William he is hereby authorized to produce to the said register and receiver, C°l¤m¤¤- 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 act entitled "An act regulating the grants of land and providing Act of March for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of 3.1803.ch-27- 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 itfartlrer enacted, That Edwin Lewis be entitled to Right of pmthe right of pre-emption in five acres of land, situate within the bound- pmkpfivn vested aries of a tract of land, whereon he resides, which five acres were l" dw“‘L"“"S‘ 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 live 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-ernption in the Mississippi territory. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That Samuel Mims be, and he is
