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NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Sr:ss.1. Ch.116, 117,118. 1826. 351 Srnura I. CHAP. CXVI.—An Act for the reltrf of Garrigues Flaujac, of Louisiana. Mgy 29, ;35g5_ Be it enacted, t$~c., That Garrigues Flaujac, of the county of Opelousas, in the state of Louisiana, or his legal representatives, are hereby Authorized to authorized and empowered to locate a certain tract of land, derived from l°“““° ?,°°S?‘“ an order of survey in favor of Louis Berten D’Antilly, for three thou- gg3i8g,,,,:? m sand two hundred superficial arpens of land, being forty arpens in front, by forty arpens in depth, on both sides of the Bayou Gross Tate, in Louisiana, and which said tract of land was confirmed by an act of Congress, dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight 1823, °h· I5- hundred and twenty-three, in conformity with the report of the register and receiver of the eastern land district of Louisiana; the said tract of land, thus confirmed, having been surveyed and sold by the United States; which location shall be made upon any of the unappropriated public lands in the south—western district of Louisiana, south of Red river: Provided, That the said location shall, as far as possible, be made Proviso. in one body, and conform, as near as practicable, to the lines of the public surveys: And provided also, That the said Garrigues Flaujac, Proviso. or his legal representatives, before suchlocation, shall release to the United States, in such manner as the commissioner of the general land oflice shall direct, all his right, title, claim, and interest, in the land heretofore confirmed to him, on the said Bayou Gross Tate; and the said release and location shall be made in one year from and after the passage of this act. Approved, May 20, 1826. .- Snrucris I. CHAP. CXVII.-——A·n Act for the relief of John Adams. MW 20, l826· Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John Adams, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, Paymemtc the sum of sixty-five dollars, the value of a horse lost, by reason that the E3 f°' “ h°“° said John was dismounted, and separated from said horse, in the expe- ` dition into Canada, in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, commanded by General Harrison. Approved, May 20, 1826. Smrurz I. CHAP. CXVIII.—-An Act for the relief tf Ann D. Baylor, Leroy Edwards, and May 20, 1826_ John Eustacc. ——·-———· Be it enacted, rye., That there be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Ann D. Baylor, for the use of the Payment to infant children of John Walker Baylor, deceased, heir at law of Colonel £;":hE}£;gl°" George Baylor, the sum of three hundred and fifty-four dollars and c;.,i;d,,,,,,,r y_ fifteen cents, with interest thereon, after the rate of six per centum per W. Baylor. annum, from the thirtieth day of December, seventeen hundred and eighty-six, until paid: Provided, however, That, before receiving the sum of money aforesaid, the said Ann D. Baylor shall execute bond and surety to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful application of said money to the education and maintenance of the infant children aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea- Payment to sury bc, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of any lérgrs ofiCapt. money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the heirs of Captain Emgggéugglcén Leroy Edwards, the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars, and to the heirs of ensign John Eustace, the sum of eighty dollars, with interest on each of the aforesaid sums, from the thirtieth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, till paid. Approved, May 20, 1826.