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508 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 212,213, 214. 1832. and il] after inquiry into the facts and circumstances attending the contract for the sale of said lands, he shall be satisfied that such contract is fair, and the consideration paid, or agreed to be paid therefor, is adequate, he shall endorse his approbation on such conveyance and deed so approved, and thereader the same shall be deemed valid and effectual. Approved, July 13, 1832. Section I. -———-- July X3. 1832- Crum. CCXII.-dn del for the relief of William Dickson. Be it enacted, rfc., That the Commissioner of the General Land C°¥¤mi¤¤l°¤¤¤‘ Office is authorized and required to issue, upon application, to William ¥f,g;g§{;;':;_ Dickson, his legal representatives, or assigns, scrip to the amount of quired to issue five hundred and seventy-two dollars and eighty-four and a half cents; ¤°*'lP*° hiv} °¤ being the one~fourth part of the original purchase money paid to the

°‘ "` Receiver of the Land Office at Saint Stephens, in Alabama, for the pur.

chase of the north-east quarter of section numbered eight, in township numbered seventeen, of range numbered tour, east; and of the southeast quarter of section numbered five, in township numbered seventeen, of range numbered four, east; and of the south-east quarter of section numbered eight, in township numbered seventeen, of range numbered four, east; and of the north-east quarter of section numbered eighteen, in township numbered seventeen, of range numbered {bur, east; all in the district of lands offered for sale at Saint Stephens; which said lands were forfeited, and have reverted to the United States; and of which said Dickson was the legal assignee from the original purchasers, at the Scrip to be re- time of said forfeiture; said scrip to be receivable in payment for the °"“'“ l° "’ P“Y' urchase of an lands which hav been once offered for sale in Alab - ment for certain P y . . . ° . . . a

,md,.,_ ma, Mississippi, Illinois, Tndrana, Missouri, or Arkansas Territory.

Arencvmo, July 13, 1832. Srnurs I. *··r·‘— July 13, 1832. CHAP. CCXHI. --An Act for the relief of PT/`allcr Cov/tburn. Be it enacted, dw., That the President of the United States be, and _L¤nd patsmsw he is hereby, authorized to issue patents to WValter Cockburn, for lots “'“°- numbered twenty-nine, thirty-two, sixty-seven, and thirty-three, as designated in the plan of a town laid off at York Bluff in the state of iAlabpma, and purchased by said Cockburn at the public sale of said our ots. Approved, July 13, 1832. Srzrrvrs I. """'"' jury 13, 183% CHAP. CCXIV.-dn ./7cl for the relief qf‘]\?1flumieI./2. Ware. ""°”""""` Be it ¢mactcd,4§·c., That Nathaniel A. Ware be, and hereby is, an- ,;,,,;.,,.;,,,,;;., thorized to locate, on any of the unappropriated lands of the United l¤¤¤¤¤ 2000 _ States, in the state of Mississippi, subject to sale at private entry, two ”],gl;’:i8‘£;£d “‘ thousand acres of land, in lieu of the like quantity, or of two thousand three hundred and sixty-four arpens, granted to Alexander Moore, by virtue of a Spanish patent dated the twenty-second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and confirmed to James Moore, under whom the said Nathaniel A. Ware claims, by the Board of Commissioners west of Pearl river, on the fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and pm,,;,,,_ five, and sold by the United States: Provided, That the location herein authorized, shall conform to the divisions and subdivisions establishpmvism ed by law: And provided, also, That the said Nathaniel A. `Ware shall execute a deed, in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall approve, relinquishing and surrendering to the Uinited State the land granted as aforesaid, to the said Alexander oore. Approved, July 13, 1832.