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776 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Szss. 111. Ch. 168, 169, 170, 171. 1839. Swann III. March 3, 1839. Gun. CLXVIH.-An dal for the relief of Thomas M. Burland Be it enacted, &·c., That Thomas M. Burland be, and is hereby, concgsfprd puirchase firmed in his purchase of fractional lot number one, of section twenty- ‘"° eight in township number seventeen north range thirteen east entered and paid for by him at the land officc at Monroe, in the distridt for the sal: of lands north of (Ited River, in Louisiana, containing one hundred an forty-six acres an fifty-eight hundredths of an acre, and that a patent be issued to him for the same. gg, y d , Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office be reg;-will fo: at Monroe, in the district aforesaid, shall, under the direction of the “°° °f“°h°°l“· Secretary of the Treasury, designate in some other place, and reserve for the use of schools in the aforesaid township, a fractional section, or quarter section, or lot, as nearly equal as may be in quantity and value to that hereby confirmed to said Burland and notify the school adminis~ trators of the parish in which said township may be, of such designation and reservation as soon as it shall be made. PPROVED, March 3, 1839. Snrurs III. — March 3, 1839. Crnr. CLXIX.-—An Act for the relief of A. JZ Pic/cet and George WZ Gayle. Be it enacted, <§~c., That the Secretary of War allow to A. J. Picket Allowed cer- and to George W. Gayle, as aids-de-camp to C. C. Clay, late Governor

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;g of Alabama, the pay and emoluments to which their rank entitles them,

` for their services one month, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty- six, in obtaining, organizing, mustering, and marching volunteers of the militia of Alabama to suppress Indian hostilities; and that the amount so allowed, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1839. Snrvu III. March 3, 1839. CHAP. CLXX.—.ln del for the relief tf Jlraae D. Saunders. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War cause to be issued to A gounty land Isaac D. Saunders, as assignee of Edward Bevin, a bounty land certifi-

;£““’ ‘° be cate for one hundred and sixty acres of land ; to be located on some part

of the public lands set apart for that purpose. A1’PROVED, March 3, 1839. Sururs III. March 3, 1839. Gun. CLXXI.—-dn Act for the relief of Samuel Mussey and Thomas James, uf '*"'°""""’— the county of Crawford, in the state of Jlhssouri. Be it enacted dm. That Samuel Mussey and Thomas James of the Aughorgzcdw county of Crawford, in the state of Missouri, be, and hereby are, aupnter gud as thorized to enter, at the proper land office, as tenants in common or ,:3:* "‘ °°'“' joint partnercy, such lands in township thirty-eight, of the ranges five and six, west of the fifth principal meridian, as they may desire, at the Pyqyigg, minimum price: Provided however That the selection of lands shall be confined to the aforesaid,townshiplthirty-eight, of the ranges five and six west of the principal meridian, in the county of Crawford, in the state of Missouri; and this act shall not be construed so as to permit the aforesaid Mussey or James to select, or purchase, or occupy, any lands in said township that may now be in the possession of any actual settler, or under improvement. Arpnovnn, March 3, 1839.