TWENTY-SEVEN'FH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch. 142, 143,144, 145. 1842. 853 amount which may heretofore have been received or collected of said Newman or his legal representativespn account of said debt or interest thereon. Armtovnn, August 11, 1842. —-;- Srxrvrm II. Crm?. CXLII.—An dctfor the relief of William Ostecn, of Illinois. A°·8- ui 1842- Be it enacted, <$·c., That William Osteen, of the county of Franklin T in the state of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized, within six surrelndgilzdndo months from the date of this act, to surrender to the Secretary of the °°’*m°*“°» 'md Treasury to be cancelled, the certificate of the land offices at Shaw- igngfmr °‘h°r neetown, in said state, for the north half of the southeast quarter of section number twenty-nine, in township number seven south, range number two east, lying in the Shawneetown land district, in the state aforesaid; which was entered by said William Osteen by mistake, and in lieu thereof, he is hereby authorized to enter the like quantity of land in legal subdivisions, elsewhere in said land district: Provided, The same P¤>vi¤¤· be subject to private entry, and not subject to the right of pre-emption. Approved, August 11, 1842. Crux-. CXLIII.-.6ln Actfnr the relief of J. K. Tejft, administrator of Francis STATUTE IL Didier rem de mum, deemed. Aus- 11. 1842- Be it enacted, dye., That J. K. Tefft, administrator of Francis Didier Petit de Villers, late of Savannah, in the state of Georgia, deceased, be, and he is hereby, released from all and all manner of interest, claim, or 8“Rgljf:‘°dnflh“ demand of the United States, founded on a judgment obtained by the U_ 5_ rounded said United States against the said Francis Didier Petit de Villers in his 911 11 ¢*>1"¤¤l¤ life-time, and one Paul Dupont, for the sum of eight hundred and sixty Judgm°m' dollars with interest and costs, which said judgment was obtained and is now of record in the district court of the United States for the district of Georgia, and that the attorney for the United States, for the said district, be, and he is hereby, directed and required to enter satisfaction on the same. Ammovao, August 11, 1842. SNTUTE H Crux-. CXLIV.—-An. Act for the relief of Beckford C. Mathews. Be it enacted, ¢§·e., That the President of the United States be, and A dupneate he is hereby, authorized to cause to be issued to Beckford C. Mathews, lz23a`::';?;: ‘° vendee and heir at law of Daniel Mathews, a soldier of the New Hamp- l shire line of the war of the revolution, a duplicate ofland warrant number one thousand one hundred and thirty-eight, for one hundred acres of land; which land warrant was issued to said Daniel Mathews in his life-time, and lost without having been located. Ammovan, August 11, 1842. s"`·“"’"° IL .. Aug. ll, 1842. Crm1·.CXLV.—-.611, Hot for the reliq` of Richard Higgins. """""'_" Be it enacted, nsw., That it shall be lawful for Richard Higgins, or Ma mm his his legal representatives, to prove his pre-emption right, at the proper P,,,_c,¥,,R,,,,, land office, to the north-west fractional section, number twenty, in town- right to certain ship number four, north of range number eight east, containing one l““‘l·&°· hundred and forty-seven acres and sixty-tive hundreths of an acre, situate in the county of Crittenden, in the state of Arkansas, and upon such proof, to the satisfaction of the proper land officers, and the_pay— ment of the minimum price, per acre, for the land, a patent shall issue to the said Richard Higgins, or his legal representatives, for the same: l Provided, Said proof and payment shall be made within one year from Proviso. the date of this act: And provider], also, That said Richard Higgins Proviso. shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that he is the bona fide vendee of the claim of John J. Bowie under a grant from the Spanish authorities to the same. Approved, August 11, 1842. 3 W
