270 SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 73, 74, 75, 76. 1822. for his services in the Virginia continental line during the revolutionary war, and which was transferred to the said Benjamin Stephenson by a regular deed of conveyance from the said George Hite, and of which he was afterwards evicted by virtue of a prior grant of the same land; and the said Benjamin Stephenson, or his legal representatives, shall obtain a patent therefor, in the manner prescribed by law for issuing patents upon warrants located within the said reserve. Approved, May 7, 1822. Snrum I. *·‘* May 7, 13;; CHAP. LXXl11.—·An Act granting a right if pre-emplion to Noble Osborne and —-——————— VW11i0m Doa/ce. Be it enacted, eye., That Noble Osborne and William Doake, of the Authorized to county of Hinds, and state of Mississippi, be, and they are hereby, au- °;.*;°*'éh°“°;$“h thorized to enter, with the register of the land office who may be ap- Q°j,,,;,';e;’iQ:8;_ pointed for the district in which they are situated, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the tracts of land on which they respectively reside, not to exceed, in quantity, six hundred and forty acres each, and to be bounded by sectional or quarter sectional lines; and, on producing to the said register the receipts of the receiver of public moneys for said district, for the full amount of the purchase Pygyigg, money, shall be entitled to patents as in other cases : Provided, Such entry and payment be made at any time anterior to the first public sale of lands within said district. Approved, May 7, 1822. Srnvrm I. '—""' May 7, 1822. Cum-. LXXIV.—An det for the relief of the heirs of Edward M’C’arty, deceased. Be it enacted, &e., That there be paid to the heirs of Edward M’Carty, Compensation deceased, or to their legal representative, the sum of two thousand nine g<;3;0l;¤({¤gm_ hundred and forty dollars, in full for property destroyed during the ininé ,hgmvmAn vasion of Louisiana, during the late war; and that the same be paid out ofLouioio,no, of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Anrtovmn, May 7, 1822. Srsrurs I. ..— Mw 7» 1822- CHAP. LXXV. —.tln det authorizing the issuing of Letters Patent to Joshua Gorscd. Lwcm pawn, Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of State do issue letters patent to be issued for to Joshua Garsed, of the city of New York, for his invention of a new he '"*P*°'°· and useful improvement on a machine for the formation of the sliver in D'l€\'ll OD il M8- · · ¤ · . . . . ching {0, the spinning of flax and hemp, upon his complying with all the provisions formation of the of the several acts relative to the issuing of letters patent for improve-
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hemp, &_c_ of two years in the United States, in like manner as if the said Joshua Garsed were a citizen of the United States. Approved, May 7, 1822. Suruu I. —-—-- May 7, 1822. CHAP. LXXVI.-qdn dc} granting rz tract of land to l/Wiliam Conner and wtf: _____; and to their children. Be it enacted, rye., That William Conner be, and he is hereby, au- Ernpovvered to thorized and empowered to enter, with the register- of the land office at °L"‘:l·e;":*l:,‘;‘6* Brookville, without payment, six hundred and forty acres of land, to £,,,Y¤,,,,,{,,,,j,,d, include his improvements, at.a place called the Delaware Towns, in the his improve- state of Indiana, which shall be bounded by sectional and divisional “;,‘;';:u0i”u° lines;_ and a patent shall issue for the same to the said William Conner ' and his wife, an Indian woman of the Delaware tribe, for and during the natural lives of the said William Conner and wife, jointly, and to the survivor of them during the natural life of such survivor, and to
