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432 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. S1=:ss.I. Ch. 132, 133, 134. 1830. Snrurs I. MW 28. 1830- Cain-. CXXXIL—An dol for the relief of Alexander Fridge, Be it enacted, &c., That Alexander Fridge be, and he is hereby, L¤¤d claim confirmed in his claim to six hundred and forty acres of land, on which °“"5"‘“°d‘ he now resides, in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the state of Louisiana, as a donation; and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the presentation of a plat and survey of said land, regularly made P,.,,,,,,,,, by competent authority, shall issue a patent therefor: Provided, That ' this act shall amount only to a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall, in no manner, affect the rights of third persons, or any claim derived from the United States, either by donation or purchase. Armovnv, May 28, 1830. Surura I. -·—-··~ May 2S, 1830. Can. CXXXIII.-An doi for the relirf of Captain John Woods. Be it enacted, drc., That, instead of the reservation of six hundred Csrtainland and forty acres, heretofore surveyed in a square, and allowed to the said °u°‘”°d him- John Woods, a Cherokee Indian, in the county of Jackson, in the state of Alabama, the said John Woods be, and he is hereby, allowed to take his reservation, of the like quantity of six hundred and forty acres, in the county aforesaid, according to the following metes and bounds, to wit: Beginning at a large poplar, on the state line; thence, south fifteen degrees east, sixty poles, to a stake; thence, south forty-eight degrees east, twenty poles, to a stake; thence, south twenty-seven degrees east, sixty-four poles to a sourwood ; thence, south fifty degrees east, forty— eight poles to a dog-wood; thence, south sixty-seven degrees east, two hundred and eighty-eight poles, to a white oak; thence, south seven degrees west fifty-two poles to a white oak; thence, south forty-one degrees west, fifty-five poles, to a large white oak ; thence, south twenty- four degrees east, twenty poles to a black walnut; thence, west two hundred and six poles, to a large white oak on the south side of the cove: thence, north fifty-nine degrees west, one hundred and four poles, to a hickory; thence, north twelve degrees west, fifty poles, to aSpanish oak; thence, north thirty—0ne degrees west, thirty-nine poles, to a stake; thence, north eleven degrees west, eighteen poles, to an elm; thence, north thirty degrees west, forty-two poles, to awhite oak; thence, north forty-seven degrees west, thirty-six poles, to a hamham; thence, north seventy-seven degrees west, fourteen poles, to a stake above the head of a spring; thence, north forty degrees west, fifty-seven poles, to the edge of the west part of Box’s cove, to a small beech; thence, west two hundred and hfteen poles, to a box elder; thence, north seventy poles, to a beech; thence, east one hundred and thirty poles, to a stake, north _ fifty degrees east, sixty poles, to a white oak at the foot of a rocky bluff'; P¤’°"¤¤°· thence, Cast one hundred and sixty poles, to the beginning: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize the removal of any individual who may have settled upon, and may now occupy, any part of the land included within the metes and bounds aforesaid, without the consent of such occupant. Aiwuovmn, May 28, 1830. Srnurs I. -——— May 28, 1830. CHAP. CXXXIV.—-.0-n Act for the relief of the heirs of John Tuillicr, deceased. Bc it enacted, Kyo., That the heirs of John Tuillier, deceased, be, and Lt"'"! ¤l¤im they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to a tract of land situated on °°"6""°d‘ the west bank of the river Mississippi, in the parish of West Baton Rouge, containing six arpents in·front by forty in depth, and bounded above by lands of Francois I. Tuillier, and below by lands of Joseph