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506 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 195. 1832. Acf ¤fM¤y 15. continue in force an act, entitled ‘An act to provide for persons who 18%* "h· 1°°· were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war, and for other purposcs,"’ approved the fifteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and at the rate of pension corresponding with the degree of disability for which his name was inscribed on tha list of invalid ensioncrs. Approved, July 9, 1832. Snrurz I. —--- . X V.-An Act or the relic 0 John dnders assi nec 0 Jean B.

       {rom and Gévré McDaugall.     

Be it enacted, 4§·c., That the Surveyor-General of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall, cgsggrggfof as soon as practicable, survey, or cause to be surveyed, a certain trac: land dimmed, of land confirmed by the Board of Commissioners, appointed by virtue A {M of an act of Congress, entitled "An a.ct to revive the powers of the 18;.; °ch $11* Commissioners for ascertaining and dccidnug on claims to land in the

 district of Detroit, and for settling the claims to lands at Green Bay,

&c.," approved May the eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, to George McDougall, as will more fully appear by reference to the fourth volume of the reports of said commissioners, made in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and confirmed by act of Con-

$<;%;gAK\’% gress of the second of January [seventeenth of April], one thousand

’ ’° ‘2 ‘ eight hundred and twenty-eight; and also, one other tract of land con- Hrmcd by the commissioners aforesaid, to Jean B. Jcromc, as will more fully appear by reference to the iifih volume of the reports of said commissioners, made in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and confirmed as aforesaid, by act of Congress, of second January [seventeenth of Aprilh one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; and shall return to the cgistcr of the Land Office of the district wherein such lands lie, un accurate plat of such survey, exhibiting such portions of land lying within the exterior lines of the aforesaid claims as have been disposed of by the government; such (if any) as have been patentcd for the benefit of one or either of the aforesaid claimants, and

 those still belonging to the Government.

_C¤¤'¤6¤¤¥¤Y0 Sec. 2. And be it jim/zer enacted, That the Register of the Land }:::,;f°§b'g}::g: Officc aforesaid shall forthwith issue to John Anderson, of Monroe, which pmm Michigan Territory, (assignee of Jean B. Jerome and George McDou- ¤h¤U i¤¤¤¤. &·¢- gall) his heirs or assigns, a patent ccrtifmate for all such lands, within the exterior lines of the tracts aforesaid, as now belong to the Government, upon which patents shall issue to the aforesaid John Anderson,

$:U}0fig¢d M: his heirs, and assigns. And for the purpose of carrying into full effect

6xc8;d?:g’8:8 the recommendations of the commissioners aforesaid, the said John Annu;. derson shall be entitled, and is hereby authorized, as soon as the return of the surveys aforesaid shall have been made to the Rcgistefs office, to enter a quantity of land upon any of the United Stames’ lands which have been surveyed and oiibred for sale in the Territory of Michigan according to the legal subdivisions of the United Statz>s’ lands, which when added to the quantity which the Government either have patented, or may be able to patent to him, within the limits of the original claims, shall equal the cntirc quantity recommended by the commissioners afore-

 said, not exceeding in the whole eight hundred and forty acres.

gf. 12 l0<; ¤\H¤F• Sec. 3. And be it jicrthrr enacted, Thz1t, iY in locating the uforesnid °nf{{l¤3 “8:° ’° resxduum according to the legal subdivisions of the United Statcs’ lands, the pyicg of ’ the said John Anderson shall be entitled to any number of acres less Mich xvnmining than the lowest subdivisions of the public lands, he shall then be entitled gg°:;;H°5“"{c to apply the price of such remaining quantity in payment towards any ' other tract which he or his heirs or assigns, may afterwards choose to purchase of the Government. Arvnovmu, July 10, 1832.