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TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. S¤ss.I. Ch. 50, 51,52, 53. 1834. 563 the United States to the said Elbert Anderson, by a decision of the Second Comptroller, with interest on the sum last mentioned from the period of such decision, until paid. Avrnovnn, June 18, 1834. Srnura I. Crisp. L.-dn .0ct granting the right ofpre-emption to John Yantis. Jung 18,1534, Be it enacted, dw., That John Yantis be, and he is hereby, entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser, at private sale, of fractional Pf<>·¢mi¤¢i<>¤ section number thirty, in township number fifty-one, north of the base Q§,“ g""“°d ‘° line of range number twenty-five, west of the fifth principal meridian, ` containing twenty acres and fifty-one hundredths, at the minimum price of the public lands: Provided, said land shall not have been previously Proviao. sold by the United States. Approved, June 18, 1834. Snrvrs I. Cmua LI.—.0·n Act for the relief ty" George K Jackson. June ig, ]g34_ Be it enacted, rfc., That George K. Jackson, of Indiana, be, and he is hereby, authorized to relinquish to the United States, the north frac- May relinquish tion of the north-west quarter of section four, in township twenty-three ° law °f l¤"d· north of range seven west, in the district of lands offered for sale at ::m§:,’;;§:`g,,_ Crawfordsville, Indiana, containing seventy-two acres and seven onehundredths, which was entered through a mistake, and that the Receiver of public moneys at the land office aforesaid, place to the credit of said George K. Jackson, the amount by him paid for the above named tract of land, towards the payment of any tract which he may select within the Crawfordville land district, subject to private entry: Provided, how- p,.,,,,;,, ever, That no such application shall be made until he relinquishes his right to the above described tract of land to the United States. Am-aovnn, June 18, 1834. _ ······· Snrurr. I. CHAP. LII.-ain dot for the relief of the flggal representatives of Joseph Rowe, de- June 18, 1834. ceas . Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Navy pay to the legal representatives of Joseph Rowe, a boatswain’s mate, deceased, the sum lfayment for of one thousand four hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirteen P““° m°”°7· cents, for his share of prize money arising from the capture of the British fleet on Lake Champlain, during the late war, an reported to be due to him on the books of the treasury; to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated. Ar-Pnovnn, June 18, 1834. ·*—· Sruurs I. CHAP. LIU.-dn det for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Frances June 18, 1834. Barham, deceased, and her husband, Fielding Barham. """""_°' Be it enacted, rfc., That six hundred and forty acres of land, situated in the parish of East Feliciana, on Carr’s creek, in the state of Patent for 640 Louisiana, to be located so as to embrace the improvements of Frances acm *° ’”“°· and Fielding Barham, be, and the ame is hereby, confirmed, as a donation to the heirs and legal representatives of the said Frances and Fieldin Barham, and the Commissioner of the General Land Oihce of the United States is hereby required to issue a patent, in the usual form, for the same: Provided, That the said heirs or representatives, or Proviso. any one else, shall not be entitled to but one settlement right upon_the account of the settlement made by the said aforesaid Francis or Fielding, or both or either of them: Provided, further, That the title, hereby Proviso.