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TWENTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. S. III. Ch. 16, 17,18, 19,21. 1839. 749 Snrura III. CHAP. XVI.——.x2n Act for the relief of Erasius Fairbankaaml Thaddeus Fairbanks, Feb. 6, 1839. Be it enacted, nyc., That there be paid to Erastus Fairbanks and Thaddeus Fairbanks, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise An over-pay- appropriated, the sum of one hundred and five dollars, being the amount mlm bl' mem of an 0v€l'—p&ym€I1f m3.(l€ by lll6U! lXltO lll1B lL1'G3Sl1l’y, IUOI [IIC reissue at mba refunded' the patent office of seven patents. Arrrzovr-:0, February 6, 1839. Srnrura III. Crm?. XVlI.——.Rn delfor the relief of Elisha Town. Feb. 6, 183,;, Be it enacted, rye., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he ______`-" hereby is, directed to pay to Elisha Town, out of any money in the An over-psy. treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty dollars, being the ment by him tv amount of an over-payment, made by him into the treasury, for a patent b° l°f°“d°d· for his improved crane stove. Approved, February 6, 1839. Surore III. Cmp. XVIII. -—-An Act for the relief of Sarah Jngel, and the other heirs at law Feb_ 6 1839 of Benjamin King, deceased. ·-—J-——-L- Be it enacted, 4}-c., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to cause to be issued to Sarah Angel, and the other heirs at pu,,];,,,,,, 1,,,,,; law of Benjamin King, deceased, who was a corporal in the Rhode yvnrrnnucbe Island line during the revolutionary war, a duplicate of the warrant ‘““°‘l· which was issued in their favor on the eighteenth of December, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and numbered eight hundred and thirty- one, for one hundred acres of land; the original of which has been lost, and is hereby revoked. Approved, February 6, 1839.

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CHAP. XIX.-An Act to cmrfirm the sale of certain reservalions. Feb. 6, 1839. Be it enacted, &c., That the sale of the following reserve, under the provisions of the second article of the treaty with the Pottawatamies of Land sale the Prairie of twentieth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, to °°“§"*"°d· wit: " five sections for Shaw-was-nas—see, to include Little Rock village," be, and the same hereby is, confirmed to Cyrus Taber, and Allen Hamilton and Hiram Todd, the purchasers from the said reservee: Provided, That no such sale or conveyance of said lands, or any part p,,,vm,_ thereof shall be valid or effectual until every such conveyance or deed shall be submitted to the President of the United States for his approbation; and il, after inquiry into the facts and circumstances attending the contracts for the sale of any of the said lands as aforesaid, he shall be satisfied that such contracts were fair, and that the consideration paid or secured to be paid therefor is adequate, he shall endorse his approval on each conveyance and deed so approved, and thereafter the same shall be deemed valid and effectual. Arwnovnn, February 6, 1839. ""_- Sawrun III. Cum-. XXI.-An det for the relief of Henry Wilson, conjirming purchases of cer- Feb, 12, 3839, lain land in ./2r/mnsus. ”"""_`? Be it enacted, rfc., That the entries of the following described tracts or parcels of land permitted to be made by the register of the land office Land entries at Helena, on the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hun· ¢¤¤ll¤¤¤d- dred and thirtyhve, under the belief that the sand tracts.of' land had been proclaimed and offered at public sale, and téndg circumstances N