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TVVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sas . I. Ch.285,2B6,287,288. 1832. 523 Srnuu L Cmp. CCLXXXV. --—An Act for the relief of Benjamin Bullitt. July 14, 1832. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That Benjamin Bullitt be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his claim to a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres Und Chim in his own right, and in a further claim as assignee of Toussaint °°"mm°d' Laileur, to a tract of land of six hundred and forty acres of land, both situated on the south side of Red River, within the tract of country commonly called the Neutral Territory, and about twenty-four miles above the town of Natchitoches, to be located in such manner as to embrace the improvements made by the said Bullitt and Lafleur, respectively, before the twenty-second of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen: Provided, That this act shall be considered only as a relin- Pl'0Vi¤¤- quishment of title on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third persons. Approved, July 14, 1832. —-— Srnvrs I. CHAP. CCLXXXVI. —-An Act lo amend an acl, entitled “An acl for the relief July 14, 1832. of George J0}mston," passed second March, one thousand eight hundred and '——"'*"`"' thirty-one. Be it enacted, nyc., That the act hereby amended be deemed and construed to apply to a judgment recovered by the United States of Further relief America against George Johnston, as one of the sureties of Benjamin gamed W F. Bourne, late a purser in the United States navy, in the district court S,:;rg° J°h“` of the United States for the Eastern district of Louisiana; the judg· Aetof March ment intended in the said act having been obtained in that court against 2. 1831. ch- 77- the said George Johnston as surety as aforesaid, but through mistake not being so referred to. Approved, July 14, 1832. ‘——· Srnurs I. Cnxp. CCLXXXVII.—-.6ln dctfor the relief of Bartholomew Shaumburgh,. July 14, 1333, Be it enacted, rfc., That there be paid to Bartholomew Shaumburgh, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum Payment for of one thousand three hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-eight *¤°¤¤Y¤ adeents; being the amount of advances made by him for the pay of soldiers l° U' S' of the army of the United States. Approved, July 14, 1832 "" Sruura I. Crisp, CCLXXXVIII.—An Acl for the relief of Hartwell Wok of the Stale if July 14, 1g5g_ rldississzypi. *•···········-·—···· Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to pay to Hartwell Vick, Money paid of the state of Mississippi, out of any money in the treasury not other- on aqcoumof wise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and twelve dollars and eighty- jg live cents, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per annum, H,,.,w°p Vick, from the twenty-third day of May, in the year one thousand eight hun- with interest. . dred and eighteen, the sum aforesaid, having by him been paid on the day aforesaid, as the first instalment of the purchase money of fractional section number twenty, in township number sixteen, of range number four, east; which fractional section by a subsequent survey was found not to be the property of the United States, at the time of the entry. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Jesse Bell of Wilkinson Jam Bell m. County, Mississippi, be, and he is hereby authorized to locate in tracts ¢l\<>Yi¤¤d wbof not less than eighty acres, not exceeding one section of any of the °°l° l°°d‘ unappropriated lands of the United States within the state of Mississippi, subject to entry at private sale at the time of such location, in lieu of fractional section number fifteen, in township two of range four west,