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532 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 22,24. 1833. producing the certificates, for the south part of fractional section twenty-five, in township eight, of range twenty-nine, containing two hundred and twenty-six acres and ninety-seven hundredths of an acre; also, for the north fractional half; and the east part of the south fractional half of section thirty-one, in township eight, of range thirty, containing four hundred and thirteen acres and three hundredths of an acre, in the district of land sold at Sparta, Alabama; being the same lands reserved by him. Also, to J. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner afore- H°'d¤d€°· said be, and he is hereby, directed to issue patents to Joseph Hardridge, or to his assignees or legal representatives, upon the certificates being produced, for the north part of fractional section twenty-five, in township eight, of range twenty-nine, containing two hundred and twenty- six acres and ninety-seven hundredths of an acre; and, also, for the east part of fractional section six, in township seven, of range thirty, containing four hundred and thirteen acres and three hundredths of an acre, in the district of lands sold at Sparta, Alabama; being the same lands reserved by him. S Avmovnn February 5, 1833. ·n·rtm: II.

 CHAP. XXII.—An Act for the relief of Joel T/Lomas.

Be it enacted, drc., That Joel Thomas, an inhabitant of the town of Land claim Pekin, in the Territory of Michigan, be, and he is hereby, confirmed °°"m`m°d· in his claim to a certain lot of land of six hundred and forty acres, bounded and described as follows, viz: in front, on the north, by the river Rouge; on the west, by a tract of land purchased from the United States by Henry McGee; on the south, by lands belonging to the United States; and, on the east, by lands claimed by James Cisne; the same being in the township of Pekin, in the Detroit land district, having been occupied, originally, by John Reynolds, and subsequently, by the said Thomas, as assignee of Reynolds, from one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, to the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: P¥°Vl¤°· Prcvicled, This confirmation shall only amount to a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third Proviso. person; And, Provided also, That if the tract of land hereby confirmed to the above named Joel Thomas, or any part thereof, should be found to·conflict with the location of an arsenal of the United States; selected under an act of Congress, passed on the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, then, and in that case, the said Joel Thomas be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate such part of said tract of land as may be found so to conflict with said arsenal, on any of the lands of the United States in the Territory of Michigan, Survey to be according to legal subdivisions. m,d,_ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Surveyor-General, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall cause the said tract of land to be surveyed, at the expense of the claimant; a plat of which shall be returned as in other cases; and a patent therefor shall be granted in the manner prescribed by law. Am-novrco, February 5, 1833. Srnon II. F°b‘ 9* 1833* Crum. XXIV.-An dctffor the relief of the heirs of Mclrolas Hart, deceased, cmd the heirs of cfm Grayson, deceased, and Jacob Bosworth. , Be it enacted, qc., That the Secretary of War cause to be issued Duplicaccland a duplicate of warrant number four hundred and forty-three, issued

‘§“'g*°t"·’“° to Nicholas Hart, a revolutionary soldier, on the twenty-seventh day

` "' of January, one thousand eight hundred and nine, for one hundred pm,-;,,,,_ acres ofland: Provided, That nothing in this act contained, shall be so construed as to affect the interest of any bona fide assignee of said