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TVVENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.31,32,33,34. 1834. 559 having been prevented from completing the works according to his contract; said payment to be made out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Apr-rzovrzn, April 18, 1834. ···—····— Srnuriz I. CHAi>. XXXI. — ./Zh Act to authorize the issuing of o: register to the brig Ameri- May 1, 1834, can, of Savannah. 1***; Be it enacted, dw., That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register to the brig American, a French A rogisgorto vessel, which vessel was stranded on the coast of the United States, and issue {0***6 big purchased by James Taylor, of Savannah, Georgia, and by him repair- Ammcam ed; Provided, It shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of proviso, the Treasury, that the cost of the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel, by the present owner, exceeds three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. Approved, May 1, 1834. M;. STATUTE I. CHAP. XXX11.————An Aot supplementary to an act entitled “An not for the relif MW li XBB4- ry" Garrigucs Flaujac, ry' Louisiana," approved on the twentieth May, one thou- 1826) 6h_ U6_ sand eight hundred and {wen/y-six. Be it enacted, &c., That Garrigues Flaujac, of Louisiana, or his legal representatives, be, and he and they are hereby, authorized to locate Authorized to the tract of land of three thousand two hundred arpens, described in lg;f,‘°“'"‘°*°f the act to which this is supplementary, upon any of the unappropriated Ac{0{M,,,, oo, public lands in the south—western district of lands south of Red river, 1826, ch. 16. in portions of not less than eight hundred superficial arpens, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the lines of the public surveys: Pro- pm,,;SO_ vided, That, in addition to the release heretofore executed, the said Flaujac shall further, within one year from the passage of this act, re- · lease to the United States, in such form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may direct, all right, title, and claim to, or in any lands heretofore located, pursuant to the act of which this is a supplement : And provided further, That the new location herein authorized, Proviso. shall be made in one year from and after the passage of this act. Approved, May 1, 1834. """"‘ Surum I. CHAP. XXX11I.—-An Actjbr the relief ty" John L. Lobdell. May I, 1834, Be it enacted, 6;-e., That John L. Lobdell be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his title to a tract of land containing seven hundred superii- Land title cial arpens, situated on the west bank of the Mississippi, in the parish c¤¤firm¢d· of west Baton Rouge, opposite Brown’s island; it being the same tract of land granted to Stephen Watts, by the Spanish Government, on the twelfth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, by patent bearing that date, as the same was surveyed by Carlos Trudeau, at that time Surveyor-General of the province of Louisiana: Pro- proviso_ vided, That this act shall be taken and construed only as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third persons. Approved, May 1, 1834. _`“" Srnurz I. CuAr>. XXXIV.-—.x2n Act for the relief cy" W'/ziiford Gill. May i, ]g34_ Be it enacted, <$~c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Whitford Gill, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven b§;ygl,;?,;,;°g ° hundred and hfty dollars, the value of his boat, which was captured by by rho onomy,