834 TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sr:ss.II. Ch. 52,53,54. 1842. Srrnvra II. July 9, 1842. CHAP. LII.-dn dot for the relief of Obed P. Lacey. Whereas, it is provided, by the third article of the treaty of September P*'°°mbl°· twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, with the Pottawato. mies, that " a section of land shall be granted to Madeline Bertrand, wife of Joseph Bertrand," to be located under the direction of the President of the United States; and in accordance with said provisions, the locating agent, appointed by the United States, did, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-tive, locate her reservation upon section twelve, township thirty, range seven east; and the said Madeline and her husband Joseph Bertrand, did, on the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, by deed, convey said tract to Obed P. Lacey; and whereas the_ said Lacey had been previously informed by the war department that said location had been made and would be approved; and whereas three of the four quarters of said section were, on the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-tive, sold at the public land sales, in consequence of which, the location was removed, and subsequently laid on fractional section twenty-six, township seven south, range seventeen west, in the state of Michigan; and whereas it appears, from the convey- ance above recited, that the said Madeline and her husband, Joseph, for an adequate consideration, transferred all their right, title, and interest, to said reservation: therefore, T,,,, deed d,_ Be it enacted, rfc., That the deed described in the above preamble scribed in the shall be deemed a full relinquishment, on the part of Madeline Bertrand, §;*;‘:“"g’,l; §$;,l'° of all her claim to land under the treaty with the Pottawatomies of Sepr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tember twentieth, eighteen l1undred and twenty-eight. &c. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the said Obed LE::“r3;£· P. Lacey shall execute, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, a q,,;s;,¥,,g 1,;, full relinquishment of all claim he may have, under the deed aforesaid, claim, a patent as assignee of Madeline Bertrand and Joseph Bertrand, to section
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],;,,d_ States shall cause a patent to be issued to him, the said Obed P. Lacey, for fractional section twenty-six, township seven south, range seventeen west, which was located, and the location thereof approved, to the said Madeline, as a full satisfaction for the aforesaid relinquishment, on the part of said Obed P. Lacey, and of the claim of said Madeline Bertrand, under the treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Armovnn, July 9, 1842. Srnurn II. —-.. ·l¤lY 9» 184% Cmp. LIII.-.00: Act granting a pension to Sarah Decker, widow of Samuel `-`-;`__"` Decker, deceased. Be it enacted, <§•c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, To be placed directed to place the name of Sarah Decker, widow of Samuel Decker, °“ P°“"°“ '°“· deceased, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and pay her a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to continue during her life. Approved, July 9, 1842. Scrnura II. ----- July 9, 1842. Cmm. LIV. -—.£n Act for the relief of Esther Parrott. Be it enacted, ¢§~c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, To be placed authorized to place the name of Esther Parrott, of Bridgeport, Con- °” P°“"°“ '°u· necticut, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and to pay her the sum of eighty dollarsa year, for the term of five years, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Approved, July 9, 1842.
