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686 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch.22,23, 24. 1847. Feb. 25, 1847. Cnn. XXII. - An Act to authorize the Issuing of a Register to the Brigantine "*"""""" Ocean Queen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ty" Representatives of the me rcegifgef mw United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be bégline 8;,,,,; issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a regis- Queen. ter for the brigantine Ocean Queen, formerly a British colonial vessel, but now owned by Trusten P. McColley and Hiram W. McColley, citizens of the State of Delaware; and which said vessel, having been wrecked and condemned on Cape Henlopen beach, was purchased by them, and which they have caused to be repaired and refitted for Proviso. sea again: Provided, It shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the cost of the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owners, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States Approved, February 25, 1847. F€b_ 25, ig47_ Cntr. XXIIL —— J97L Act for the Relief of George Gordon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _Enti-ies of cer. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the entry and gg_ galgzrdnzy purchase by George Gordon, at the land office at St. Louis, Missouri, ,,,dg.z,,,,i,,,,,,}{ of the south-west quarter of section thirty-two, in township numbered C.P¤or,lcgalized forty-six, of range numbered six east, as per receiver’s certificate °“d °°“H““°°l‘ numbered eight thousand three hundred and sixty-seven, and the entry and purchase by Zachariah C. Poor, at the same land office, of the south-east quarter of section thirty-one, in township numbered forty-six, of range numbered six east, as per receiver’s certificate number eight thousand three hundred and sixty-six, and by the said Poor assigned to said Gordon, and which said entries have been cancelled for irregularity, at the General Land Office, be, and the same params {gigs5g_ are hereby, confirmed and legalized, and a patent or patents shall issue therefor to the said George Gordon, or his assignee, as in other ORSBS. Ari-novmn, February 25, 1847. Feb. 25, 1847. Can. XXIV. --An Act to grant a Right of Preemption to Philip F. Bering and —--—-——-—— Robert H. Champion to a Tract of Mineral Land. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the The right or United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and i>¢<->¤m1>*i¤¤1 *0 hereby is, granted to Philip F. Dering and Robert H. Champion, of °°'Jf,‘l‘;, ,0 the county of Iowa, and Territory of Wisconsin, the right of preemp· 5;-ing and R. tion to the north-east quarter, and east half- of the north-west quarter, H· °h”·‘“P‘°“· of section numbered twenty-six, in township numbered one north, of range numbered one east, of the fourth principal meridian, being the land now occupied by them under a lease from the United States as Proviso as to mineral land: Provided, That said Dering and Champion shall make P“Y“"*“t· full payment for the same at the proper land office within six months Proviso. after the passage of this act: And provided, jitrtlier, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to affect the lawful claims of any other person or persons to the same, by virtue of existing laws. Approved, February 25, 1847.