United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 25
Chap. XXV.—An Act relative to the act entitled “An act granting lands to certain exiles from Poland,” approved, thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.
Act of June 30, 1834, ch. 247.
Acts now in force for the sale of the public lands, &c. extended to certain lands selected under the act granting lands to Polish exiles.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the acts in force for the sale of the public lands, and granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers, be, and the same are hereby, declared to extend to, and include, the lands selected in townships forty-four, forty-five, and forty-six, north of the base line, range one east, of the third principal meridian, lying in the State of Illinois, by Lewis Clopicki, under color of the act entitled, “An act granting lands to certain exiles from Poland.” The said selections not having been made in pursuance of the provisions of said act, which act is hereby declared to be in full force, for the benefit of said Polish exiles.
Approved, April 14, 1842.