Volume 6
Private Law 15–V
for the relief of William Barton.
Approved December 28, 1818
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of William Barton.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the register and receiver of the land office at Vincennes be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit William Barton to withdraw his entry of the north-east quarter of section three, in township six, south of range twelve west, in said district, and to place the moneys by him paid on said entry, to his credit, on any purchase of public lands he may have made, or shall make,
Proviso.
in the said district: Provided, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said register and receiver, that the numbers on the corner designating the north-east quarter of section thirty-one, in township six, south of range twelve west, in said district, were so defaced, or imperfectly made, as to have caused a mistake in his aforesaid entry.
Approved, .