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Volume 6

Private Law 16–XVI

confirming Anthony Cavalier and Peter Petit in their claim to a tract of land.

Approved February 28, 1820

Statutory text

An Act

confirming Anthony Cavalier and Peter Petit in their claim to a tract of land.

Be it enacted, &c.,

That Anthony Cavalier, and Peter Petit, of the

Claim to a tract of land confirmed.

state of Louisiana, shall be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their claim to a tract of land, containing two thousand and sixty-five acres, being an island in the Mississippi river, known by the name of Apple island; for which tract of land the said Anthony Cavalier and Peter

Proviso.

Petit shall be entitled to a patent: Provided, That nothing in this act shall affect the claim or claims of any person or persons to the same land, or any part thereof, derived from the United States, if any such there be, or the claim or claims of any other person or persons whatsoever.

Approved, .

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