Private Law 17–XXXIX

That the receiver of public moneys of the land

The receiver of the land office at Shawneetown to place to the credit of J. M’Farland the excess above $2 per acre on 480 acres, on account of money paid, &c., and to remit the interest.

Allowed until 30th Sept. 1822, to avail himself of the provisions of the act of 2d March 1821, ch. 12.

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office at Shawneetown, in the state of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, directed to place to the credit of James M’Farland, or the legal proprietor of fractional sections numbered twenty-six and twenty-seven, in township numbered twelve south, range eight east, of the third principal meridian, purchased at the public sales by the said James M’Farland, on account of the money heretofore paid by him on said fractional sections, the excess over and above the rate of two dollars per acre, upon four hundred and eighty acres thereof, and to remit any interest due, or that may become due, on said excess; and the said James M’Farland, or the legal proprietor as aforesaid, shall be allowed until the thirtieth day of September next to avail themselves of the provisions of the act, entitled “An act for the relief of the purchasers of the public lands prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty,” approved March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one: Provided, That if the said James M’Farland, or the legal proprietor of the aforesaid fractional sections, accept a credit, that the excess aforesaid shall be placed to his or their credit on the instalments which shall become due at the time they would have been due had his or their acceptance been filed before the thirtieth day of September last, but shall not entitle him or them to a discount for payment on or before the thirtieth

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of September next: Provided, however, That the said James M’Farland shall not be entitled to the remission aforesaid, upon a greater quantity than one hundred and sixty acres, unless he shall make it appear, to the satisfaction of the receiver aforesaid, that Hampton Pankey and William Frizzle, or their legal representatives, for whose benefit, jointly with the said James M’Farland, the aforesaid land was purchased, have received a release from the said James M’Farland, for such proportion of the purchase money as will be equal to the amount hereby

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remitted upon their proportion of the said land: Provided, also, That the benefits of this act shall be extended only to such of the aforesaid persons as shall show to the register and receiver aforesaid, that he would have been entitled to the right of pre-emption had he been settled

Act of Feb. 5, 1813, ch. 20.

on a quarter section instead of a fractional section, according to the provision of the act of eighteen hundred and thirteen.