Private Law 18–CXII

That Joseph Firman, and others, of the parish of Avoyelles, in Louisiana, who hold under a grant made about the year seventeen hundred and eighty-two, or three, to one Beaumond, an officer under the late Spanish government in Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title or titles to a tract of land, twenty arpens in front, with the depth of forty arpens, in proportion to the quantity of land which each one holds from the said Beaumond; the said tract being the same which the said Joseph Firman, and others, or those under whom they hold, have inhabited and cultivated for more than thirty years; the boundaries of which said tract of land to be more particularly designated under the direction of the Register of the Land

Proviso.

Office at Opelousas, in Louisiana: Provided, This section shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the rights of any third person.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be refunded to the said Joseph Firman, and others, or their legal representatives, any sum or sums of money which he or they may have paid to the United States, for the purchase of said tract of land, or any part thereof.