Private Law 18–CXLII

That the heirs and representatives of John Donnelson,

1832, ch. 81.

Stephen Heard, William Downs, Joseph Martin, John Sevier,

His heirs to enter 5000 acres of land in any land office in Mississippi or Alabama.

and Thomas Carr, or their heirs and representatives, respectively, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, severally, to enter, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand acres of land, at any time within two years from the passing of this act, in any Land Office in either of the states of Mississippi or Alabama; being the amount of a grant made to them, by a resolution of the Legislature of the state of Georgia, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six: Provided, That the said claim shall be satisfied out of the

Proviso.

five millions of acres of land, set apart by the act of Congress, of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, pursuant to the

1803, ch. 27.

articles of agreement and cession, between the state of Georgia and the United States, entered into on the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two: Provided, also, That the acceptance of

Proviso.

the grant hereby made shall be a discharge of all further claims against the United States by the persons herein named, or their heirs or legal representatives, under the said resolution of the Legislature of the state of Georgia.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That said claims shall not be

No entry to be made for less than a quarter section.

located or entered on any lands, except those which may have been, previously to the making of said entry, offered at public sale, nor upon any lands forfeited or relinquished to the United States; nor shall any entry be made for a less quantity than a quarter section: Provided,

Proviso.

Nothing herein contained shall prevent the entry of any fraction.