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Private Law 22–XLIII
for the relief of Robert Jones and William A. Fleming.
Approved March 15, 1832
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Robert Jones and William A. Fleming.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That Robert Jones, of the county of Jackson, in the state of Alabama, be, and he is hereby, authorized to surrender the
Robert Jones authorized to surrender land certificate, &c.
certificate which heretofore issued to him from the Land Office at Huntsville, in said state, for the south-east quarter of fractional section number eleven, in township number one, of range number eight, east of the meridian, which was entered by him through mistake; and, on filing therewith his relinquishment of all right and title thereto, said Robert Jones is authorized to enter in the said Land Office, at Huntsville, the south-east quarter of fractional section number fourteen, in the township and range aforesaid, and, in payment therefor, shall be credited to the amount of money which was paid for the tract, or quarter section first named: Provided, The said last mentioned quarter section shall
Proviso.
remain unsold till application to purchase be made by said Jones; and, in the event that said last named quarter section shall have been sold before such application, then said Robert Jones shall be entitled to a certificate for the amount which has been, so paid by mistake on the first named tract, which shall be received in payment for any other land of the United States which may be hereafter sold.
Sec. 2.
And be it further enacted, That William A. Fleming be,
W. A. Fleming authorized to surrender land certificate, &c.
and he is hereby, authorized to surrender to the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Vandalia, in the state of Illinois, the certificate heretofore issued to him for the west half of the south-east quarter of section thirty-two, in township number ten north, range five east, which was purchased by him through mistake; and said William A. Fleming, TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 44, 45, 46. 1832. on filing his relinquishment to all right and title thereto, is authorized to enter, in the said Land Office at Vandalia, any other half quarter section of public land subject to entry at private sale.
Approved, .