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Private Law 22–XV
for the relief of George Mayfield.
Approved January 30, 1833
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of George Mayfield.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That there be, and is hereby, granted to George Mayfield, of the state of Tennessee, six hundred and forty acres of land,
Section of land granted to him under treaty of Fort Jackson.
or to the amount of one section, to be selected by him in the tract of country within the state of Alabama, acquired of the Creek nation, at the treaty of fort Jackson, in tracts not less than one quarter section, TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. 1833. and entered in the proper land office in said state: Provided, Said land
Proviso.
be subject to entry at private sale, and not settled upon, or occupied by any other person.
Sec. 2.
And be it further enacted, That, on the application of said
Patent to be issued.
Mayfield, at the proper land office, and on payment of one dollar for each tract so entered, to the Register and Receiver, a final certificate shall be given for such tract, upon which a patent from the United States to said Mayfield, shall issue.
Approved, .