Private Law 26–XXX

That Joseph Cochran be, and he is hereby, entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser, according to the provisions

Entitled to a preference in purchasing, according to act of July 9, 1832, ch. 180.

of the third section of the act entitled “An act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri,” approved ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, of a certain tract of land, lying in the Palmyra district, Missouri, (for which proof of his right has heretofore been made by him to the land officers of said district, and his claim rejected by them on account of the conveyance to him by Albert Tison, the Spanish claimant, bearing date subsequent to the ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,) in the same manner, and under the same restrictions, as to quantity and location, as he would have been entitled to, had said conveyance been made preceding the date of said act: Provided, That the entry hereby authorized

Proviso.

shall be made within one year from the date of this act: And provided, further,

Proviso.

1 hat this act shall be considered only as a relinquishment of the rights of the United States, and not to prejudice the rights of third persons.