Volume 6
Private Law 28–CLIII
for the relief of François Christ ten and widow Baptiste Berard.
Approved June 17, 1844
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of François Christ ten and widow Baptiste Berard.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the claims, by right of ancient settlement
Land claims confirmed.
of Madame Baptiste Berard, widow of Baptiste Berard, deceased, and François Christien, respectively, on the east side of the bayou Teche—the Berard claim for eleven arpens front by forty deep, and the other for twelve arpens front by forty deep, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the aforesaid claimants, respectively, or their legal representatives, to embrace the original improvements of the claimants; and on the return to the General Land Office of plats of survey, duly approved by the surveyor-general of Louisiana, for the aforesaid claims patents
Proviso.
shall issue: Provided, however, That this act, and the patents that may issue in pursuance hereof, shall only be held to be a relinquishment of the title of the United States, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons, or preclude a judicial decision in favor of any other title, if such exist, to the same tracts.
Approved, .