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Statute I.
May 16, 3826.
Time allowedfor the redemp-tion of landssold for non-payment oftaxes, underseveral acts ex-tended.
Act of Aug.2, 1813, ch. 37.
Act of Jan.9, 1815, ch. 21.
Act of March5, 1816, ch. 24.
Interest to bepaid, &c.
Statute I.May 16, 1826.
Claims tolands recom-mended for con-firmation in thereport of theregister of theland office atOpelousas, inLouisiana , ofOct. 1, 1825,confirmed.
Statute I.May 17, 1826.
Act of April29,1816,ch.138,The Presi-dent to cause
present boundary line between the third and fourth townships southintersects the meridian line, the boundary of the said district shall runnorth with the meridian line until it shall intersect the base line, andthence with the said line west to Lake Michigan .
Approved, May 16, 1826.
Chap. LIX.— An Act to extend the time allowed for the redemption of land soldfor direct taxes, in certain cases.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the time allowed for theredemption of lands which have been, or may be, sold for the non-pay-ment of taxes, under the several acts passed on the second of August,one thousand eight hundred and thirteen ; the ninth day of January,one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and the fifth day of March, onethousand eight hundred and sixteen, for laying and collecting a directtax within the United States , so far as the same have been purchasedfor, or on behalf of the United States , be revived and be extended forthe further term of two years, from and after the expiration of the pre-sent session of Congress : Provided, also, That, on such redemption, in-terest shall be paid at the rate of twenty per centum on the taxes afore-said, and on the additions of twenty per centum chargeable thereon ;and the right of redemption shall enure, as well to the heirs and assigneesof the land so purchased on behalf of the United States , as to the origi-nal owners thereof.
Approved, May 16,1826.
Chap. LXII .—An Act to confirm certain claims to lands in the district ofOpelousas, in Louisiana .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the several claims tolands, recommended for confirmation in the report of the register of theland office at Opelousas, in the state of Louisiana , dated on the first dayof October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and which aredesignated in that report by letter A, and numbered one, two, three, four,eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen,eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-eight,thirty-nine, forty, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six,forty-seven, forty-eight, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-five, sixty-six, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty, eighty-two, eighty-three, eighty-seven, andninety, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed agreeably to the said re-port: Provided, That this confirmation shall operate only as a relinquish-ment of the claim of the United States to the lands hereby confirmed.
Approved, May 16, 1826.
Chap. LXIV.— An Act supplementary to “An act for the gradual increase of thenavy of the United States .”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States is hereby authorized to cause the building of one of the