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office at Opelousas, dated the thirtieth May and sixth June, eighteenhundred and forty, made under the provisions of the act of eighteenhundred and thirty-five, aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby, con-firmed : Provided,, That the Commissioner of the General Land Officeshall cause a further investigation to be made, and further evidence tobe taken, in relation to claim number one hundred and sixty-one of saidreport; and should it appear that the original claimants actually inhab-ited and cultivated the lands claimed on and prior to the twenty-secondday of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen, then and in that case,the same shall be confirmed, by and with the approbation of the Secre-tary of the Treasury.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the following claims in thesaid reports of the register and receiver of the land office at Opelousasbe, and the same are hereby, confirmed, as follows, to wit: Numbertwenty-nine, to the legal representatives of Joseph Maritaurus; numberforty-six, to the extent contained in a league square; number forty-nine,for six hundred and forty acres, to the legal representatives of BernardLacroix; number fifty-four, to the legal representatives of J. BaptisteVallery ; number seventy-eight, for six hundred and forty acres, to One-zime Guedry, assignee of Nicholas Provost, and six hundred and fortyacres to the legal heirs and representatives of Daniel Guedry and JeanMouton, senior ; number ninety-one, for so much as will, with the quan-tity heretofore confirmed, make the quantity of one league front by thedepth of forty arpens; number ninety-nine, for six hundred and fortyacres, to embrace the residence and improvements of Hugh Mulhollan onand previous to the twentieth day of December, eighteen hundred andthree; number one hundred and fourteen, to the legal representativesof Andre Dumas; number one hundred and fifty-four, to the legal repre-sentatives of Antonio Mora; number one hundred and fifty-eight, to thelegal representatives of Louis Frizzini; number one hundred and sixty-seven, to Jacob Wallace or his legal representatives.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the twopreceding sections of this act, which confirm donation claims situatein that part of said land district known as the “ neutral territory,”shall not be regarded as extending to any lands which are held by anyperson by virtue of any bona fide French or Spanish grant, warrant, ororder of survey, made prior to the twentieth of December, eighteenhundred and three, heretofore filed, according to law, with any register,or commissioner, or register and receiver of said district: Provided,That the confirmations made by virtue of the two preceding sectionsshall only operate as a relinquishment of the right of the United States ,and shall not affect the right of third persons, nor preclude a judicialdecision between private claimants for the same land; and on the pre-sentation, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office of a plat ofsurvey, duly approved by the surveyor general of Louisiana , the claim-ant shall be entitled to a patent.

Approved, July 6, 1842.

Chap. LXIV .—An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent ex-penses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with thevarious Indian tribes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, for the year one thousandeight hundred and forty-two, for the purpose of paying the current ex-penses of the Indian department, fulfilling treaty stipulations with thevarious Indian tribes, and contingent expenses, to be paid out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

1835, ch. 17.

Proviso.

Other claimsconfirmed.

Certain provi-sions of the twopreceding sec-tions not to ex-tend to landsheld under cer-tain French orSpanish grants,&c.

Proviso.

Statute II.July 17, 1842.[Obsolete.]

Appropria-

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