TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch.263. 1842.
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in the State of Indiana twenty-four thousand two hundred and nineteenacres, and fourteen-hundredths of an acre of land, to be selected underthe authority of the Governor of said State, from any of the unsold pub-lic lands therein, not subject to the right of pre-emption, as an equiva-lent for certain lands covered by Indian reservations in the lands ac-quired by treaties with the Miami Indians, in the years eighteen hun-dred and thirty-seven and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, respectively,and which, had said reservations not been permitted or allowed, wouldhave belonged to said State in virtue of the act of the second of March,eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitled “An act to grant a certainquantity of land to the State of Indiana , for the purpose of aiding saidState in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river withthose of Lake Erie .”
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governor of the Stateof Illinois is hereby authorized to cause to be selected, from any of theunsold public lands in that State, not subject to the right of pre-emption,the quantity of five thousand seven hundred and sixty acres, in lieu ofsections numbered three and nine, in township thirty-two, north ofrange three east; sections thirteen and twenty-one, in township thirty-four, north of range six east; sections twenty-five and thirty-three, intownship thirty-three, north of range eleven east; and sections thirteen,nineteen, and twenty-one, in township thirty-three, north of range eight,east of the third principal meridian, heretofore selected by the said Stateunder “ An act to grant a quantity of land to the State of Illinois , forthe purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of theIllinois river with those of Lake Michigan, ” but which had been soldand patented to individuals by the United States , before the location bythe said State had been approved.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the selections of lands madeunder this act shall be reported by the Governors of the said States respectively, to the Secretary of the Treasury, and approved by thePresident of the United States .
Approved, August 29, 1842.
1827, ch. 56.
1827, ch. 51.
Selections tobe reported toSecretary of theTreasury, andapproved by thePresident.
Chap. CCLXIII. — Jin Act in addition to an act to promote the progress of theuseful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that pur-pose, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Treasurer of theUnited States be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay back, out of thepatent fund, any sum or sums of money, to any person who shall havepaid the same into the Treasury, or to any receiver or depositary to thecredit of the Treasurer, as for fees accruing at the Patent Office throughmistake, and which are not provided to be paid by existing laws, certifi-cate thereof being made to said Treasurer by the Commissioner of Pa-tents.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the actof March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, which authorizes the re-newing of patents lost prior to the fifteenth of December, eighteen hun-dred and thirty-six, is extended to patents granted prior to said fifteenthday of December, though they may have been lost subsequently : Pro-vided, however, The same shall not have been recorded anew under theprovisions of said act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any citizen or citizens, oralien or aliens, having resided one year in the United States and taken
Act of July 4,1836, ch. 357.
Act of March3, 1837, ch. 45.
Act of March3, 1839, ch. 87.
Treasurer au-thorized to payback, out of thepatent fund,certain moneypaid as fees.
Sec.3, act of 3dMarch 1837, ch.43, extended topatents grantedprior to 15thDec. 1836,though lost sub-sequently.
Proviso.
Citizens, &c.may obtain apatent, how.