Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 188.
(Report No. 178.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 8, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Rumsey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Frederic Durrive.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That Frederic Durrive be, and he is hereby,
confirmed in his purchase of lot number sixteen, in town-
ship number seventeen, of range number fifteen east, lay-
ing west of the Mississippi river, entered and paid for by
him at the land office at New Orleans, containing one hun-
dred and sixty-five acres and eleven-hundredths of an acre,
and that a patent be issued to him therefor: Provided,
however, That said Durrive shall first procure and file
with the register of the district the assent in writing of the
commissioners of schools, and a majority of the voters in

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8 the township in which said land is situated to such confir-
mation.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if such
patent shall be issued to said Durrive, in pursuance of the
section aforesaid, then the register of the land office and
receiver of public money in said district, under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall select and
reserve for the use of schools in said township other lands
in the same or adjoining township, of the same extent and
quality with those described in the first section of this act.

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H R N^o 188
For the relief of Frederick Durrive

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Frederic Durrive be, and he is hereby, confirmed in his purchase of lot number sixteen, in town- ship number seventeen, of range number fifteen east, lay- ing west of the Mississippi river, entered and paid for by him at the land office at New Orleans, containing one hun- dred and sixty-five acres and eleven-hundredths of an acre, and that a patent be issued to him therefor: Provided, however, That said Durrive shall first procure and file with the register of the district the assent in writing of the commissioners of schools, and a majority of the voters in
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13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	the township in which said land is situated to such confir- mation. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if such patent shall be issued to said Durrive, in pursuance of the section aforesaid, then the register of the land office and receiver of public money in said district, under the direc- tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall select and reserve for the use of schools in said township other lands in the same or adjoining township, of the same extent and quality with those described in the first section of this act.