Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 193.
(Report No. 183.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 8, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Wick, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of William Triplett.

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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 the right of William Triplett, of St. Louis
county, Missouri, to a pre-emption of the southeast quarter
of section thirty-six, in township forty-five, of range four
east, as specified in the certificate of the receiver of the
land office at St. Louis, numbered eleven thousand one
hundred and seventy-one, held under the act of eighteen
hundred and thirty-eight, being the land on which he, the said
Triplett, has resided for more than twenty-five years last
past, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed and establish-
ed, and that upon payment being made, or having been

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17 made for said land, by said Triplett, a patent shall be
issued to him: Provided, That all or any previous right
acquired, and grants or sales of said land by the United
States, shall be, and the same are hereby, expressly saved
and reserved from the operation of this act.

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H R N^o 193
For the relief of William Triplett

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 the right of William Triplett, of St. Louis county, Missouri, to a pre-emption of the southeast quarter of section thirty-six, in township forty-five, of range four east, as specified in the certificate of the receiver of the land office at St. Louis, numbered eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-one, held under the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, being the land on which he, the said Triplett, has resided for more than twenty-five years last past, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed and establish- ed, and that upon payment being made, or having been
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13 14 15 16 17	made for said land, by said Triplett, a patent shall be issued to him: Provided, That all or any previous right acquired, and grants or sales of said land by the United States, shall be, and the same are hereby, expressly saved and reserved from the operation of this act.