Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Simon Rodrigues to his ancient settlement of four hundred arpens of land, situate in the parish of St. Tammany, in the State of Louisiana, or to so much thereof as can be located in accordance with the lines of public surveys, and without interference with preëxisting rights, or grants, or sales by the United States, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any portion of the ancient settlement aforesaid shall be covered by preëxisting rights, or grants, or sales by the United States, the said Simon Rodrigues shall be entitled to enter at the land office of the district within which the said ancient settlement is situate, such quantity of land, not more than equal to such deficit, as he may select, the same not being covered by a preëmption right, and subject to private entry.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the acceptance, by the said Simon Rodrigues, of the provisions of this act, entirely, or in part, shall be held as a full satisfaction of his said ancient claim, as in favor of the United States, as also in favor of conflicting claimants, if any such there be.

Approved, January 8, 1849