BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, THATthe Marshal of the Northern District of Mississippi be and he is hereby authorized and required to convey by deed to the purchasers the several tracts of land bought by them respectively which were sold under an execution in favor of the United States against Gordon D. Boyd upon the payment of the purchase money to such Marshall
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That the purchaser or purchasers of any of said lands sold under execution as aforesaid may file the Marshal’s deed for the lands so purchased with the Commissioner of the General Land Office, whereupon said Commissioner shall issue patents for the land described in such deed to the purchaser or purchasers vesting the title of the United States in him her or them.
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June 26. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins—
Secretary

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An act to vest the title of the United States in the purchasers of certain lands sold under execution against Gordon D. Boyd.
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Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume 469, RG 46, Entry 427: Records of the United States Senate, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, Senate Bills and Resolutions Upon Which Further Action Was Taken, 1847-1849, NAB