BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
THATthe Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, required to pay to Cadwalader
Wallace in land scrip to be issues to said Wallace, in convenient quantities, which
shall be receivable in payment for any public Lands for sale by the government, at
public auction, or by private entry, the sum of seventy five thousand five hundred
and fifty one dollars in full compensation to said Cadwalader Wallace for forty one
thousand and eighty two acres of land, located by said Wallace by virtue of Virginia
military land warrants, in the Virginia military district, in the State of Ohio, and
in that part of said district lying between Ludlow’s and Roberts’s lines in said district:
Provided, That before the payment of said sum of money to said Wallace, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall be satisfied that said lands have been legally appropriated
by virtue of valid warrants, and surveyed according to law: And provided, also, That
said Wallace shall release all his right, title, interest, and claim whatsoever to
said lands to the United States, for the use of the persons holding said lands by
purchase from the United States.
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January 16. 1849
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Asbury DickinsJanuary 16. 1849
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An act for the relief of Cadawalder Wallace.
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Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume 468, 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