United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 92
Chap. XCII.—An Act for the relief of certain holders of certificates issued in lieu of lands injured by earthquakes in Missouri.
Owners of, &c. authorized.
Barry v. Gamble, 3 Howard, 32.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legal owners of any certificates of new location issued under the act of seventeenth February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, for the relief of persons whose lands were injured by earthquakes in Missouri, which may have been located upon lands, any part of which has been adjudged to any person or persons as a right of pre-emption, shall be authorized to locate such warrants, upon such lands as are liable to entry at private sale,Proviso. Provided, That previous to making such new location, the legal owners aforesaid shall relinquish to the United States all claim to the previous location,Proviso. And provided further, That such locations shall be made and patents issued therefor, under the same regulations and restrictions, as if the locations had been made under the provisions of the second section of the act of the twenty-sixth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, entitledAct of April 26, 1822, ch. 40. “An act to perfect certain locations and sales of the public lands in Missouri.”
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall remain in force for the term of eighteen months from the passage thereof.
Approved, March 2, 1831.