Jump to content

United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 51

From Wikisource
4673876United States Statutes at Large, Volume 6Private Acts of the Twelfth Congress, 1st Session, Chapter 51United States Congress


April 8, 1812.

Chap. LI.An Act for the relief of Thomas Orr.

Confirmation of land purchase.Be it enacted, &c., That Thomas Orr be, and he is hereby confirmed in the purchase of the south-east quarter of section number eleven, township seven, and range two in the Steubenville district, “at the rate of eight dollars per acre, and that the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars paid by the said Thomas Orr on account of the purchase money of the said quarter section on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and six, shall by the register and receiver of public moneys of the land office for the district aforesaid be placed to his credit, and be considered the first instalment of the purchase money due on said quarter section; and that the further sum of one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents paid by Martin Andrews on the fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, on account of the purchase money of said quarter section, shall, by the register and receiver aforesaid, be placed to the credit of the said Thomas Orr, and be considered as part of the second instalment, which shall become due and payable on account of the purchase money of the said quarter section, on the fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen; and if the said Thomas Orr shall pay the balance of the said second instalment on the said fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and the balance of the purchase money due on said quarter section, in two equal annual instalments, in the same manner as is provided by law for the purchasers of public lands, the said Thomas Orr, his heirs or assigns, shall be entitled to a patent for the said quarter section.”

Approved, April 8, 1912.