United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 48
April 16, 1816.
Chap. XLVIII.—An Act confirming to the Navigation Company of New Orleans the use and possession of a lot in the said city.
Be it enacted, &c., That all the right and claim of the United States to the title, possession, and occupancy, of a lot of ground of three hundred feet front on Rampart street, in the city of New Orleans, by six hundred feet in depth, on a line with St. Peter street, on which was erected the former hospital of charity, in the said city, be, and the same is hereby vested in the navigation company of New Orleans: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall affect the claim or claims of any individual or individuals, if any such there be.
Approved, April 16, 1816.