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An act to authorize the inhabitants of the

 State of Louisiana to eptcr the back

 lands.

 Be it enacied 5y the Senate and House ot Representatives. oj the Uaited States of .4nae- riea ia Congress assembled, That every person, who, either by virtue ofa French or opanisil grant, resagtiized s5y tic s;ss " 2 ot the United States, orunder claim con- iirmed by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the rights ot persons claiming lands in the State of Lou- IsIana, by virtue of any title deriyed from the United States, owns a tract oi land bordering on any river, creek, bay ou, or water course, in the said territory, and not exceeding in depth forty arpens, French measure, shall he entitled to a preference in becoming the purchaser oi any vacant tract Of land adjacent to, and back of, his own tract, not exceeding forty arpens, French measure, in depth, nor in quantity of land, that which is con- stained in his own tract; at the same price, and on the same terms and condi- tions, a, arc, or may be, provided by law for the other public lands in tfe said State. And the veyor-General for the State of Louisiana, shall be, and he Is 1 hereby, authorized, to cause to be sur yeyed the tracts claimed by virtue of tllis section; and, in all cases where, by req ou,or water course, e,oorderingAon the tract

 and of adjacent claims of a similar nature I each claimant cannot obtain a tract cqi,a iu quantity to the adjacent tract alreadl owned by him, to diFide the vacant lan'