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of Harris. And the said holder shall he further required to prove
the genuineness of said claim against the Government, and that
he is justly and lawfully entitled to the quantity of land specified
in said claim:-provided, however, that none but oral testimony
shall be received by said tribunal in the investigation of said
claims.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That, upon the application and
proof being made, as provided by this act, by any holder of said
orders'of surveys, it shall be the duty of the said tribunal before
whom said proof is made, to execute to the said holder a certificate,
that they have examined said claim, and find the same legal
and justly entitled against the Government. And it shall be
the duty of said Commissioners to report all claims acted upon by
them, under the provisions of this act, to the Commissioner of the
General Land-Office, so soon as the same shall have been completed.SEc. 4. Be it further enacted, That any applicant who shall
obtain a recommendation of his claim, as aforesaid, shall pay to
the said tribunal five dollars of Texas treasury notes, two dollars
and fifty cents of which shall go to the clerk, the balance to be
equally divided between the members of the board signing said
certificate.
SEC. 5. Be itfurther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
Commissioner of the General Land-Office to issue patents upon
all claims which may be certified as genuine, and justly entitled,
in accordance with this act, in the same manner as though the
same had been recommended by the said Board of Commissioners
appointed under "An Act to detect Fraudulent Land Certificates."'
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That.this act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved 20th Dec., 1841.
AN ACT
To repeal, in part, and amend an Act regulating the License and
Practice of Attorneys, approved twenty-sixth January, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled,
That the eighth section of the above-recited act, so far as it re
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