Chapter CCI. to vest in the several States and Territories the title in fee of the Lands which have been or may be certified to them
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Chap. CCI.— An Act to vest in the several States and Territories the title in fee of the Lands which have been or may be certified to them. August 3, 1854.*Post*, p. 609. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Fee simple to pass in all grants of land to States and Territories. That in all cases where lands have been, or shall hereafter be, granted by any law of Congress to any one of the several States and Territories; and where said law does not convey the fee-simple title of such lands, or require patents to be issued therefor; the lists of such lands which have been, or may hereafter be certified by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, under the seal of said office, either as originals, or copies of the originals or records, shall be regarded as conveying the fee simple of all the lands embraced in such lists that are of the character contemplated by such act of Congress, and intended to be granted thereby; but where lands embraced in such lists are not of the character embraced by such acts of Congress, and are not intended to be granted thereby, said lists, so far as these lands are concerned, shall be perfectly null and void, and no right, title, claim, or interest shall be conveyed thereby.
Approved, August 3, 1854.