Chapter LXVII. for the Relief of the Town of Belleview, and the Cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa
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Chap. LXVII.— An Act for the Relief of the Town of Belleview, and the Cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa. Feb. 14, 1853. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Grant to Belleview, Iowa, of land reserved by act of 1836, ch. 262. That there shall be and hereby is granted to the town of Belleview, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Mississippi River, in front of said town, reserved by the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for a public highway, and for other public uses: together with the accretions which may have formed thereto, or in front thereof, to be disposed of in such manner as the corporate authorities of said town may direct.
The grant made by this act shall operate as a relinquishment only of the right of the United States in and to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application by a duly authorized agent of the corporate authorities of said town to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent of relinquishment,Patent to issue and its effect. in accordance with the provisions of this apt, shall be issued therefor, as in other cases.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be and hereby isGrant to Burlington and Dubuque, Iowa, of land reserved by act of 1836, ch. 262. granted to the cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in Iowa, the land bordering on the Mississippi River, in front of said cities, reserved by the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for a public highway, and for other public uses, together with the accretions which may have formed thereto or in front thereof; to be disposed of in such manner as the corporate authorities of said cities may direct.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the grant made by this actGrant, how to operate. shall operate as a relinquishment only of the right of the United States in and to said premises, and shall in no manner affect the rights of third persons therein, or to the use thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on application by a duly authorized agent of the corporate authorities of said cities to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patentPatent to issue. of relinquishment, in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be issued therefor, as in other cases.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That the lot or parcel of land inLand in Dubuque, Iowa, reserved by act of 1836, ch. 262, and 1837, ch. 36, granted to the city. the city of Dubuque heretofore set apart and used by the authorities of said city as a cemetery or burying ground, under the act of Congress of the second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled “An act for the laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Dubuque, and Peru, in the county of Dubuque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes,” and the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, amendatory thereof, be and the same hereby is granted to the Common Council of the said city of Dubuque, to make such disposition of the said land included in said cemetery or burying ground as that Common Council may deem proper.
Approved, February 14, 1853.