Chapter XLII. *to relinquish to the State of Iowa the Lands reserved for Salt Springs therein.*May 27, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the twelve SaltSalt Springs and adjoining sections granted to Iowa
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Chap. XLII.— An Act *to relinquish to the State of Iowa the Lands reserved for Salt Springs therein.*May 27, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the twelve SaltSalt Springs and adjoining sections granted to Iowa. Springs, and six sections of land adjoining or contiguous thereto, the use of which was granted to the State of Iowa, by the act entitled “An act supplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, shall be, and the same are hereby granted in fee-simple, to the said State of Iowa, to be disposed of, and the proceeds to be applied as the legislature of that State shall direct: *Provided,* That nothing inProvisos. this act contained shall be so construed as to interfere with the rights of third parties: *And provided further,* That if any of the lands which have been selected by the authorities of the State of Iowa, under the act aforesaid, shall have been legally claimed by preemption or otherwise, the State shall be authorized to select other lands in lieu thereof.
Approved, May 27, 1852.