Chapter CXXXIX. *to relinquish the Title of the United States to certain Lands occupied by the City of Baton Rouge, in Louisiana.* June 16, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all the right, title, interest Title relinquished t
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Chap. CXXXIX.— An Act *to relinquish the Title of the United States to certain Lands occupied by the City of Baton Rouge, in Louisiana.* June 16, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all the right, title, interest Title relinquished to certain lands in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.or claim of the United States in and to the land occupied by the city of Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, lying between Florida Street on die north and the South Boulevard on the south, as shown by an original map of said city, on file in the office of the clerk of the sixth judicial district court of Louisiana, at East Baton Rouge, on the fourteenth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished to the mayor and council of the city of Baton Rouge, in trust for the several use and benefit of the owners of lots therein, according to their respective interests: *Provided,* This act shall only be construed as quit claim on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the interests of third parties, nor preclude a judicial investigation in relation to the title to all or any portion of the lands hereby relinquished.
Approved, June 16, 1860.