Chapter CCXI. to quiet the Title to certain Lands within the corporate Limits of the City of Benicia and the Town of Santa Cruz in the State of California
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CHAP. CCXI.— An Act to quiet the Title to certain Lands within the corporate Limits of the City of Benicia and the Town of Santa Cruz in the State of California.July 23, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all the right and title of theTitle of the United States to land in the city of Benicia granted to that city and its successors in trust. United States to the land situated within the corporate limits of the city of Benicia, in the county of Solano, State of California, as defined in the act incorporating said city, passed by the legislature of the State of California, April twenty-four, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and granted to the said city and its successors, upon trust, however, that so much of said lands as is in the bona fide occupancy of parties upon the passage of this act, by themselves or tenants, shall be conveyed by said city to such parties: *Provided, however,* ThatLimit to grant. the relinquishment and grant by this act shall not extend to any lands within said corporate limits occupied as a military depot of the United States, or heretofore reserved by the United States for public purposes; nor shall they interfere with or prejudice any valid adverse right or claim, if such exist, to said land or any part thereof, or preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereof.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That all the right and title of theTitle of the United States to land in the town of Santa Cruz granted to that town in trust. United States to the land within the corporate limits of the town of Santa Cruz in the State of California, as defined in the act of the legislature of that State incorporating said town, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and granted to the corporate authorities of said town and their successors, in trust for and with authority to convey so much of said lands210THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 211, 212. 1866. as are in the bona fide occupancy of parties upon the passage of this act by themselves or tenants, to such parties: *Provided,* That this grant shallLimit to grant. not extend to any reservation of the United States, nor prejudice any valid adverse right or claim, if such exist, to said land or any part thereof, nor preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereof. Approved, July 23, 1866.