Chapter XIII. to quiet the Title to certain Lands within the corporate Limits of the City of San Francisco
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CHAP. XIII.— An Act to quiet the Title to certain Lands within the corporate Limits of the City of San Francisco.March 8, 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 ofRight of the United States in certain lands in San Francisco released to that city, and the claim of that city confirmed, subject, &c. the United States to the land situated within the corporate limits of the city of San Francisco, in the State of California, confirmed to the city of San Francisco by the decree of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of California, entered on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and granted to the said city of San Francisco and its successors, and the claim of the said city to said land is hereby confirmed, subject, however, to the reservations and exceptions designated in said decree, and upon the following trusts, namely, that all the said land, not heretofore granted to said city, shall be disposed of and conveyed by said city to parties in the bona fide actual possession thereof, by themselves or tenants, on the passage of this act, in such quantities and upon such terms and conditions as the legislature of the State of California may prescribe, except such parcels thereof as may be reserved and set apart by ordinance of said city for public uses: *Provided, however,* That the relinquishmentValid adverse rights not affected. and grant, by this act shall not interfere with or prejudice any valid adverse right or claim, if such exist, to said land or any part thereof, whether derived from Spain, Mexico, or the United States, or preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereof.
Approved, March 8, 1866.