Chapter CCXCVII. anthorizing the Award to the Vincennes University of certain vacant and abandoned Lands in Knox County, Indiana
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CHAP. CCXCVII.— An Act anthorizing the Award to the Vincennes University of certain vacant and abandoned Lands in Knox County, Indiana.March 3, 1873. Whereas,Preamble. it is alleged that there are certain parcels of abandoned lands in Knox county, Indiana, which are covered by old Vincennes donation claims, which have become abandoned and to which there is no subsisting confirmation or settlement by individuals as owners under confirmation: Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatPatent to issue to Vincennes University for land awarded to it by decree of court. it shall and may be lawful for the Vincennes University, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Indiana, to File in the United States district court for the district of Indiana a petition descriptive of such abandoned and unclaimed donations in Knox county of that State, accompanied by such testimony as may be relied upon in support of the said alleged abandonment, with evidenceProceedings to obtain the decree, and at whose cost. that such list has been published for a period of at least three months in Knox county and calling on all parties to show cause, if such exist, why such tracts or parcels of land should not be declared vacant; and thereafter in such cases as the said court shall find the tracts to be abandoned and not claimed by any individuals under any confirmation, or otherwise, it shall have power to render a decree accordingly, and upon such decree being deposited in the general land-office, with a patent certificate from the register of the land-office at Indinnajxjlis, Indiana, a patent shall issue to the said Vincennes University for the parcels of land so decreed as abandoned and awarded to said university:Patent, &c, not to affect adverse rights, but only to quit-claim, &c. *Provided,* That all proceedings in the premises shall be at the cost of said university, and thatFORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 298–801. 1873.615 the patente so issued shall operate only as a quitclaim on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the valid adverse rights of any person should such hereafter be found to exist; and such patents and decrees shall have no effect upon or in respect to such adverse rights. Approved, March 3, 1873.