Chapter 1068. to confirm the title of the heirs or legal representatives of Henry Volcker, deceased, to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico
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CHAP. 1068.— An Act to confirm the title of the heirs or legal representatives of Henry Volcker, deceased, to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico.October 1, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Henry Volcker.Lands in New Mexico confirmed to heirs of. That the heirs, assigns, or legal representatives of Henry Volcker, deceased, be, and they are hereby, confirmed in their title to six hundred and forty acres of land situated in the Territory of New Mexico, being the tract of land located by virtue of a certificate, numbered one hundred and sixty-nine, of the second class, issued by the board of land commissioners for the county of Bexar and Republic of Texas to Simon Prado, and dated January fifth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and more particularly described in the plat and field-notes accompanying survey numbered thirty-eight, in section numbered fifteen, situated on the tableland or plain between the Rio Grande and the Pecos River now on file in the office of the commissioner of the general land office of the State of Texas.
Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, uponPatent to issue. the receipt of the proper plat and survey of the said tract of land, executed by the proper officer, shall issue a patent therefor to the *Proviso*.Only Government rights relinquished.said Henry Volcker: *Provided, however,* That such patent shall be construed into a relinquishment only of title on the part of the United States, and shall not affect the right of any third person. Approved, October 1, 1888.