Chapter 79. declaratory of the meaning of the act entitled “An act for the relief of Maria Syphax.”April 10, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Maria Syphax
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CHAP. 79.— An Act declaratory of the meaning of the act entitled “An act for the relief of Maria Syphax.”April 10, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Maria Syphax.Title of United States to certain lands in Virginia released to.Vol. 14, p. 589. That the act of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “ An act for the relief of Maria Syphax,” releasing and confirming to her. her heirs and assigns, the title to a piece of land therein described, 1034 being part of the Arlington estate, in the county of Alexandria, in the State of Virginia, shall be construed to operate as a relinquishment to the said Maria Syphax, her heirs or devisees, of any outstanding title to the said piece of land which the United States may have acquired since the date of that act.
Approved, April 10, 1888.