Chapter 1013. For the relief of certain homestead settlers in the State of Alabama
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CHAP. 1013.— An Act For the relief of certain homestead settlers in the State of Alabama. March 3, 1901. [[Public, No. 163](/us/pl/57/163).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Homestead lands in lieu of lands granted railroads, Alabama.Vol. 11, p. 17.Conditions. That whenever any person, association, or corporation that has recovered, in any court of competent jurisdiction, the title to any hind which is included in any home-stead entry made on lands granted by the Congress of the United States to the State of Alabama to aid in the construction of the Mobile and Girard Railroad, or the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad, which recovery of said land was made or had by virtue of the title asserted and claimed by either of said railroad companies or its vendee, or successor in inter-est, shall execute a deed conveying all his or their interest in, or claim to, the hind included in such homestead entry to the United States, and file the same with the Secretary of the Interior, such person, association, or corporation shall be entitled to receive from the Secretary of the Interior a certificate authorizing them or their assigns to enter, 1223within one year from the issuance of such certificate, of the public lands of the United States in the State of Alabama, subject to homestead entry, an area equal to that contained in the tract so deeded and relinguished, and all certificates which have not been presented as a basisEntries to be made within one year. for the entry of a specific tract within one year of their issuance, as above, shall be void, and each and every certificate issued shall have plainly printed across the face thereof the date of its expiration.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe all necessaryRegulations. rules and regulations for the administration of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1901.