Chapter 1315. For the relief of H
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CHAP. 1315.— An Act For the relief of H. Gibbes Morgan and other coowners of Cat Island, in the Gulf of Mexico. March 2, 1905.[[S. 4372](/us/bill/58/s/4372).][[Private, No. 1181](/us/pvtl/58/1181).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cat Island.Patent to issue to Juan de Cuevas. That the claim of Juan Cuevas, otherwise called Juan de Cuevas, John Quaive, or Quaivie, under the permit from the Spanish commandant at Mobile, dated August first, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, to Cat Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, in its entirety, except as to the lands hereinafter described, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed in him and his legal representatives claiming the same through and under him, the said Cuevas, and that a patent issue accordingly in the name of said original claimant: *Proviso.*Title to light-house.*Provided, however,* That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner impair the right or title of the Government in or to that portion of said Cat Island to which the Government obtained title by deed from John and Mary Cuevas November twenty-second, eighteen hundred and thirty, and on which Cat Island light-house is now situated; and this confirmation of said claim or title of said Cuevas or his legal representatives to said Cat Island is upon condition that the legal representatives of said Juan Cuevas claiming the same through or under him shall convey to the United States, by good and sufficient deed, all that portion of Cat Island described as an excepted part thereof in Executive order of October twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety- five, and lying between a north and south line one thousand feet to the east of the easternmost corner of Cat Island light-house and the western part of the island.
Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, March 2, 1905.