Chapter 551. To quiet titles to land in the city of Mobile, State of Alabama
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CHAP. 551.— An Act To quiet titles to land in the city of Mobile, State of Alabama. February 8, 1905. [[H. R. 14626](/us/bill/58/hr/14626).] [[Public, No. 53](/us/pl/58/53).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all the right, title, and Mobile, Ala. United States title to certain lands in, relinquished. interest of the United States in and to the lands situate within the limits of the old Spanish town of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, for which no confirmation has heretofore been granted or no survey made by the United States, be, and the same are hereby, granted, released, 706 and relinquished by the United States to the respective owners of the equitable titles thereto and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, as fully and completely, in every respect whatever, as could be *Proviso*.
Valid rights, etc., not affected. done by patents issued therefor according to law: *Provided*, That the confirmations granted hereby shall amount only to a relinquishment of any title that the United States has or is supposed to have in and to any of said lands, and shall not be construed to abridge, impair, injure, prejudice, or divest in any manner any valid right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate whatever, the true intent of this Act being to concede and abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to those persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and lawful owners of said lands under the laws of Alabama, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States.
Approved, February 8, 1905.