Chapter 2945. To authorize W
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CHAP. 2945.— An Act To authorize W. D. Clay and others to select lands in lieu of lands purchased by the father of said parties from the United States Government and lost by said heirs. March 4, 1907.[[H. R. 22182](/us/bill/34/hr/22182).][[Private, No. 2669](/us/pvt/34/2669).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, James W. Clay.May select lands in lieu of lands erroneously patented. That William D. Clay, James W.
Clay, and Maggie Click, heirs of James W. Clay, deceased, be, and they are hereby, authorized to select in lieu of lands heretofore erroneously patented by the Government to their father, James W. Clay, and lost by said heirs, any other eighty acres of nonmineral, unappropriated surveyed public lands in the State of Alabama subject to homestead entry: *Provided*, That before making such selection they*Provisos.*Quit-claim deed. shall deliver to the Secretary of the Interior a duly executed and recorded quit claim deed to the Limited States, conveying only such right and title as the said James W.
Clay, deceased, acquired to the east half of the northwest quarter of section sixteen, township six south, range three east, in Alabama, by virtue of a patent issued to him for the said lands on the second day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and surrendering such patent to the Secretary of the Interior if in their possession, or filing with him an affidavit that they are unable to procure said patent, if such is the case, and shall file an abstract and affidavit showing that they, or James W.
Clay, the patentee, have never conveyed to anyone the title derived from said patent: *Provided further*, That theTime limit. right of selection of lieu lands provided for above shall be exercised within five years from the approval of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1907.