Chapter 125. To legalize titles in the District of Columbia to certain citizens
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CHAP. 125.— An Act To legalize titles in the District of Columbia to certain citizens.March 3, 1913.[[H. R. 23939](/us/bill/62/hr/23939).][[Private, No. 157](/us/pvtl/62/157).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in. Congress assembled*,Catherine Maroney.Real estate owned by, released from alien forfeiture. That Catherine Maroney, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of Leadville, in the State of Colorado, be, and she hereby is, authorized to acquire, hold, and dispose of any and all real estate lying; in the Distinct of Columbia, as heir at law of Mary Shugrue, a citizen of the United States and late of the District of Columbia, notwithstanding the alienage of the common ancestor of said Mary Shugrue and Edward D.
Brown, son of said Catherine Maroney by her first husband, through whom the said Catherine Maroney traces her right to acquire the said real estate, and that all forfeitures incurred by reason or any Act of Congress or law in force in the District of Columbia in respect of said real estate are hereby remitted; and further, that the United States hereby quitclaim and release in favor of said Catherine Maroney, her heirs and assigns, any and all title which they, the said United States, have in or to any real estate in the city of Washington and District of Columbia of which the said Mary Shugrue died seized and possessed.
Approved, March 3, 1913.