Chapter 180. To confirm private claim numbered sixty-one of Ambroise Reopel in townships two and three south, range eleven east, Michigan meridian, Wayne County, Michigan
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CHAP. 180.— An Act To confirm private claim numbered sixty-one of Ambroise Reopel in townships two and three south, range eleven east, Michigan meridian, Wayne County, Michigan. March 4, 1921.[[H. R. 15861](/us/bill/66/hr/15861).][[Private, No. 120](/us/pvtl/66/120).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Ambroise Reopel. Patent to issue to heirs of, for confirmed land claim. That private claim numbered sixty-one of Ambroise Reopel (between claims numbered one hundred and eighteen and one hundred and nineteen) in townships two and three south, range eleven east, Michigan meridian, Wayne County, Michigan, containing two hundred and twenty and seventy-four one-hundredths acres, according to the survey made in 1809-1810 by Aaron Greeley, United States surveyor, shall be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to the said Ambroise Reopel, and the Department of the Interior shall cause patent to issue for said land to Ambroise Reopel, his heirs, assigns, and legal representatives: *Provided*, *Proviso*.
Valid adverse rights not affected. That this Act, and the patent which may be issued in pursuance of the same, shall only operate as a relinquishment on the part of the United States, and shall in no way prejudice any valid adverse right., if such exist, to the said land; the intent being that 1628 title shall inure to the true owners of the land under the laws of Michigan, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of any interest or estate of the United States. Approved, March 4, 1921.