Chapter 255. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to R
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CHAP. 255.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to R. L. Credille, mayor of the village of Bonita, Louisiana, in trust, for certain purposes. June 5, 1920. [[S. 3244](/us/bill/66/s/3244).] [[Public, No. 266](/us/pl/66/266).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Bonita, La.Patent to R. L. Credille, mayor of, in trust, for lands in Louisiana. That upon payment to the United States of $1.25 per acre, the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to issue patent to R.
L. Credille, mayor of the 1054 village of Bonita, Louisiana, for the south half of the southwest quarter, section five, township twenty-two north, range eight east,Description. Louisiana meridian, situated in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, in trust for the use and benefit of the persons, estates, firms, or corporations now claiming said lands or parts thereof under or by virtue of titles derived from or through the State of Louisiana or its grantee, L. S. Neighbours, of which said lands the present claimants and their grantors have had the actual possession as owners, by virtue of titles derived from said State and its grantee for more than thirty years: *Provided, *That application for the purchase of the said described*Proviso.*Time for application, etc. tract of land under this authorization shall be filed at the United States land office at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, within sixty days from the passage and approval of this Act.
The true intent of this Act is hereby declared to be to concede andTitle, etc., conveyed. abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to those persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and awful owners of said lands or parts thereof under the laws of Louisiana, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved, June 5, 1920.