Chapter 35. To confirm private land claim of the widow and heirs of Joseph Etier
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CHAP. 35.— An Act To confirm private land claim of the widow and heirs of Joseph Etier. January 28, 1922. [[H. R. 7290](/us/bill/67/hr/7290).] [[Private, No. 19](/us/pvtl/67/19).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the private land claimJoseph Etier. Private land claim of, confirmed to widow and heirs. of the widow and heirs of Joseph Etier, numbered two hundred and forty-three, class five, in the report dated December 30, 1815, of the register and receiver at Opelousas, Louisiana, acting as commissioners on land claims in the western district of the State of Louisiana, which has been surveyed and segregated as section forty, township thirteen north, range four east, Louisiana meridian, containing six hundred and sixty-eight and seventy-seven one-hundredths acres, shall be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause patent to issue for said land to the widow and heirs of Joseph Etier, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives: *Provided,* That this Act, and the patent which may be issued in*Proviso*.Only right of United States relinquished. 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 title shall inure to the true owners of the land under the laws of Louisiana, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of any interest or estate of the United States.
Approved, January 28, 1922.