Chapter 48. To relinquish, release, remise, and quitclaim all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to all the lands contained within sections seventeen and twenty, township three south, range one west, Saint Stephens meridian, Alabama
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CHAP. 48.— An Act To relinquish, release, remise, and quitclaim all right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to all the lands contained within sections seventeen and twenty, township three south, range one west, Saint Stephens meridian, Alabama. February 13, 1922.[[S. 2124](/us/bill/67/s/2124).][[Public, No. 140](/us/67/pl/140).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the United States ofPublic lands.Quitclaim of rights of United States in designated sections In Alabama.
America hereby forever relinquishes, releases, and quitclaims all right, title, and interest in and to all the lands now held under claim or color of title by individual or private ownership or municipal ownership and situated in the State of Alabama within the boundaries of sections seventeen and twenty, township three south, range one west,364Saint Stephens meridian, Alabama, whether or not patents issued therefor by the United States would be construed to include all the lands included within the boundaries of said sections.
All rights, etc., of United States, abandoned.The true intent of this Act is hereby declared to be to concede and 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 under the laws of Alabama, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of said interest, title, and estate of the said United States. Approved, February 13, 1922.