Chapter 120. To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the claim of Moses Steadham, situate in the county of Baldwin, State of Alabama
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CHAP. 120.— An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the claim of Moses Steadham, situate in the county of Baldwin, State of Alabama. February 12, 1927. [[H. R. 12889](/us/bill/69/hr/12889).] [[Private, No. 351](/us/pvtl/69/351).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Moses Steadham.Land claim of, confirmed to owners of equitable titles and their heirs.Location. That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to that certain land in Baldwin County, Alabama, known as the Moses Stead ham Tract, section 50, township 2 north, range 2 east, and section 42, township 3 north, range 2 east, Saint Stephens meridian, Alabama, be, and the 1769same is hereby, released, relinquished, and confirmed by the United States to the equitable owners of the equitable titles thereto and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, as fully and completely, in every respect whatever, as could be done by patents issued according to law: *Provided,* That this Act shall amount only to a relinquishment *Proviso*.Only United States title relinquished.of any title that the United States has, or is supposed to have, in and to any of said lands, and shall not be construed to abridge, impair, injure, prejudice, or divest in any manner any valid right, title, or interest of any person or body corporate whatever; the true intent of this Act being 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 lawful owners of said lands by reason of long continuous possession under color of title with claim of ownership, or otherwise, under the laws of Alabama, including the laws of prescription and limitation, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States.
Approved, February 12, 1927.