Chapter 18. To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the donation claim of the heirs of J
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CHAP. 18.— An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the donation claim of the heirs of J. B. Baudreau, situate in the county of Jackson, State of Mississippi.February 12, 1926.[[S. 1423](/us/bill/69/s/1423).][[Private, No. 1](/us/pvtl/69/1).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,J. B. Baudreau.Title to donation claim of, In Mississippi released to heirs, etc. That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the south one-half of the south one-half of sections 2 and 3; lot 12 of section 4; sections 9,10, and 11, all in township 8 south, range 8 west of Saint Stephens meridian, containing one thousand two hundred and thirty-eight and fifty-five hundredths acres as shown on a plat of survey approved on June 30, 1832, by Gideon Fitz, surveyor of public lands south of Tennessee, and segregated thereon as the donation claim of the heirs of J.
B. Baudreau, be, and the same 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 clone by patents issued according to law: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Only United States title relinquished. this Act shall amount only to a relinquishment 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 under the laws of Mississippi, including the laws of prescription and limitation, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States.
Approved, February 12, 1926.