Chapter 431. To relinquish to its equitable owners the title of the United States to the land in the claims of A
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CHAP. 431.— An Act To relinquish to its equitable owners the title of the United States to the land in the claims of A. Moro and of Anthony Campbell in Jackson County, Mississippi.March 3, 1927.[[H. R. 148881](/us/bill/69/hr/148881).][[Private, No. 473](/us/pvtl/69/473).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Anthony Campbell and A. Moro.Land claims of, confirmed to owners of equitable titles and their heirs.
That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land known and designated as fractional section 4, township 8 south, range 6 west, of the Saint Stephens meridian, in Jackson County, Mississippi, containing one hundred and seventy-four and forty-six one- hundredths acres, and fractional section 1, township 8 south, range 7 west, of the Saint Stephens meridian, in Jackson County, Mississippi, containing two hundred and thirty-four and sixty-five one-hundredths acres, as shown on a plat of survey made by Thomas Bilbo, deputy surveyor, July 5, 1824, and approved by William Brown, principal deputy surveyor of public lands, and segregated thereon as the claim of Anthony Campbell; and that all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to fractional section 10, township 8 south, range 6 west, of the Saint Stephens meridian, in Jackson County, Mississippi, and fractional section 11, township 8 south, range 7 west, of the Saint Stephens meridian, in Jackson County, Mississippi, containing fifty and fifteen one- hundredths acres, as shown on a plat of survey made by Thomas Bilbo, deputy surveyor, July 4, 1824, approved by William Brown, principal deputy surveyor of public lands, and segregated thereon as the claim of Augustin Moro, be, and the same are 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 law1828 *Provided*, That this Act shall amount only to a relinquishment of*Proviso*Only United States title relinquished. 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 equitable owners of said lands, by reason of long continuous possession under color of title with claim of ownership, or otherwise, under the laws of Mississippi, including the laws of prescription and limitation, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of title United States.:
Approved, March 3, 1927.