Chapter 488. To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the claim of Thomas Durnford, situate in the county of Baldwin, State of Alabama
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CHAP. 488.— An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to the land in the claim of Thomas Durnford, situate in the county of Baldwin, State of Alabama. June 7, 1926.[[H. R. 8489](/us/bill//hr/).][[Private, No. 110](/us/pvtl/69/110).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Thomas Durnford. Land claim of, confirmed to owners of equitable titles and heirs. That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to section 42, all in township 5 south, range 2 east of Saint Stephens meridian, Baldwin County, Alabama, containing two hundred and two and sixty-live one-hundredths acres, as shown on a plat of survey made by James Dowell, deputy surveyor, approved on February 25, 1830, by William Brown, principal deputy surveyor of public lands, and segregated thereon as the claim of Thomas Durnford 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 done by patents issued according to law: *Proviso.*Only United States right relinquished.*Provided*, That 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 ail 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 Alabama including the laws of prescription and limitation, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States.
Approved, June 7, 1926.