Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 2.djvu/235

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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sm. II. Ons. 335-337. 1925. 1579 CHAP. 335.——An Act For the relief of the Pacific Commissary Company. Febrgargg,]1925. Be it enacted by the Senate and H mise of Representatives of the [P“""°°* N°· ml United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- meme commamy tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to Ciiiigeiizw. pay to the Pacific Commissary Company, of Seattle, Washington, or to its receiver, trustee out of court, or other legal representative, the sum of $10,841.73, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in settlement of the claim of said company against the United States under an understanding and agreement between the officers of said company and the officer in command of the Army cantonment at Camtp Lewis, Washinsgton, whereby said company was to be compensate by the United tates for any losses that should be sustained by said company in furnishin meals to Arm officers at said camp uring the months of August September, October, and November, 1917, at the price fixed by the (ziovernment. Approved, February 25, 1925. CHAP. 888.-—An Act To relinquish the title of the United States to the land F [H. R. in the preemption claim of William Weekley, situate in the county of Baldwin, l1’¤iv¤¢¤» No- 197] State of Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the _ _ United States of America in Congress assembled?ll`hat all the right, ¥}L‘,§1’°§Q;,Y,`;,°°c§§’,’,§,,;, title, and interest of the United States in and to section 38, in town- ff,a",f§gg¤ gmlggid *,-2 ship 2 north, range 3 east, of Saint Stephens meridian, containing owum ottitle meme. 138.29 acres, shown on the township plat in the name of William Week1ey,§>reemption certificate D—29, for which final payment was made by amuel Mims on July 2, 1817, per receipt numbered 3793, be, and the same is hereby, granted, released, and relinquished 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 b _ patents issued according to aw: Provided, That this Act shall §§,°,'§fi,‘{;,,,,,_¤U¤,,°_, amount only to a relin uishment of any title that the United States Biggs MM relinhas or is supposed to (have in and to any of said lands, and shall q ° ` not be construed to abridve, 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 rsons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and liiewful owners of said lands under the laws of Alabama, including the laws of prescription, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States. Approved, February 25, 1925. CHAP. 337.-An Act Granting relief to the First State Savings Bank of Glad- Fe[H. 1%.%%%. win, Michigan. [Private. N0. 198.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Bgxy gptecfggke of the Interior be, and he is here y, authorized and directed to issue Mich. ' a patent for lot 4, of section 21, township 19, north, range 2 west, Mimi; tg! md i¤ Michigan meridian, in the State of Michigan, to the First State ` Savings Bank of Gladwin, a corporation of Gladwin, lliichigan, whose color of title thereto traces_through mesne conveyances to a patent issued by the State of Michigan under date of September 13, 1569o°—25t-14