Private Law 46–270

That all the right title claim and interest of the United States to certain tracts of land on the right bank of the Mississippi River opposite the city of New Orleans in the parish of Jefferson and now the site of the village of Mcchanicham and described as a tract of land fronting sixteen arpents on the river by forty arpents in depth between parallel lines and further described in the official maps of the General Land Office of the United States as sections three and five, thirty-four, thirty-five and thirty-six in township thirteen South, range twenty-four east, and sections forty, forty-one, forty-two, fifty-seven, fifty-eight and fifty-nine in township fourteen south, range twenty-four east southeast, district of Louisana, be and the same is hereby granted and conveyed to the Lady Abbess and community of Ursuline Lady Nuns of New Orleans, Louisiana, their successors trans-ferees vendees and assignees: Provided,

Proviso.

That this shall have the effect only of a quitclaim of all the right title and interest of the United States therein, not to affect any valid adverse right or title to said land nor create any liability on the part of the United States.