Public Law 74–809

That all the right, title, and interest of the United States, except such right, title, and interest as has been acquired by the United States through purchase or condemnation, in and to all of fractional section 25 which lies south of the Elk River Shoals Canal and the northwest quarter of section 36, township 3 south, range 7 west, Huntsville meridian, in Lawrence County, Alabama, be, and the same is hereby released, relinquished, and confirmed by the United States to the owners of the equitable titles thereto, as fully and completely in every respect whatever as

Proviso.

Relinquishment of Federal title only.

could be done by patents issued according to law: Provided, That this Act shall amount to a relinquishment of any title 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 the lands described herein to those persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the equitable owners of said lands under the laws of the State of Alabama, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States.