Volume 52
Public Law 75–516
To quiet title and possession to a certain island in the Tennessee River in the County of Lauderdale, Alabama.
Approved June 16, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To quiet title and possession to a certain island in the Tennessee River in the County of Lauderdale, Alabama.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 the following-described property, to wit: An island known as the Jenkins Island, lying in the Tennessee River in section 19, township 2, range 13 west, in Lauderdale County, Alabama, be and the same is hereby, released, relinquished, and confirmed by the United States to the owner of the equitable title thereto as fully and completely in every respect whatever as could be done
Proviso.
Title of United States only, relinquished.
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 said land 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, 0 and abandon all right, title, and interest of the United States to the land described herein to those persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the equitable owners of said land under the laws of the State of Alabama in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate of the United States.
Approved, June 16, 1938.