Private Law 21–CLXXXIV

That all the right, title, and interest, which

Certain reversionary interests.

might accrue or revert to the United States, to the reservations of land now claimed and possessed by Conaleskee, commonly called Challenge, James Ore, and Giles McAnulty and his wife Alice, and William Wilson and his wife Peggy Wilson, under a treaty made and concluded between the United States and the Cherokee tribe of Indians, on the eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen; and all the right, title, and interest, which might accrue or revert to the United States, to reservations of land, now claimed and possessed by George Stiggins and Arthur Sizemore, under a treaty made and concluded between the United States and the Creek Indians, at Fort Jackson, on the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, all lying in the State of Alabama, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished, and vested in the said reservees, and their

Relinquished.

heirs, respectively: Provided, That the said Conaleskee, commonly

Proviso.

called Challenge, James Ore, Giles McAnulty, and William Wilson, TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 186, 187, 188, 190. 1830. George Stiggins, and Arthur Sizemore, with their respective families, shall remove to their respective tribes west of the Mississippi river, not included within any State or Territory; and that the government of the United States shall not be chargeable with the expense of their removal or transportation, or with any allowance of land to, or on account

Proviso.

of either of them, or their respective families; And provided, also, That no conveyance or deed of the said lands, or any part of them, shall be valid or effectual, until every such conveyance or deed shall be submitted to one of the District Attorneys for the District of Alabama, for his approbation; and if, after inquiry into the facts and circumstances attending the contracts for the sale of any of the said lands, he shall be satisfied that such contracts are fair, and that the consideration paid, or agreed to be paid therefor, is adequate, he shall indorse his approbation on each conveyance and deed so approved; and, thereafter, the same [shall] be deemed valid and effectual.