Private Law 26–IX

That all the right, title, and interest which might accrue or revert to the United States to a certain tract of land in Jackson

Right, &c. of U.S. to a certain tract, relinquished to him, &c.

county, Alabama, reserved to Sutten Stephens under a treaty made and concluded between the United States and the Cherokee tribe of Indians, on the eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventeen, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished, and vested in the said Sutten Stephens and his heirs: Provided, That no conveyance or deed of the

Proviso.

said tract of land shall be valid or effectual, until such conveyance or deed shall be submitted to one of the district attorneys of Alabama for his approbation; and if, after inquiry into the facts and circumstances attending the contract for the sale of said land, or any part thereof, he shall be satisfied that said contract is fair, and that the consideration paid or agreed to be paid therefor is adequate, he shall endorse his approbation on such deed or conveyance so approved, and thereafter the same shall be deemed valid and effectual.