Volume 67 · a76
Private Law 83–218
To validate a conveyance of certain lauds by the Central Pacific Railway Company, and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company, to the Union Ice Company and Edward Barbera.
Approved August 14, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To validate a conveyance of certain lauds by the Central Pacific Railway Company, and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company, to the Union Ice Company and Edward Barbera.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the conveyances hereinafter particularly described and heretofore executed by Central Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, and its lessee. Southern
Validation of conveyances.
Pacific Company, a corporation, involving certain lands or interests therein, in the city of Lodi, all in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, and forming a part of the right-of-way of said Central Pacific Railway Company, granted by the Government of the United States of America by an Act of Congress approved July 1, 1862, entitled “An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes” (vol. 12, U. S. Stat. L. 489), and by said Act as amended by Act of Congress approved July 2, 1864, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,’ approved July 1, 1862” (vol. 13, U. S. Stat. L. 356), are hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed, as far as the interest of the United States is concerned, with the same force and effect as if the land involved therein had been held at the time of such conveyances by the corporations making the same under absolute fee simple title.
The conveyances, recorded in office of county recorder of San Joaquin County, California, in book of official records, which are hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed, are as follows:
1.
September 16, 1937; the Union Ice Company, a corporation: volume 594, page 31.
2.
October 8, 1946; Edward Barbera; volume 1022, page 88: Provided, That such legalization, validation, and confirmation shall not in any instance diminish said right-of-way to a width of less than fifty feet on either side of the center of the main track or tracks of said Central Pacific Railway Company as now established and maintained: Provided further, That nothing herein contained is intended or shall be construed to legalize, validate, or confirm any rights, titles, or interests, based upon or arising out of adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not confirmed by conveyance heretofore made by Central Pacific Railway Company and its lessee. Southern Pacific Company: And provided further, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other minerals in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under applicable laws and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved August 14, 1953.