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 796 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 379-381. 1901. Act. fhe same powers and jurisdiction as may be exercised in the State of Arkansas b the courts of that State over cor orations created thescin under the provisions of any law in force i11 tllat State relating to corporations. _ Approved, February 18, 1901. February 18. 1901- CHAP. 380.—An Act To confirm i11 trust to the city of Albuquerque, in the Ter-- ""’1"‘—‘" ritory of New Mexico, the town of Albuquerque Grant, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representati/ves of the Ezited M·;—;b¤¤¤€’¤“°· N- States of America in Uongress assembled, That there is hereby released neieasem,¤iA1bu- and quitclaimed unto the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, all the quemue G"“”‘ right, claim, title, and interest which the United States has, or may claim to have, to the land or any part thereof which was in eighteen hundred and eighty-three surveyed under the direction of the surveyor-general for New Mexico as the town of Albuquerque Grant, the survey having been approved by the said surveyor-general on the twenty-eighth d. .y of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and including four Sfanish leagues; and all the right, title, claim, and interest of the nited States in and to the said premises embraced in the said grant is hereby vested in the city of Albuquerque in trust for the benefit of all persons claiming title to their individual holdings of real estate at the time of the acquisition of New Mexico under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and their successors in interest, or who have been in open adverse gossession for the period of ten years prior to the passage gzgggijgéuon from of this Act: orided, That there is reserved from this grant and quitreiease. claim all lands and buildings now occupied by the United States as an Indian school, or for other public purposes; and also reserving therefrom any private land grants that may have been, or may hereafter be, conhrmed by the Court of Private Land Claims or other authority of the United States. _ . mI;$;,§;a*§m¤tgi§;“;§§ Sec. 2. That it is hereby made the duty of the mayor and clerk of scum. said city, and of their successors in office, to execute proper deeds of quitclaim to the persons entitled thereto under this Act for their respective holdings of real estate upon such claimants applying therefor and presenting proper deeds for ·the signatures of such officers, without any expense to said apiplicants, and such deeds, when executed, shall be taken in all courts an places as a relinquishment ofany claim or title to the lands herein described on the dpart of the United States: _c1;r1¤;j*;~;g;h was Provided, That such deeds shall not be ma e to persons where titles _are in controversy in the courts until such courts shall have adjudicated the same, when deeds shall be made to the persons adjudged to {ged; ggogenefit of be the owners: Rcovided further, That if, within the limits of the PL Ic ° ° land hereby relin uished, there be any tract or tracts not held in private ownership, tbe title shall be vested in the city of Albuquerque in trust for the use and benefit of the public schools of each of the districts where such lands are severally situated. Approved, February 18, 1901. February 18, 1901. CHAP. 381.-An Act Authorizing the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Com- ·····—··—"_‘_ pany to construct and maintain a bridge across Saint Joseph River at or near the city of Saint Joseph, Michigan. Be it enacted by the Senate and H0-use of R?reser.tatires of the Ubzited ,g‘ggi¤§g,}}g%>*¤;g$ States of Anrerica in Congress assembled, That the Indiana, Illinois m·mges¤.Jm§naive: and Iowa Railroad Company, a co1§>oration created and existing under “‘ S‘·J°°°pl‘· ‘°h‘ and by virtue of the laws of the tate of Illinois, be, and is ereby,