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 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 185, 188-190. 1914. 131]. according to law: Promkled, That the confirmation anted hereby "’°°‘•°· ` shall amount only to a relinquishment of any title tgt the United ricélnlt Ielilvlidrllltiig States has or is sup osed to have m and to said land, and shall not be q ’ construed to abridlge impair, mjure, prejudice, or divest in any manner any valid right, title, or interest of anyaperson or body corporate whatever, the true intent of this Act to concede and abandon all right, title, and interest of the Uniltgxd States to those persons, estates firms, or corporations who would be the true and awful owners of said land under the laws of Mississippi, including the laws of fprescription, in the absence of the said interest, title, and estate o the United States. Approved, July 17, 1914. Jai 1s,m4. CHAP. 188.-An Act For the relief of George W. Cary. {EHR- 1517-} Be it enacted by the Senate and Hon.s$e¢gRr1el€>|;·esentativea of the United [hmm Nm m States of America in Congress aasemb, t the Secretary of the §{f,;§s?_}',g§f,”,h,” Interior is authorized to investigate the status of the southeast by,t¤¤¤m~1¤· quarter of southwest quarter and west half of southeast quarter section eleven and the northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section fourteen, township thirty-eight north, range eight east, Mount Diablo meridian, within the State of California, to ditermine whether said lands were settled upon by Georg-e1W. Cary (prior to the issuance of an allotment to Annie Rose erry, dian; an if the said Secretary of m {j§g_°‘ the Interior does so determine that the said lands were settled upon, he is hereby authorized and empowered to cancel the trust patent issued to the said Annie Roseberry and to award said Anme Roseberry another allotment not  one hundred and sixty acres Ho lmmé Won any vacant public lands he may etermine, and to allow George wwe. . Cary the right to make a homestead entry upon said lands upon which he has settled within three months of the date of the passage and approval of this Act. Approved, July 18, 1914. July IB, 1914. EAP. 189.——.\n Act For the relief of Serapio Romero, late postmaster at LasV¤8¤¤»  New Mexico. m1vm,No. ae.; Be it enacted by the Senate and Houae;eresentatives of the United States ¢y" America in Congress assemb, at the Secretary of the ?·}’.'§.“,‘}§’,,{‘§’,‘Q’°'°‘ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise apprlgpriated, to Serapio Romero, ex-postmaster at Las Vegas, New exico, the sum of $1,106.98, on account of money pai by him August first, eighteen hundred and e' hty-five, to the ost Office Department, this bemg the amount emlgezzled by the assistant postmaster, W. E. Miller. Approved. July 18, 1914. July is, m4. CHAP. 190.-—An Act For the relief of the estate of TJ. Semmes, deceased. li: R' Sm'} [ vxte, o.&5.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House o{R’1e£reeentat·ivee of the United States of America in Corafess ass, at the Secretary of the '§,`;,;;§’;‘{‘”{‘°“·,,,¤,_ Treasury be, and he here y is, authorized and directed to pay, out wwof any money in the Treasury not otherwise appr?riated to Myra E. Semmes, executrix of T. J. Semmes, late o ew Orleans,_deceased, $395.55 in full ppyment for rents collected by the_United States during the Civil ar from prolaarty owned by the and T. J} Semmes and situate at New Orleans, uisiana. Approved, July 18, 1914.