The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-06-05

Company, through its officers, agents ant
attorneys. be authorized and required Z
pay into the state Treasury. on OF beior'
the first day of October, 1873, twenty five
cents per acre for the land which has been
/ patented to said Company. and upon pay
! ment of said twenty-five cents per acre fol
the lands 50 patented to said Company the
/ Treasurer shall issue TO persons so paying
the same a receipt. and Ii said receipt and
payment be for an amount equal to the
/ aggregate value of said land cor which said
/ Company holds the legal and equitable title
| at the rate of twenty-five cents per acre Tor
the lands so held, and upon presentation of
said receipt to the Secretary OF State he
shall cancel and deliver up the bond on file
in his office to secure a compliance of the
provisions of the act of incorporation.
SEC. 2. Be it fuI Their enacted. That in all
cases where any person or persons nave
purchased from the Board of swamp Land
Commissioners of the Pearl River District
or its lawfully authorized agent, any lands
for which patents have been issued co SAID
Company and have paid for the same IN
good faith, and have received certificates oil
purchase or receipts therefor but have fai-
ed to present said certificates to the Secre-
tary of State for the purpose of obtaining
patents for said lands. the said Pearl River
improvement and Navigation Company Is
hereby required, on satisfactory proof OF
said purchase being made, TO execute TO
said person, his, her. or their heirs or asa
signs, the case NAV be, holding such
certificates receipt, quit claim deed to
said lanes relinquishing all right. title In
terest and claim to said lands: Provided,
That said persons holding such certificate
shall make application to said Company, or
its authorized agent, for the execution OF
said deed within the space of six months
from the date of the passage of this act;
and in case such persons holding certificates
as aforesaid to said lands so patented to
said Company shall not make application
for said deed of quit claim by said Com
pany within the six months fixed by this
act, the title of the said Company to all the
lands patented to them shall become abso-
lutte and indefeasible in law and equity
and all persons claiming under certificates
OF purchase Issued in good faith. who shall
not make application for quit claim deed
as above provided, shall, after the lapse OF
the six MONTHS aforesaid, be forever barred, |
estopped from setting up title to any of the |
lands so patented to said Company Pro- |
vided, That as TO all lands about which |
there Is no controversy of title the said |
Pearl River Improvement and Navigation |
Company shall be entitled to receive |
patents instantly upon the payment there |
on of the said sum of twenty-five cents per /
acre: And provided further. That in the |
final settlement with the Treasurer the said |
Company shall receive credit of twenty
five cents per acre tor each and every acre |
of land which they may release under the |
provisions of this act.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted. That the
application for deeds OF quit claims under
this act shall be supported by affidavit of
the person making the same, setting forth
the numbe of the land purchased. aud
that the full price fixed by law has been
paid TO the Treasurer OF the Board OF
swamp Land Commissioners therefor.
which said affidavit, with the certificate of
shall be filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the Chancery Courts of the sew
eral counties aforesaid, within the space of
six months from the date of the passage OF
his act; the Clerk of the Court aforesaid
shall thereupOn forward certified copies of
said certificates of purchase, with the affi-
lavits aforesaid, whereupon the Pearl River
Improvement and Navigation Company
shall execute the deeds of quit claim pro-
1ided for in this act, which shall be for
Narded by the Secretary of State to the
Clerks aforesaid for delivery to the parties
aforesaid.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if
aid payments referred to in the first sec
ion OF this act, are not made on or before
he said first day of October, 1873, then all
lights, title, interest and claim of said Com
oany in and to said land shall revert to the
State, and shall, by the provisions of this
lct, rest absolute in the State.
SIC. 5. Be it further enacted, That in or
Ter to secure the carrying out of the provi-
lions of this act, said Company, through its
officers, shall, upon the approval of this act.
leposit with the Secretary of State all the
patents for said lands which have been
made by the State. said patents to be de-
ivered 10 the Company only upon strict
compliance with this act
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all
tets and parts of acts. deeds, and proceed
ngs whatever of the Pearl River Improve
nent and Navigation Company be, and the
anne are hereby legalized, ratified and con-
irmed, this acs to take effect and be in
orce from and after its passage.
Approved April 10, 1873.
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