The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-07-04

AN ACT for the relief of certain persons of
Jackson county.
Whereas the Legislature of Mississippi in
1861 passed an act directing the Secretary OF
State to place upon the Swamp Land records
certain lists or selections made BY the State in
1860, and not approved at date of passage of
the act by the United States land Department
The Secretary of State in accordance there
with having placed the lands ON record and Of
fcrcd them for sale, and citizens of Jackson
county become in good faith purchasers of the
said lands, and whereas the lands embraced in
the krcbs selection was held for rejection by
the department at Washington and the Govern
or being notified that he would be allowed sixty
DAYS in which to show cause why the said Sc
lection should not be rejected and be failing to
appeal or show cause, the selection was rejected
by the Interior Department of the United
States, to the great injury of the State and her
citizens, therefore
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That any person
now Il citizen of jackson county, and holding
the State patent or holding title under the pat
entcc to any of said lands 50 rejected shall be
upon presentation of the Patent issued by the
State or upon the evidence of the assurance of
the patent and its loss and destruction or if
the applicant holds title under and from the
patent, then upon presentation of record cvi-
dence of such title as may have been derived
from the patents he or they shall be entitled to
select from any Swamp Lands, within twelve
months, in jackson county e~nnuring to the
State of Mississippi under the act of Congress
approved September %, 1850, or otherwise and
not otherwise appropriated an amount not to
exceed two acres for every ten acres of the
amount at present claimed or owned of the
original purchase.
SEC. 2. That the patent or evidence of claim
under patentce shall be presented to the Com
missioner of Swamp Lands within twelve
months from the date of approval of this act,
and it shall be the duty of the said commission
or or his successor i'm office to present to the
Board Of Commissioners the said evidence at
the earliest possible time after receipt thereof.
SEC. ,. 1t shall be the duty of the Board Of
Commissioners to examine the evidence and if
found satisfactory to the Board or a majority
thereof, the Board shall direct the commission
ers to issue a certificate to the Secretary of
State in which he shall designate by legal sub
division the land in the claim and the number
of acres therein embraced also the number of
acres claimed as indemnity therefor mot to cX-
coed onc-titth of original claim giving the de-
Scription by legal subdivision of the land upon
which the indemnity is to be located. Upon
this certificate the Secretary of State shall
prepare a patent as in other sales or transfers
of title for Swamp Lands from the State to the
individual, and present the same to the Gov
CTnOr, whose duty it shall be to sign the patent.
1t shall be the duty of the Secretary of State
to aiix his seal and signature and record the
same as in all other swamp land patents as now
provided by law.
SEC. 4. The same fee shall be charged and
collected by the Secretary of State as is now
allowed him by law for other swamp land pat
cnts.
SEC. 8. The patents issued under this act
shall diycSt the state of its title to the land de-
scribcd therein as fully and directly and shall
have the same force and effect as other patents
issued by the State for the purchase or loca-
ton of any other swamp lands.
SEC. 6. That this act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
Approved February %, 1890.
A true copy Of the original now on file in
this office. q. NJ. GONAN,
Secretary of State.