The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-04-18
NEW LAWS
JACKSON COUNTY.

PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.

II. d. 1906.
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
lo60, 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
fercd them for sale, and citizens of Jackson
county become in good faith purchasers of the
said lands, and whereas the lands embraced in
the krebs 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 he 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 l. BE it enacted by the Legislature
OF the State of Mississippi, That any person
now a citizen of Jackson county,, and holding
the State patent or holding title under the pat
cntee 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 evil
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 ennuring to the
State of Mississippi under the act of Congress
approved September rs, 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 patentee shall be presented to the Com
missioner of Swamp Lands within twelve
months from the date of approval of this act,
and il shall be the duty of the said commission
er or his successor in office to present to the
Board Of Commissioners the said evidence at
the earliest possible time after receipt thereof.
SEC. 3. II shall be the duty of the Board Of
Commissioners to examine the evidence and IL
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 (not TO ex-
coed one-tifth Of original claim) giving the de-
scription by legal subdivision of the land upon
which the indemnity is to be located. Upon
certificate the Secretary Of State shall
prepare a patent as in other sales or transfers
IF title for Swamp Lands from the State TO the
Individual, and present the same TO the Gov
srnOr, whose duty it shall be to sign the patent.
Il shall be the duty Of The Secretary Of State
20 amA MS scar ana signature ana record the
same a. 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
lllowed him by law for other swamp land pat
.nts.
SIC. ). The patents issued under this act
hall divest the State Of its title to the land de-
icribed therein as fully and directly and shall
the same force and effect as other patents
ssued BY the State for the purchase or loca-
ION Of any other swamp lands.
SIC. 9. That this act shall teke effect from
after its passage.
Approved February p, 1890.
a true copy Of the original now on file In
Office. q. N. GOVAN,
Secretary Of State.