Thirtieth Congress,
Second Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.

That the Commissioners of the county of Cherokee in the State of Alabama be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter the tract of land lying on the Coosa river, whereon the town of Cedar Bluff (formerly called Jefferson) is situated in said county, containing one hundred and fifty acres according to the survey of S. R. Russell, on the payment by the Commissioners of said county of the minimum price as in other cases. Provided, That said Commissioners shall sell in lots on reasonable notice (not less than sixty days) to the highest bidder all that portion of said tract of land, not hereinafter referred to and embraced; make titles to the purchasers, and apply the proceeds of said sale for the common benefit of said county of Cherokee.

Sec 2. And be if further enacted. That neither the entry, nor the right of entry of said tract of land, by said Commissioners shall interfere with or disturb the titles of purchasers to the lots heretofore sold in said town, by the County Commissioners of said County of Cherokee, who have paid, or may within twelve months complete payment of, according to the term of sale, the sum of the first instalment on the amount for which said lots were purchased. But

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in all such cases without further action of any kind, the right and title of the purchasers to the lots, thus purchased and paid for, together with all the improvements thereon, are hereby fully confirmed to and vested in said purchasers, their heirs at law, and bona fide vendees and assignees. And the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and required, ^(^ should they enter said tract of land on the terms above named,^)^ to make titles to said lots to the owners thereof, according to the description by which the same were known and distinguished in the plan of said town of Cedar Bluff.

Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That ^(^should said Commissioners enter said tract of land on the terms above named^)^ the President of the United States be and ^he^ is hereby authorized and required to issue to said Commissioners of said County of Cherokee a Patent for said tract of land, for the uses and purposes hereinbefore mentioned.