March 2, 1849.
Chap. XCVII. — An Act for the Relief of the Citizens of Cedar Bluff, in the State of Alabama, and
for other Purposes.
Commissioners of Cherokee Co., Ala., authorized to enter 150 acres of land on which
the town of Cedar Bluff is situated.
Proviso: how said land shall be sold and proceeds applied.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the commissioner 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.
Such entry not to interfere with or disturb the titles of certain purchasers to lots
heretofore sold in said town.
Said commissioners to make titles to said lots to the owners.
Sec. 2. And be it 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 terms of the sale,
the sum of the first instalment on the amount for which said lots were purchased;
but 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.
Patent to issue.
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 herein before mentioned.
Approved, March 2, 1849.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Private Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 770