12 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. GHS. 26, 27. 1881. P°¤•l*Y· deemed guilty of felony, and shag, on cgngirgion thereof,_be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, orimpnsonmen no linger than three years, or both said punishments, in the discretion of e court. Approved, April 18, 1884. April 23, 1884. CHAP. 27.-An act to increase the endowment of the University of Alabama from · · ·—· the public lands in said State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nEl:::r¤i’¢y of Malte: of America in Ggongress assemizfed), That fo]1;ty-six thousapd arid elg ty acres of the pu lic lands in a ama are ere y gran e to the Increase of en- State of Alabama in addition to the lands reserved to said State by "°"‘P"”* f ’ ° m the acts approved April twentieth eighteen hundred and eighteen public lands etc · ’ · ’ ‘ and March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, for the benefit ot 6 But. 350 the University of Alabama, be applied,_as far as may be necessary, · - to the erection of suitable buildings for said university and to the res- 6 8**% 383- toration of the library and scientific apparatus heretofore destroyed by fire, such application to be made in such manner as the legislature of said State may direct or may empower the trustees of said university Phsvieo. to direct: Provided That the State of Alabama shall pay the expenses of agtents aippoinottedh by the ggverpor thereof to select such lands, to be reim urse out e proce. s o the sales thereoii Agsents to select Sec. 2. That the governor of Alabama may appoint one or more km *°· agents to_select the lands granted in this act hom any public lands
- _itl11wn1 uSstate npt iphcluded in some subsisting gran; rsnaade by the
m · an su agent shall make report o su ections to the Comnniséinefu of the General Land Office, to be approved by the Secretary o c- terior. _ I homestead en- SES].-3: That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any legal mi; °*¤-» ¤· l¤i¤¤‘ slilibgrgnsion to Z-hl6b the right of homgstead enttlrgl or pre-eruption ‘ a ave a e in aver any personw o isenti tosuch omestead and preemption entries and who is occupying and claiming such pubéhvision of the pbnabhc haindge m Aalabamahatlthteg time mg such seeensareapprov yecreryoten'. `ases where it is found that such claims are superior to thblgirghts of th: State State to select ofAlabama herein granted, the said State may select other lands in lieu °*h¤`¤‘ ]¤¤¢l¤· gi lhkfe epiangty, elsewhere in the said State, from the pube e ni tates so as to mak l a _ _ the total number of acres of laiid granted ingthigazt tlyegid Saddle? bo, Bgrtgis wh vmfzn Sec. 4. That when the selection of said lands are so made, and are Mmét X; glgivuf approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the title to the same shall my dmbm vestlm the State of Alabama, m and for the use and beneilt of said University of Alabama, to apphed tirst to the uses and purposes declared in theyilrstdsection oglthis act and {then to the Endowment of said universi an onoo erp s wate · tssha.ll° said State for the lands so sl;l§e?t:d and appidvaeud. lA3d` the Statclbltrxlz bama shall by law direct the sale of such lands, and the money arising Qx snlcht sales shall btgapard 11;):1 the treiasury af the Sgate of Alaarunoexpenses ma in `m's·l the sedections of lands made under thing: ai: e1i1(bys\?hgsSemtary of the Interior and are enteredou the township maps of the proper land-offices. shall be paid by the United States. _d¤•¤=·¢¤ry vi I¤- Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior is empowered to make all ,“'L”d“m‘7 needful and proper regulations and rules for carrying this act into ef- ,;,,; feet, and for the decision of all questions that may arise as to the right
- >)tl10tL’he_Stat(efott£lAlwa to any lands that may be claimed under the
Approved, April 23, 1884.
