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TWENTIETH CONGRESS. S1:ss.I. Ch. 93. 1828. 299 state of Indiana shall be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and c0nvey, in Pldzlje ““g'°· fee simple, all, or any part, of the lands heretofore reserved and appro- 2;: ,¤°,-Q: ,,{m_ priated by Congress for the use of schools within said state, and to invest ple, all, or any the money arising from the sale thereof in some productive fund, the puss 015 thi proceeds of which shall be forever applied, under the direction of said ,·;:°;“::uQ' legislature, for the use and support of schools, within the several town- by Congress an ships and districts of country for which they were originally reserved and tb; *11** °€th_ set apart, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever: Provided, said :;i;:t;,;' "' land, or any part thereof, shall, in no case, be sold without the consent of proviso, the inhabitants of such township, or district, to be obtained in such manner as the legislature of said state shall, by law, direct: And provided, Pr¤vi¤<>· also, That in the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, each township and district aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more, as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising from the sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the proceeds accruing to Where proany township or district, from said fund, shall be insufficient for the sup- ::&1j6*Qf,.;' port of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to invest the the ,,,,,,,0,, of same, as is hereinbefore directed, until the whole proceeds of the fund schoo1s_in any belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the permanent ‘°‘""·l“P· maintenance and support of schools within the same. Approved, May 24, 1828. Sraru-nz I. Can. XCIII.-—An det supplementary to the several acts providing for the august- May 24, 1828. ment of land chrims in the state of Mssissijpi. `—*_"_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrlepresentatives of the United, Claimants of States of America, in Congress assembled, That the claimants of lands l;¤<l¤ Wig"; within that part of the limits of the land district of Jackson Courthouse, ji,:;,f°';,? lh: in the state of Mississippi, lying below the thirty-first degree of north land district of latitude, whose claims have been presented to the commissioners appointed ]·I**°k¤°¤ _ C°¤¤’*· to receive and examine claims and titles to lands in said district of ,;,,`:°,°f,;y§l°§, 3:: Jackson Courthouse, or to the register and receiver of the land office at gree of north Jackson Courthouse, acting as commissioners under the provisions of the mq "h°'° act of third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled §;‘;‘:';,::;;,cd "An act for adjusting the claims to lands, and establishing land offices by the commisin the district east of the Island of New Orleans," and which have not ¤i¤¤eF¤ ¤¤d¤1‘ been reported to Congress, or whose claims have not been heretofore ;°t,§'f9M:f:l;m presented to said commissioners, or to the register and receiver acting as whose éiaims o commissioners, or whose claims have been acted upon, but additional have Mt bee¤ evidence adduced, be allowed until the first day of January, one thousand f::“’:d“f1’:;{ "l' eight hundred and twenty-nine, to present their titles and claims, and r,,,_ rsh1g2g, the evidence in support of the same, to the register and receiver of the tp present their land office at Jackson Courthouse, in the state of Mississippi, whose ““°s>&°· powers and duties in relation to the same, shall, in all respects, be governed by the provisions of the acts before recited, and of the act of the eighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled "An act A<=t¤fMay 8, supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, 182% °h· 12* and establishing land offices in the district east of the island of New Orleans}' Sec. 2. And be it jarther enacted, That the said register and receiver ,,,E§§;°';; Z'}, shall have power to receive and examine such titles and claims, and for their sessions that purpose shall hold their sessions at Jackson Courthouse, and the at ~l¤°k°°¤ town of Shieldsborough. They shall give immediate notice after the S°,§'"h°“°°’ . . . . n the town passage of this act of the time and place of their meeting, but may ad- of Shieldsbojourn from time to time as may best suit the convenience of claimants, ¤>¤sh»_&¤· upon giving due notice thereo£ And the said register and receiver m;'f§;j_"f; :“d - · P‘ shall have power to appoint a clerk, who shall be a person capable of point it clerk.
