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768 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 85, 90, 91. 1849. Inconsistent Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the original act “°“ '°P°“1°d· of incorporation, and of the act of the third of March, eighteen hun- 1819, eh. 23. dred and twenty-five amendatory thereof, as is inconsistent with the 1825, ch. 97. provisions of the act, te, and the same is hereby, repealed. Ammcvnn, March 2, 1849. March 2, 1849- CHAP. LXXXV.-An Act granting a Half Section of Land for the Use of Schools X""""" within fractional Township Nineteen south, of Range Eighteen west, County of Lowndes, State of Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the S¤l¤¤¤l ¢9¤¤· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the school commissioners with- · · -·-- in fractional mxssioners, or other authority, having official cogmzance over school township 19 lands within fractional township nineteen south, of range eighteen west, §g“:‘és:f gang: State of Mississippi, be, and they are hereby, authorized to select by lm one 3,,,;,- scc. legal subdivisions, from any of the public lands within the said State ti<>¤ of hud- not otherwise appropriated, a quantity of land not exceeding one half section, for the use and support of schools within the said fractional townshi . How ];nds so Sec. And be it j}n·ther enacted, That when the lands hereby

·3?¤¤d ¤l¤¤Ub¢ authorized to be selected shall have been approved by the Secretary of

‘ the Treasury, they shall be held by the inhabitants of the township herein designated by the same tenure, and upon the same terms, for the support of schools in the said township, as if they had been selected under the provisions of the general school law of the twentieth of May, Pmviso. one thousand eight hundred and twenty~six: Provided, nevertheless, That the said commissioners, or other authority mentioned in the first section of this act, shall not he authorized, by any thing herein contained, to select lands out of the land district in which said fractional township is situated, if there be land within said district applicable to 1826, ch. 83. school purposes under the provisions of the act of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six. Armovmn, March 2, 1849. March 2, 1849. Cun. XC.- An det for the Benefit of Peter M. Grunt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the PeterM.Grant United States tf America in Congress assembled, That the Commis-

‘;‘g";;‘f;‘; 3*0*; sioner of the General Land Office, on Peter M. Gram’s returning to

mm30m, of the that office land warrant N0. thirty thousand and ninety-one, for one g§£g;¥hndI;:;i hundred and sixty acres of land, and furnishing satisfactory evidence mmm 160 scmé that Jacob Phillips left no kin entitled by law to the said land warrant, of land, and to in consideration of the services of the said Phillips, deceased, shall issue mist "$°%‘;; another land warrant to said Peter M. Grant, executor and devises of gmc0f_ said Jacob Phillips, deceased, for one hundred and sixty acres in lieu of said warrant so to be returned, and shall be cacelled. Approved, March 2, 1849. March 2, 1849. Cx-nr. XCI.-—·An .8ct for the Relief of Lizur B. Cwnjield. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the A pension of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the name of 5%2w£3¤L§&¤£h Lizur B. Caulfield, a captain in the army of the United States during gw6em_the war with Great Britain, be placed on the roll of invalid pensions, at the rate of twenty dollars a month, commencing the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Armovmn, March 2, 1849.