NINETEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ci-i. 58,59,60. 1827.
into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states,” approvedApril the nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen; and tocause to be made a plat or plan of the said northern boundary of thestate, particularly noting the place where the boundary line intersects ortouches the margin of Lake Michigan , and return the same, when made,to Congress : Provided, That the whole expense of surveying and mark-ing said boundary line shall mot exceed five dollars for every mile thatshall be actually surveyed and marked, which shall be paid out of themoneys appropriated for defraying the expense of surveying public lands.
Approved, March 2, 1S27.
Chap. LVIIL — An Act establishing a port of delivery at the town of Marshfield,in the district of Plymouth, and a port of delivery at Pkinebeck Landing, in thedistrict of New York .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the town of Marshfield,in the district of Plymouth, and Rhinebeck Landing, in the district ofNew York , shall each be a port of delivery.
Approved, March 2,1827.
Chap. L1X .—An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Alabama tosell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that slate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the legislature of thestate of Alabama shall be, and is hereby, authorized to sell, and convey,in fee simple, all or any part of the lands heretofore reserved and appro-priated by Congress for the use of schools within said state, and to investthe money arising from the sale thereof, in some productive fund, theproceeds of which shall be forever applied, under the direction of saidlegislature, for the use and support of schools within the several town-ships and districts of country for which they were originally reserved andset apart, and for no other use or purpose, whatsoever; Provided, Saidland, or any part thereof, shall in no case be sold without the consent ofthe inhabitants of such township or district, to be obtained in such man-ner as the legislature of said state shall by law direct: and Provided also,that, in the apportionment of the proceeds of said fund, each townshipand district aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and no more,as shall have accrued from the sum or sums of money arising fromthe sale of the school lands belonging to such township or district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the proceeds accruing toany township or district from said fund shall be insufficient for thesupport of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to investthe same as is herein before directed, until the whole proceeds of thefund belonging to such township or district shall be adequate to thepermanent maintenance and support of schools within the same.
Approved, March 2, 1827.
Chap. LX .—An Act to authorize the sale of certain tracts of land in the stale ofOhio, commonly called Moravian land .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the several lots of landlying in the Salem, Gnadenhutten, and Shoenbrun tracts of land, whichhave been valued at more than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre,
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the northernboundary line ofsaid state, divi-ding said statefrom the terri-tory of Michi-gan .
Act of April19, 1816, ch.
57.
Proviso.
Town ofMarshfield, andUhinebeckLanding, madeports of delive-ry.
Authorized tosell, &c., in feesimple, all, orany part.of thelands hereto-fore reservedby Congress forthe use ofschools, withinsaid state.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Where theproceeds ac-cruing to anyone townshipor district, is in-sufficient for theuse of schoolstherein.