TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.93. 1828.

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state of Indiana shall be, and is hereby, authorized to sell and convey, infee 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 town-ship and district aforesaid shall be entitled to such part thereof, and nomore, 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 the sup-port of schools therein, it shall be lawful for said legislature to invest thesame, as is hereinbefore directed, until the whole proceeds of the fundbelonging to such township or district shall be adequate to the permanentmaintenance and support of schools within the same.

Approved, May 24, 1828.

Indiana autho-rized to sell,&c.., in fee sim-ple, all, or anypart, of thelands hereto-fore reservedby Congress forthe use ofschools withinsaid state.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Where pro-ceeds are in-sufficient forthe support ofschools in anytownship.

Chap. XCIII .—Jin Set supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjust-ment of land claims in the state of Mississippi .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the claimants of landswithin that part of the limits of the land district of Jackson Courthouse,in the state of Mississippi , lying below the thirty-first degree of northlatitude, whose claims have been presented to the commissioners appointedto receive and examine claims and titles to lands in said district ofJackson Courthouse, or to the register and receiver of the land office atJackson Courthouse, acting as commissioners under the provisions of theact of third of-March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled“ An act for adjusting the claims to lands, and establishing land officesin the district east of the Island of New Orleans, ” and which have notbeen reported to Congress , or whose claims have not been heretoforepresented to said commissioners, or to the register and receiver acting ascommissioners, or whose claims have been acted upon, but additionalevidence adduced, be allowed until the first day of January, one thousandeight hundred and twenty-nine, to present their titles and claims, andthe evidence in support of the same, to the register and receiver of theland office at Jackson Courthouse, in the state of Mississippi , whosepowers and duties in relation to the same, shall, in all respects, be govern-ed by the provisions of the acts before recited, and of the act of theeighth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled “An actsupplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land,and establishing land offices in the district east of the island of NewOrleans .” '

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register and receivershall have power to receive and examine such titles and claims, and forthat purpose shall hold their sessions at Jackson Courthouse, and thetown of Shieldsborough. They shall give immediate notice after thepassage of this act of the time and place of their meeting, but may ad-journ from time to time as may best suit the convenience of claimants,upon giving due notice thereof. And the said register and receivershall have power to appoint a clerk, who shall be a person capable of

Statute I.May 24, 1828.

Claimants oflands -withinthat part of thelimits of theland district ofJackson Court-house lying be-low the 31st de-gree of northlat. whoseclaims havebeen presentedby the commis-sioners underact of March3, 1819, ch. 100.whose claimshave not beenacted upon, al-lowed untilJan. 1st, 1829,to present theirtitles, &c.

Act ofMay 8,1822, ch. 128.

Register andreceiver to holdtheir sessionsat JacksonCourthouse,and the townof Shieldsbo-rough, &c.

Register andreceiver to ap-point a clerk.