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To sell halfthe lots, &c.
Forbenefit ofschools.
Commission-ers to give bondand security.
Governor andcouncil to se-lect two quartersections, &c.
Act of Feb. 8,1827, ch. 9.
Residue tobe sold, &c.
of the township and range aforesaid, reserved by law for the use of schools,and to make sale of one half the lots at public auction; and the moneyarising from said sales shall be paid into the territorial treasury, for thesole use and benefit of common schools in said township, which saidsum shall be subject to such laws as may hereafter be passed, for forminga permanent fund from the said reserved lands, for the support of com-mon schools; and the said commissioners shall give bond and security,to the satisfaction of the county court, for the performance of the dutiesunder this act, and the payment of the money arising from the sales ofthe lots as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following quarter sectionsof land which have been heretofore reserved from sale, to wit: the north-east and north-west quarters of section thirty-six, in township one, ofrange one, north and west; the north-east, south-west,, and south-eastquarters of section one, in township one, of range one, south and west;and the south-west quarter of section six, in township one, of range one,south and east, shall be granted to the territory of Florida .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the governor and legislativecouncil of Florida , or a majority of them, be, and hereby are, authorizedto select any two of the aforesaid quarter sections of land, to be reservedfor, and vested in, the state, should the territory of Florida ever be erectedinto one, in conformity to the provisions of the fourteenth section of theact passed on the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred andtwenty-seven; and the residue of the above described quarter sections ofland, or any part thereof, including so much of the north-east quarter ofsection one, in township one, of range one, south and west, contiguousto the creek and water-fall, as shall not be reserved, agreeably to the pro-visions of the act above mentioned, for the town of Tallahassee , shall besold in such maimer, and at such time, as the governor and legislativecouncil of Florida may deem proper, and the proceeds applied to theerection of public buildings in Tallahassee ; any act or acts to the con-trary notwithstanding.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Statute II.March 2, 1S29.
Act of March3, 1827, ch. 78.
Others con-firmed.
Certain claimsto be filed withregister and re-ceiver at St.Stephens.
Chap. XL.— An Act confirming the reports of the register and receiver of the landoffice for the district of St. Stephens, in the state of Alabama , and for otherpurposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That all the claims to landsand town lots contained in the abstracts denominated A, number one, D,number one, E, number one, F, number one, reported to the TreasuryDepartment by the register and receiver of the land office for the districtof Saint Stephens, in the state of Alabama , under the provisions of theact of Congress of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred andtwenty-seven, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to the extent thereinrecommended for confirmation.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims contained inspecial reports, numbered one to four, inclusive, and in a supplementaryreport of the said register and receiver, made as aforesaid, be, and thesame are hereby, confirmed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person or persons, orthe legal representatives of such person or persons, who, on the fifteenthday of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, had, for ten con-secutive years prior to that day, been in possession of a tract of land, notclaimed by any other person, and not exceeding the quantity containedin one league square; and who were, on that day, resident in that partof Louisiana situated east of Pearl river, and west of the Perdido, and