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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Legislatures of saidStates be, and they are hereby, authorized to make such laws and need-ful regulations as may be deemed expedient to secure and protect frominjury or waste, the sections reserved by the laws of Congress , for theuse of schools, to each township, and to provide by law, if not deemedexpedient to sell, for leasing the same for any term not exceeding fouryears, in such manner as to render them productive, and most condu-cive to the object for which they were designed.
Sec. 3. 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 Legislatures to investthe same in the most secure and productive manner, until the wholeproceeds of the fund belonging to such township or district shall beadequate to the permanent maintenance and support of schools withinthe same: Provided, That the Legislatures aforesaid shall, in no case,invest the proceeds of the sale of the lands in any township in manneraforesaid, without the consent of the inhabitants of said township or dis-trict, to be obtained as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any sales of such lands, re-served as aforesaid, as have been made in pursuance of any of the lawsenacted by the Legislatures of said States , and not inconsistent with theprinciples of this act, are hereby ratified and confirmed so far as theassent of the United States to the same may be necessary to the con-firmation thereof.
Approved, February 15, 1843,
Chap. XXXIV.— An Act for the relief of the owners of the fund received from theBritish Government as an indemnity for slaves lost from on board the Comet and Encomium at JYassau, Bahamas .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seven thou-sand nine hundred and sixty-five dollars and twenty-eight cents, abalance of the indemnities received from the British Government forloss of slaves from on board the Comet and the Encomium, at Nassau ,paid into the treasury by the late John Forsyth , be paid, on the orderof the Secretary of State, to the persons or companies entitled thereto,or to their representatives ; and that, for that purpose, the aforesaid sumbe, and it is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 18, 1843.
Chap. XLIV. — An Act altering the times of holding the circuit court of the UnitedStates for the district of Connecticut .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit courtof the United States for the district of Connecticut , shall hereafter beheld on the fourth Tuesday in April, and on the third Tuesday in Sep-tember in each year, instead of the last Wednesday in April, and theseventeenth day of September, the times heretofore established by law.And all indictments, informations, recognisances, writs, suits, pleas,actions, motions, and all other proceedings, civil and criminal, shall beheard, tried, proceeded with, and determined by the said court, in thesame manner as they might and ought to have been done, had the saidcourt been holden at the times heretofore directed by law.
Approved, February 24, 1843.
Authority tomake laws forprotection ofsaid lands, &c.
In case of in-sufficiency ofsaid proceeds tosupport schools,authority to in-vest them untiladequate.
Proviso.
Such sales ashave been madenot inconsistentwith the princi-ples of this act,confirmed.
Balance of in-demnities to bepaid to personsor companiesentitled thereto.
Changed tofourth Tuesdayin April, andthird Tuesdayin September.
All proceed-ings to go on asheretofore.
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