Chapter CLXXVI.
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Chap. CLXXVI.— An Act *to compensate the township of Dublin, in Mercer county, Ohio, for the loss of school lands.* August 16, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and heScrip to issue to the trusties of Dublin town-ship for the loss of school lands. hereby is, authorized to issue to the trustees of Dublin township, Mercer county, in the state of Ohio, land scrip to the amount of three hundred and eleven dollars and eight cents, in consideration of that part of section number sixteen reserved for the use of schools in said township, which, previous to the survey of said township, had been granted by Congress to Anthony Shane; and to the further amount of four hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-two cents, in consideration of another part of said section number sixteen, which in like manner had been granted to Louis Godfroy, and of which parts of said section sixteen the said Shane and Godfroy, their heirs and assigns, have possession under the grants aforesaid, to the exclusion of the right to the said township thereinScrip, how to be issued. which said scrip shall be issued in the form and manner heretofore prescribed for the granting of scrip for bounty land, and shall be Proviso.of like effect in the hands of the legal holder: *Provided, however*, That, before the issue and delivery of said scrip, the inhabitants of said town-ship, at a legal meeting called for that purpose, shall vote to accept of the same in full satisfaction of their right and claim to the lands so granted, and in full compensation therefor, and shall authorize and cause to be executed to the United States, and filed with the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and to his approval, a good and sufficient deed of quit claim, in release, in law and equity, of all claim, right, title, and interest in and to all those parts of said section sixteen’ in said township, which are included in and conveyed by the grants Proviso.aforesaid to said Anthony Shane and Louis Godfroy: *And provided, further*, That if so ordered by said inhabitants, at such meeting, the execution and acknowledgment of such deed or conveyance, by a majority of said trustees, according to the laws of Ohio, shall be deemed and held a sufficient execution and acknowledgment thereof by said inhabitants.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the scrip so issued and deliveredThe scrip, &c. to be applied to the use of schools. by the said Secretary of the Treasury to said township of Dublin, or the lands or other things purchased therewith, shall be held and applied by said township to the use of schools, and to no other object or purpose, in the same manner as the said section sixteen, or the proceeds of the sales, or the rents and profits thereof, would be held and applied, had the said land not been granted to said Shane and Godfroy, but had been held and enjoyed as school lands, to the use of said township, by virtue of the original reservation therefor.
Approved, August 16, 1842. Chapter CXCIII: for the relief of John Underwood. 6 Stat. 863 1842-08-23 Chapter CXCIII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 27 2 private TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 193, 195, 196, 197, 198. 1842. 863
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