Chapter LVII. in behalf of the Connecticut Asylum for teaching the Deaf and Dumb
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Chap. LVII.— An Act in behalf of the Connecticut Asylum for teaching the Deaf and Dumb. March 3, 1819. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there be granted to the Connecticut Asylum for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons, a townshipGrant of a township of land. of land, or a tract of land equal thereto, to be located, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in tracts of not less than four entire sections each, in any of the unlocated lands of the United States to which the Indian title has been extinguished; which land shall be and forever remain to the use of said asylum, for the education and instruction of deaf and dumb persons; or, if said asylum shall sell said land, which they are authorized to do, the money arising from such sale shall be and remain for ever to the same use.
Approved, March 3, 1819.