Chapter VIII. for the relief of Matthew Flournoy, and R
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Chap. VIII.— An Act for the relief of Matthew Flournoy, and R. J. Ward of the state of Mississippi.Jan. 28, 1833. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That section number eleven, in township number fourteen, and range eight, west, in the state of Mississippi, be, and the Exchange of reservation, for schools. same is hereby, reserved from sale, and appropriated for the use of schools in the said township, in lieu of section number sixteen, in that township; and the section number eleven shall be taken and held in all respects, and for the same purposes, as section number sixteen would have been held and taken, if this act had not been passed: *Provided,*Proviso.
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall first be satisfied, that the majority of the inhabitants of said township, desire said exchange. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the said sixteenth section shall be liable to be sold in the same manner as section number eleven would have been, if this act had not been passed. Approved, January 28, 1833.