Chapter XXIV. for the benefit of the incorporated Kentucky Asylum, for teaching the deaf and dumb
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Chap. XXIV.— An Act for the benefit of the incorporated Kentucky Asylum, for teaching the deaf and dumb. April 5, 1826. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there be granted to the incorporated Kentucky Asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb, one township of land,Grant of land to the Kentucky Asylum. excepting section numbered sixteen, for the use of schools therein, to be located under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; which lands shall be, and for ever remain, to the use of said asylum, for the education of indigent deaf and dumb persons; or, if said asylum shall sell said land, which it is authorized to do, the money arising from such sale shall be, and remain forever, to the same use:
And it shall be the duty of the said corporation to sell the said lands within five years from the passage of this act, and the same shall be located in one of the territories, on lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished. Approved, April 5, 1826.